Journal 1: “Sister Flowers” The essay I choose to write about was Maya Angelou’s “Sister Flowers”. I believe that the purpose of this essay was to describe an important part of this person’s life that helped them to become a better writer/poet/reader and also describe what I think to be this persons mentor. This essay talks about how Mrs. Bertha Flowers decides to take Marguerite Henderson home with her to give her good books to read and to read her an excerpt form a book. I think it is a very well
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Still I rise Written by Maya Angelou in 1978 Still I rise is a poem about second changes‚ redemption and integrity. It emphasises how people will manipulate others‚ push them around and talk about them‚ but still that person will get up and walk on with their head held high. The tone of the poem is strong and positive. The poem is filled with metaphors‚ similes and various language aspects that make the poem a great tool for teaching poetry within an English classroom context. The main theme
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Maya Angelou books and poems relate to real world situations. In her poem phenomenal women it talks about how you should not live in a stereotypical way of life and have confidence in yourself. You should celebrate how remarkable you are and it makes you a champion. Being a woman makes you supreme‚ because women are a mystery and hard to figure out. She expresses you don’t need to be loud to get attention just being yourself shows who you are. Maya Angelo works states you should embrace your purpose
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“Mrs. Flowers”‚ an excerpt from Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”(1969)‚ depicts the profound effect that an adult can have on a child. Fortunately in this situation‚ the effect is a positive one. Mrs. Flowers was not known to be the warmest of people. As a matter of fact‚ in Marguerite’s eyes‚ she was almost beyond approach. In Maya Angalou’s descriptive writing pattern‚ you can almost feel‚ taste and smell the reverence for Mrs. Flowers almost as much as you can feel Mrs. Flowers
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Douglass vs. Angelou Essay Frederick Douglass was a newspaper editor‚ lecturer‚ United States minister to Haiti‚ and a very successful writer despite living a childhood of slavery. In the essay by Frederick Douglass‚ Learning to Read and Write‚ Douglass describes his personal experiences as a young black slave during the 1800’s. Similarly‚ in another essay by Maya Angelou‚ Graduation‚ Angelou describes her experiences as a black girl in the 1960’s. Both authors bring out the challenges as a child
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Caged Bird by Maya Angelou explores themes of Social injustice‚ Lack of freedom/choice and Shattered dreams in six stanzas of varying length. There is no set rhyme scheme to the poem but there are noticeable rhymes in stanzas two‚ three‚ four and five. Stanza six is a repetition of stanza three. There are half rhymes throughout. Vocabulary and sentence structure is very straightforward. The stanzas alternate between the free bird’s perspective and that of the caged bird with regularity: two stanzas
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“I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people”‚ Maya Angelou. This quote says everything I think of heroism a person just trying to make the world a better place for people. Heroism is someone who puts others before him/herself and is caring about others and what others think. This is a great quote and it is true some people try to make the world a better place and some don’t. Heroism is being brave and strong for other. Being brave will help others be
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conventional interpretation of ‘Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelou lies within the concept of race relations in America‚ in particular the struggle of Black American women within the Civil Rights era. On the other hand however‚ a different metaphorical exploration of the poem could reveal a darker side that is not expected at first. Within the text‚ there are links to the representation of death and
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a source of hope‚ therefore the success of one representative in the African American Community gave hope to many in times of hardship‚ since hope can help others in a time of struggles and suffering. In the story‚ “Champion of the World‚” by Maya Angelou talks about a boxing event where a black man and white men are fighting in the ring and explaining what it was like being the audience and hearing about the fight. Joe Louis‚ known as “Brown Bomber”‚ was a hero of his people by defending his own
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Maya Angelou’s Champion of the World excerpt is set in a racially controversial time in history. A time where blacks were still treated differently simply for the color of their skin‚ not to say that we are not even today. During this time‚ there was a constant battle in the daily lives of Americans of every color‚ race‚ and ethnicity to assert their dominance and declare their importance. This was especially true of the American Negro‚ the only race to ever be a slave on the nations soil‚ the only
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