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    Many people in the world have troubles. Lie Marguerite there are many who have troubles. Though we always get saved by our elders and without them we would be scrap metal‚ but like most elders‚ Mrs. Flower in the book “I know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚” help out this troubled person by teaching her 3 lessons about way of life. The troubled person Marguerite has a trouble that she can’t speak because she got assaulted 5 years ago. It is awful that a stranger raped a young person

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    Chopin‚ caged birds are used throughout the story to symbolize Edna’s journey from entrapment to freedom‚ to then losing hope. A caged bird‚ a free bird and a broken winged bird all relate to her journey as an enlightened person‚ wanting freedom but feeling a lack of hope. During Edna’s gradual awakening‚ the caged birds are used to symbolize her feeling of imprisonment by a male dominated society‚ in which she tries to overcome to have her own freedom. In the beginning of the novel‚ caged birds are

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    the book‚ I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings‚ by Maya Angelou‚ she shows rather than tells. She allows the reader to develop a mental picture of everything she explains. The descriptions of the characters are vivid and captivate the reader’s imagination. Certain situations are explained perfectly by Maya Angelou‚ such as Momma’s discussion with Mrs. Flowers. Because of such articulate descriptions‚ the reader is pulled into the story as if they were actually there. This makes reading Caged Bird more interesting

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    did anybody fight for the freedom of poor caged birds? In “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou‚ the speaker talks about the differences between a caged bird and a free bird. In “Under the Rice Moon” by Rhiannon Puck‚ a bird just wants to be free and fly‚ but no one understands. Everyone thinks that the bird wants to live caged and safe‚ but the only thing the bird wanted was to be able to roam around the sky without being caged. As you can see‚ in the poem “Caged Bird” by and the story “Under the Rice Moon

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    Freedom is a powerful thing. This is what these two stories focus on. The story“The worlds reward” and the poem “Caged bird” both symbolize freedom in different ways. “The Worlds Reward” shows freedom when an owner is going to put his dog asleep because the dog isn’t productive so the dog runs away. In “Caged Bird” It talks about the difference between a caged bird and a free bird. So the two pieces of literature have a common theme showing that freedom is a powerful thing. This story focuses on

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    public class JavaApplicationStates { //Multi-dimensional array that stores state and state information private String state[][] = { {"ALABAMA"‚ "Nothern Flicker"‚ "Camellia"}‚ {"ALASKA"‚ "Willow Ptarmigan"‚ "Forget-me-not"}‚ {"ARIZONA"‚ "Cactus Wren"‚ "Saguaro Cactus Blossom"}‚ {"ARKANSAS"‚ "Northern Mockingbird"‚ "Apple Blossom"}‚ {"CALIFORNIA"‚ "California Quail"‚ "California Poppy"}‚ {"COLORADO"‚ "Lark Bunting"‚ "Rocky Mountain Columbine"}

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    The books that have had the greatest impacts on me are Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman (it is a series of books which I have read all) and To kill a Mocking Bird by. These books are influential to me because both books target themes of racial discrimination and love‚ friendship‚ depression‚ prejudice‚ violence‚ and power abuse. Both novels portray a world where it is completely acceptable to discriminate against people because of the colour of their skin. Both novels also have societies which

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    Compare and Contrast: “Fish Cheeks” and “Caged Bird” Rachael Becker Assignment 5 Nicole Yurchak 1/30/2014 The differences between a narrative and a descriptive essay determine the way in which the reader receives the story. The purpose of each is still very clear‚ to connect to the reader using story telling. In order for the reader to receive the story as intended‚ the author must create a clear picture of; events‚ settings‚ and purpose. In both

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    Caged Birds Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour touches upon numerous aspects of the struggles women face in their daily lives. At the time it was written in 1894‚ women were governed by their husbands. They were the homemaker‚ the mother‚ and the wife. The expectations of women did not permit them to be much else without being an abomination to their communities. Chopin provides a woman’s perspective way ahead of her time‚ enabling her readers to contemplate the freedom or lack thereof which women

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    By reading the title “Caged bird” by “Maya Angelou” a few thoughts come to mind. Like what  does a caged bird symbolise? Obviously the bird represents her young self and the cage  represents a number of things. Racism‚ insecurity‚ poverty‚ sexism and abuse are some of  the thoughts that come to mind.    2.a) Who? — Who is the narrator (speaker) of the poem? Who are the other characters in the  poem? What do you know about these people? Evidence?  ­ Theres not exactly a narrator except whoever wrote the poem. I suppose the 

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