Graduation by Maya Angelou This essay I read called Graduation told a story about a young Middle School African American girl named Maya Angelou‚ who was graduating and was moving on to High School back in 1940. She was from a small town in Arkansas and was extremely excited to be graduating. She had high hopes for the future and right before the graduation ceremony‚ she felt like she was the birthday girl‚ the center of attention. She had done well for herself throughout the school year with
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short story ‘Graduation”…Maya Angelou‚ a famous American author and poet‚ tells the story of her graduation. In this story she tells paints three very vivid parts of that memorable day‚ the morning when she woke up‚ the actual ceremony‚ and the celebration afterwards. In this essay I am going to compare her memory with memories of my own graduation day. The sounds feeling and emotions that arouse during one of her most memorable moments in her life. On the morning of her graduation‚ Maya was welcomed
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Kuan Lee Jennifer Borgerding Kulwicki ENGL 1010 4 August 2011 High School Graduation If life is full of journeys‚ high school is one of the journeys that experienced and completed by all of us. High school life is a memorable time for most people‚ for me as well. Different from America’s education system‚ Malaysia is more similar to British’s educational system as Malaysia was colonized by the United Kingdom during late 20th century. Malaysia has primary school for which student study from six
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Maya Angelou’s The Graduation Throughout life we go through many stepping stones‚ Maya Angelou’s autobiographical essay "Graduation"‚ was about more than just moving on to another grade. The unexpected events that occurred during the ceremony enabled her to graduate from the views of a child to the more experienced and sometimes disenchanting views of an adult. Upon reading the story there is an initial feeling of excitement and hope which was quickly tarnished with the awareness of human prejudices
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Critical Analysis of "graduation" Summary: "Graduation" is an excerpt of the autobiographical book‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ written by Maya Angelou. While the book is autobiographical in nature‚ this particular excerpt is much discussed amongst literary circles because of Angelou’s use of both objective and subjective narration. [pic] "Graduation" is an excerpt of the autobiographical book‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ written by Maya Angelou. While the book is autobiographical in
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role in one’s life and attitude towards life. In each of the two stories “Graduation” by Maya Angelou and “Salvation” by Maya Angelou a very young person has assumptions from a particular experience that differ roughly from what adults in both stories expect. Feelings such as excitement‚ anticipation‚ and anxiousness can be found in both stories. However‚ when each author concludes the outcomes are different. In Graduation‚ for instance‚ Marguerite an African-American middle school studet‚ who
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High School Graduation Graduation is an exciting time in a person’s life‚ especially a high school graduation. For most people their graduation day is one of their best day of their lives. No more high school‚ and for some it means that they are able to move on with their life and live on their own as well as embark on the independent journey of college. In my case‚ when I think of family and friends gathering to celebrate a joyous occasion. I feel like I accomplished my strongest goal. It never
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Summary Response Essay: “Graduation” Narrated in the first person “Graduation” is Maya Angelou’s account of her eighth grade graduation and how reality doesn’t always meet expectations. Using allegory‚ allusion and changes in tone‚ Angelou builds her story‚ giving the reader a sense of the excitement and anticipation she felt‚ inequalities in gender and racial prejudices of that time‚ and how those inequalities and prejudices encroached upon her graduation‚ ruining her expectations and leaving her
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Valedictory speech My fellow graduates‚ over the last four years here at [Insert name of school.]‚ we have learned a lot. Mr. [Insert name of math teacher.] has taught us how to [Insert a complicated sounding math thing.]. Ms. [Insert name of English teacher.] taught us [Insert interesting tidbit from a favorite piece of literature.]. And Mr. [Insert name of widely known funny‚ popular teacher.] has taught us [Insert something odd that parents might be surprised to learn. For example maybe he taught
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10 Things To Remember After You Graduate- or in general/10 ways to be awesome after you graduate So you’ve just graduated polytechnic a little less than a month ago. Well‚ congratulations to you for getting over this major milestone! You find yourself in a slew of celebratory parties‚ a string of familial affairs‚ newfound sense of “freedom” – you get the drift‚ it’s all been pretty awesome right? Wrong. Because amidst the celebration & all things fun‚ lurks a swiftly escalating feeling of generalized
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