In Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Alice Walker’s The Color Purple‚ important aspects of the African American women’s experience in America in the early/mid. 1900’s are discussed such as the physical abuse and emotional abuse they endured and their social standing in society. In both novels you are able to witness the anguish and persecution that these women had to undergo. Maya from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Celie from The Color Purple are the main characters and we
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be all I can be; from” I know why a cage bird sings” to “Phenomenal Woman.” This particular piece spoke to me because of I think of that special person in my life every time I stubble across it. This poem speaks of a woman whom is phenomenal one. This story speaks of the beautiful magohany woman who gave me life. Growing up you have to find yourself as a person‚ such your identify. What do I what to be? What do I want to become? Will I be remembered for what I’ve done? I am the young lady I am today
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Negro where he’s been‚ he’ll tell you where he’s going’" (Angelou 164). In this paragraph Maya Angelou lets us know why Negroes at that time were so shielding of their privacy and how this related to Mamma telling them a part truth’ to cover up the real truth’ for them being sent away. Maya effectively develops Mamma through the situation that occurred when Bailey came home in horror " When I passed the calaboose‚ some men had just fished him out of the pond. He was wrapped in a sheet‚ all rolled
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Two works of African American women’s literature are Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and‚ Maya Angelou’s‚ "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” Both stories give example to an oppressed character and the difficulties of their lives. Through description of character‚ language and their surroundings they tell that adventure. As well as these two works‚ “What to a Slave is the fourth of July‚” also shares a special connection to the literary works. These connections include the story
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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 mind and drives her readers to respond. Angelou proceeds to point out a war between people. She speaks of race‚ religion‚ sexual preferences‚ the rich‚ the needy and the teacher. That every human knows of the love that nature
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students are not learning much from reading the books assigned by their teachers‚ neither are they enjoying those books. She shares her thoughts to educators‚ students‚ and parents about high school’s reading and why most teenagers disdain reading‚ in her essay “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read”. Francine Prose believes that reading is extremely important in learning‚ therefore it is “important to make sure that high school students are actually reading literature.” (p.90) She is discontented
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In the story‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird sings‚ the character Marguerite is Maya when she was a little girl‚ whose childhood made her strong. She is a very smart girl who deals with new problems that she learns from and others she would try to understand what had happened. Maya lived with her grandmother in Stamps‚ Arkansas because her parents sent her along with her older brother Bailey and at age 6 and seven they both questioned why their parents sent them. She was sexually assaulted and later
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so why do guys choose her over the pretty woman? She begins to tell them but they still don’t see it. It’s the way she stands straight and proud with her bright noticeable smile. She seems like a nice happy person and has a positive outlook on life. Her personality is filled with potential. In other words‚ there is much more to see then what meets the eyes. In the last stanza she expresses that it is time for them to understand why I don’t look down on myself and why I keep my head up or I don’t
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to feel proud of what God has endowed us with. Women should not succumb to the artificial canons of beauty. Maya Angelou reminds us that our beauty lies much beyond the outer appearance. She lists down some qualities that make truly phenomenal and why other women and men find her beauty mysterious. “Phenomenal Woman” begins with a stark comment saying that she is neither cute nor has a great figure to suit a model’s size. She tells that ‘pretty women’ often wonders where the secret of her success
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racism and being strong in many aspects in life. I definitely think that if you want to be treated with respect and dignity‚ you should follow this wonderful example that is momma´s Encounterʺ. Maya Angelou expressed her personal experiences about a home rutine with momma and the punishments if this rutine was not followed. How momma was strong to not let the powhitetrash kids (as she called them) made her feel inferior. Angelou understood why momma was so strict‚ it was a method of implying discipline
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