Influences on Maya Angelou Maya Angelou‚ the author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was a young influential black girl in Stamps‚ Arkansas. The three most remarkable people in Maya’s life were Bailey‚ Vivian Baxter‚ and Grandmother Henderson. Bailey‚ her brother‚ was there for her when she needed someone‚ and Vivian Baxter taught her how to express herself. Grandmother Henderson was the person who always supported Maya Angelou and taught her almost everything she knows. Bailey was someone
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Hosts to species long since departed‚ Marked the mastodon‚ The dinosaur‚ who left dried tokens‚ of their sojourn here‚ on our planet floor.” (Angelou‚ 1.) She goes on to say that the earth cries as we stand in the shadows of ignorance. The earth sings songs of beauty‚ offering rest to humanity‚ and humanities pride spits a broken hatred. The conflict is ugly and unfair to people and nature‚ but it shouldn’t have to ever be this way. Angelou describes this conflict in such a way that it stirs your
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Growing one’s body into what one considers an adult is amongst the simplest things a human can do -- however maturing mentally and emotionally into an individualistic being would arguably be one of the most difficult. Even more difficult would be trying to become an individual while in a constant state of oppression. Through her numerous essays‚ poems and novels‚ Maya Angelou does an exceptional job of recounting the hardships of adolescence‚ and lets her audiences and readers find out‚ first hand
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1977. Her screenplay‚ Georgia‚ Georgia (1972)‚ was the first original script by a black woman to be produced‚ and she was the first African-American woman to direct a major motion picture‚ Down in the Delta‚ in 1998.When I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was published in 1969‚ Angelou was hailed as a new kind of memoirist‚ one of the first African-American women who were able to publicly discuss their personal lives. According to scholar Hilton Als‚ up to that point‚ black female writers were marginalized
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his passage anywhere in a dead calm. - John Neal * MQ6. I learn by going where I have to go. - Theodore Roethke * MQ7. Hope is a waking dream. - Aristotle * MQ8. But in the mud and scum of things There always‚ always something sings. - Ralph Waldo Emerson * MQ9. Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances. - Ralph Waldo Emerson * MQ10. For myself‚ I am an optimist--it does not seem to be much use being anything else. - Winston Churchill *
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Thomas See Katheryn Samuelson Composition 1 Racism in the 30s: Momma‚ The Dentist and Me Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis in 1928. As a child of color‚ growing up in the thirties was no picnic. These times were tough for everyone during the Great Depression. This was a time of two very different worlds‚ often just feet apart as the laws of segregation kept the blacks and whites very far from any sense of equality. Maya had never been to a doctor before‚ let alone a white one for that matter
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huggin that ni***r now”” (111) would have been reasons for retaliation from the public or praise for her honesty of the times. Fortunately‚ her book was well received and accepted. The book‚ for which this excerpt is taken‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ was nominated for a National Book award in 1970 and remained a favorite of the public for the next two years.
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change your attitude.” And‚ I think we all can agree‚ she has changed the world and their attitudes. Maya has made history for her amazing accomplishments in the literature industry. She has written many stories including I Know Why a Caged Bird Sings and Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘Fore I Die (both awarding winning). She has a net worth of $10 million‚ but to many‚ she is worth more than cash. “Maya has changed the way I see the world; the sun when I wake‚ and the moon before I rest.” Oprah
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Dascia Turner Professor Kimberly Balding English 1010: Composition One 20 September 2010 Truly Inspirational I find Dr. Maya Angelou to be a very interesting woman. She has lived a very productive life. She rose up in the face of adversary and succeeded in making a life for herself. Her numerous accomplishments testify to this fact. She did not come from a promising background‚ but she defied all the odds. During her childhood‚ she absorbed the faith and values of a traditional African American
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“Sister Flowers” by Maya Angelou is a descriptive essay taken from her memoir “I know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” The essay is from the viewpoint of a young lady named Marguerite and the influence her neighbor‚ Sister Flowers‚ has on her during that specific time in her childhood. Throughout the essay‚ it is evident that Sister Flowers has an impact on Marguerite by the intense details the author gives when referring to her. As a result of Sister Flowers’s influence‚ Marguerite expresses the positive
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