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    "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is an utmost bona fide‚ descriptive memoir. This piece has a vast amount of stylistic devices that draw attention to the theme of Angelou’s autobiography. When summoned together‚ these devices add up and make up beautiful life story. Just as a sweetly sung melody dances through the wind‚ Maya Angelou’s style flows fluently throughout her writing in her autobiographical piece‚ "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings". As the silent listener lets the tune seep into their

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    should you know about me? This is a hard question for anybody to answer‚ but I am willing to try. I have been homeschooled and public schooled‚ but I prefer public school. Academically‚ I am much better at math than any other subject that I have taken. English is the most arduous subject by a landslide. Another thing that I excel in is is athletics. I am Rockville’s number One varsity golfer. I am a varsity softball player‚ and I play basketball. Being athletic is in my blood. For as long as I can remember

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    inspirational author as Maya Angelou. In her works of poetry‚ drama and memoir‚ she describes the imperfections and perversions of humanity‚ men‚ women‚ black‚ and white with an unrelenting and sometimes jarring candor. In her first autobiography‚ "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"‚ she describes her own experiences as a Black African American girl growing up in the deep south of Stamps‚ Arkansas. James Baldwin illustrates the motivation he got from reading this book as follows: "Black‚ bitter and

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    I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Can you imagine living the life of a coming-of-age‚ southern black girl during the years of 1930 - 1950? Maya Angelou shares her childhood‚ being both joyous and painful‚ in her autobiographical novel‚ I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and how she has confronted challenges in her life such as racism and segregation‚ sexism‚ violence‚ loneliness‚ and more. She has written it in the first person‚ as most traditional autobiographies‚ and provides a summary of her life

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    Student Name Professor’s Name Unit Code Date History of Regrets After reading Houston’s memoir Farewell to Manzanar‚ it brings out the treatment of the government of the United States to the Japanese living in the country at the time of world war two were discriminative. In the Executive Order 9066‚ it is evident that the policies the government was trying to enforce were solely aimed at oppressing the Japanese. The order opened up a gap that would allow the military commanders to make the

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    Jacqueline Rodriguez June 6‚ 2011 Period 5 SOAPSTone Reading Strategy Guide Speaker: The voice of the story “I Know Why The Cage Bird Sings” in the chapter “Champion of The World” is a little African American girl named Maya Angelou. From the research I have done it seems that she is around the age of 6 or 7 years old; do to the fact that Joe’s victorious fight against Carnera was in the year 1935 and Maya was born in 1928. The majority of the African American race in these times of history

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    I Persist and I Will Win

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    Good afternoon‚ ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for considering me to be your next class president. Since freshman year‚ I have been a passionate advocate for our student body. When a food poisoning epidemic broke out on campus‚ I crafted the petition to demand better service from our food providers and better oversight from school administrators. It was unacceptable for the health of our peers to be compromised by consuming the food in our own cafeteria. Many of you agreed with me‚ and the petition

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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ Final Essay Maya Angelou’s life was full of influential events that transformed her from a young‚ insecure black girl from the South‚ to a proud‚ strong‚ and independent African-American. She endured so much pain and many obstacles in her childhood that created a strength within herself that could not have been achieved otherwise. In comparison‚ my life so far has not been that difficult‚ I have many privileges and supportive influences in my life. The challenges

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    again through certain phases. I think I’m waiting for someone — To hold my hand and carry my heart up till the horizon. But a time rolls on‚ I decided to walk on my own‚ As no one holds you on — till the end. I faced a dilemma. One turn of happiness‚ one of sorrows. One of peace‚ Other of a mindless crowd‚ And a million more like that. I’m still hoping for a face — I know! So I had Love‚ Betrayal Dawns‚ dark Dusks Pleasure and awe‚ All stringed‚ just as beautifully. I walked along the periphery

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    The novel starts off with Grant Wiggins saying “I was not there‚ yet I was there” (Gaines‚ 1). What Grant means by this is that he is physically not at the trial‚ but he knows everything that is going to occur at the trial. That one line already shows what Grant thinks of the society he lives in. The society Grant lives is in a racist community. He does not like the white people and thinks they are awful people. It also characterizes Grant and shows what his views are throughout the book. Another

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