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    Maya Angelou’s occupation Conductorrette from I know Why the Caged Bird Sings is written in the first-person point of view. The narrator is a fifteen-year-old black girl. She wants to find a job that will suit her age but that will also be one the really has an interest for. The narrator decides she wants to be the first Negro on the San Francisco streetcars. Getting the job‚ however‚ wasn’t an easy task‚ and neither was having to deal with the discrimination of her co-workers. In the beginning

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    autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. At the beginning of the novel Maya‚ as a young child‚ dislikes her ethnicity. As the novel progresses and she matures into a teenager‚ she gains a better understanding of her race and finds some comfort in it as well. Towards the end of the novel‚ when Maya is a young adult‚ she shows complete acceptance and outright pride in her heritage. Therefore‚ as the novel progresses‚ Maya gradually develops her acceptance in her

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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Literary Analysis By Aaliyah Smith Maya Angelou wrote an amazing and entertaining autobiography titled I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings‚ about her hard life growing up as a black girl from the South. Among the hardships are things known as "cages" as stated from a metaphor from Paul Dunbar’s poem "Sympathy." "Cages" are things that keep people from succeeding in life and being everything they want to be. Some of Maya Angelou’s cages include being black in the

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    I was really white and because a cruel fairy stepmother‚ who was understandably jealous of my beauty‚ had turned me into a too-big Negro girl‚ with nappy black hair‚ broad feet and a space between her teeth that would hold a number-two pencil” (Angelou 2-3). This quote from Maya Angelou’s memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings acts as an example of how racism had already made its way into Maya Angelou’s life‚ despite her being such a young age. Maya Angelou portrays this theme of racism throughout

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    Book Report Pt. 1 Mr.Welch—English Name: Alex Montenegro Period: 1 Title: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Author: Maya Angelou Setting: Stamps‚ Arkansas; St.Louis‚ Missouri; San Francisco‚ California Protagonist: Maya Angelou Antagonist: Growing up; Being African American Describe the relationship between the protagonist and Antagonist. Being an African American‚ Maya grew up around racial segregation and discouragements

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    and wrong. In her autobiography‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ she leaves evidence of her personal guilt. Maya’s shameful childhood and ethnically unjust encounters contribute to her unclear sense of morals. In her early childhood‚ Maya identifies with several different parts of her family and adapts to new surroundings. At her age‚ assuming people are kind and warm-hearted is only natural. During an act of rape‚ Maya describes as such‚ “He held me so softly that I wished he wouldn’t ever let me

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    man is born equal. I disagree‚ however‚ some are born into more luxurious lives‚ some are born disabled with no way to recover‚ and some are born with a special “ticket” 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

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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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    1. In the text "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" a young black girl is growing up with racism surrounding her. It is very interesting how the author Maya Angelou was there and the way she described every detail with great passion. In the book Maya and Bailey move to a lot of places‚ which are‚ Stamps‚ Arkansas; St. Louis‚ Missouri; and San Francisco‚ California. Maya comes threw these places with many thing happening to her and people she knows. She tries to hold onto all the good memories and get

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    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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