Analysis: Chapters 1–5 The lines from the poem Maya cannot finish‚ “What are you looking at me for? I didn’t come to stay . . .” capture two of the most significant issues she struggles with in her childhood and young adulthood: feeling ugly and awkward and never feeling attached to one place. First‚ Maya imagines that though people judge her unfairly by her awkward looks‚ they will be surprised one day when her true self emerges. At the time‚ she hopes that she will emerge as if in a fairy-tale
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In the novel “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” Maya Angelou describes her life as a young awkward black girl in the American South during the 1930s and subsequently in California during the 1940s. when Maya is only three her parents divorce and ship Maya and her older brother‚ Bailey‚ to live with their paternal grandmother‚ Annie Henderson‚ in rural Stamps‚ Arkansas. Annie‚ who Maya and Bailey call Momma‚ runs the only store in the black section of Stamps and becomes the central moral figure in
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Another similarity between The Great Gatsby and “I‚ Too‚ Sing America” is their usage of symbolism to portray the corruption of the American Dream. In The Great Gatsby‚ the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg which are painted on an old billboard sign are described as eyes that “brood on over the solemn dumping ground” that is the valley of ashes. These eyes symbolize the eyes of God‚ looking over everything and judging American society for its decline of moral values due to the greed and pursuit of pleasure
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In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ Maya Angelou describes her experiences growing up as an insecure black girl in Stamps‚ Arkansas in the 1930’s and later moving to California in the 1940’s. Maya’s parents divorced when she was three years old. Her older brother‚ Bailey and Maya were sent to Stamps‚ Arkansas to live with their grandmother‚ Anne Henderson. Anne‚ whom they called Momma‚ ran the only general store in the black section of Stamps‚ Arkansas. Momma became a strong moral female
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I chose Dr. Lincoln because he shows how racist people were before in that time and how they could be given a lot and still not help them if they were black. I came across Dr. Lincoln in chapter 24 in a book called I Know Where The Caged Bird Sings. Dr. Lincoln is a man that went through school to get a degree to get a dentistry. Dr. Lincoln looks like a normal or in other words common white guy. He is a normal white guy because he has brown hair‚ blue eyes. He wears a white jacket because he is
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Safe Guarding 333 Name of Organisation Role of Organisation Responsibility Social Services Ensuring children are safe from harm To work in partnership with parents and other agencies to ensure children are safe from harm. In extreme cases social services may take a child into care. NSPCC A charity which protects children from harm. Provides public awareness for the safety of children. Provides help and support to families and children. Where there are cases of child abuse the NSPCC has the power
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particular occurrences from their past‚ and pointedly omit others. It is this selection process‚ and the reasoning behind it‚ that makes the autobiography such an interesting and unique literary genre. In reading Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ one is able to directly detect several events in her life‚ which had a significant impact on her personal development and her understanding of society. Upon her return to Stamps‚ Arkansas‚ from the damaging stay in St. Louis‚ Maya undergoes a drastic
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history of immigration to the United States‚ beginning with the racist Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and following the twists and turns in official policy up to the present debate on how to control illegal immigration. One of the great merits of Guarding the Golden Door‚ his comprehensive overview of that policy since 1882‚ giving appropriate attention to unrelenting efforts to keep out Asians in their near-total exclusion in 1924. Throughout‚ the author argues that immigration policy is often based
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The purpose of authors writing literary works is to teach specific values and themes that they deem essential to put across to their readers. Francine Prose‚ the author of the excerpt I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read‚ is just by being skeptical of using literary works to teach values because of the way many English classes target the values of the author rather than the literary work itself. By using the two examples of the novels Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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through life called talent. In fact‚ the only time that we are truly equal is in death. No one gets to buy‚ run‚ swim‚ jump‚ or debate their way out of death. This is a fact shown clearly to the reader in Maya Angelou’s book I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings in Chapter 26 when she states‚ “... and all the way I communed with death’s angels‚ questioning their choice of time‚ place‚ and person”‚ (page 163). I learned something from her quote that I can relate to my real life as well. We may not be able to
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