Lee 1 Nadia Lee English 2 Mr. List 19 January 2013 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings By: Maya Angelou 1. Before I chose this poem‚ I was thinking about choosing a couple of other ones when I finally realized that this poem caught my eye the most. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings helped me realize the benefits and consequences from both sides in life. I found this poem in Google under the category that said “poems that talk about life”. If you read this poem and take it literally‚ than it will
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He once sent me a poem by Maya Angelou. The poem included the line “The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of the things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom”. The bird fears what it will encounter outside of its cage so it never attempts to escape. This bird longs for freedom so deeply that he even sings to it but the bird’s fear of change causes him to stay in the same situation even though the bird can easily get out of it
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Graduation of Innocence Graduation‚ or moving up to the next level of life‚ always comes with a wonderful and grand commencement ceremony‚ but many times the graduation is as quiet and seemingly just as natural as any other normal day. In the autobiographical essay‚ "The Graduation‚" Maya Angelou uses three incredibly effective rhetorical strategies to get her point across- detailed comparisons and contrasts‚ a very expressive voice‚ and a wonderful flow to her sentences that keeps the story interesting-
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what is it that makes graduation so important to so many people? A graduation is important because it is a rite of passage to many people. When a person graduates‚ it signifies the move from a previous point to a more mature person . Graduation helps to tie different parts of a life together. A graduation is not just an end‚ it is a new beginning tha start of a new chapter in a person’s life whether it be another school year‚ or the entry into the workforce.Graduations help people remember
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My Graduation as a Samoan Child It was time‚ Chapin High School would no longer be my home as of June 15‚ 2013. The joy of knowing at the very moment I stepped across that stage I would feel as something I have never felt before‚ and after I knew it was time. A day to remember was in the making. I could remember it like it was yesterday morning. Waking up to the smell of the barbeque that all my cousins were making for my graduation party. All the loud voices coming from the kitchen from my
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"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Maya Angelou‚ in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ tells her story of how and when she grew up. In Arkansas at the time of Maya Angelou’s childhood‚ many things were looked upon as bad or unfavored. Maya’s problem was that she was black and a woman. Her novel depicts her life in rural Stamps‚ Arkansas with her grandmother and in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ where her mother resided. At the age of three Maya and her four-year old brother‚ Bailey‚ were turned over
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Biography : Francisco Sionil Jose Name : Francisco Sionil Jose Birth date : December 3‚ 1924 Parents : Antonio Jose (Aglipayan minister) and Sofia Sionil Spouse : Maria Teresa Jovellanos Field in Literature : Fictionist Educational Background Elementary : Rosales Elementary School Secondary : Far Eastern University High School College : University of Santo Tomas (liberal arts) : Manila College of Pharmacy and Dentistry (pre-medicine) Work Experience - editor-in-chief of the university
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Maya Angelou is a poet‚ author‚ actress‚ director‚ historian‚ educator‚ playwright‚ civil rights activist‚ producer‚ and a lecturer. She was born on April 4‚ 1928 in St. Louis Missouri. She has two brothers and is the oldest of three children. Her parents were Bailey and Vivian Johnson but they did not raise her. Her parents were divorced when she was three; she was raised by her grandmother in segregated Stamps‚ Arkansas. While living with her grandmother‚ she gained pride and religion as an important
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SUMMARY OF THE MAYAS The Mayan civilization was the height of pre-Columbian culture. They made significant discoveries in science‚ including the use of the zero in mathematics. Their writing was the only in America capable of expressing all types of thought. Glyphs either represent syllables or whole concepts and were written on long strips of paper or carved and painted n stone. They are arranged to be read from left to right and top to bottom in pairs of columns. The Mayan calendar begins around
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I find myself to be a very photogenic person. Birthday parties‚ vacations and other special events are all recorded in photographs in my room. One specific picture hanging up on my wall‚ is forever engraved in my mind. I often catch a glimpse of it in the evenings when I come home. I grab it‚ lay on my bed and go back to the best night of my life. The image in the 4x7 thick rectangular photograph was a moment captured by my father. Later on he told me that he had never seen me that happy‚ ever!
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