Composition Dr. Philip Underwood October 21‚ 2013 My favorite celebrity I’m writing my essay on is Maya Angelou. The reason why I’ve chosen her as my favorite celebrity is that she has given us the greatness of poems. Her poem’s to me is so remarkable. My favorite poem is “Still I Rise”. This poem is so influential to me because the poem is so powerful. The thing I am going to discuss about Maya Angelou is her childhood‚ career beginnings‚ later successes‚ and her personal life. Marguerite
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essay “Graduation.” Angelou graduated from eighth grade at Lafayette with top honors and went on to graduate from high school. After high school‚ Angelou wrote over thirty plays‚ poems‚ children’s books‚ and one of her autobiographies‚ “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” (Smelstor and Bruce). “Graduation” starts with Angelou’s generalization of a high school senior’s graduation. She describes how the entire student body‚ teachers‚ and community helps the senior class in their last weeks of school
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There are two major types of essays‚ narrative and descriptive. While the two might be appropriate in academic writing‚ one is arguably effective that the other. Narrative essays tells a story from personal experiences whereby; the use of first persona “I” is commonly used. While it may seem convincing‚ narrative essay communicates shallow message to the reader. Grasping the attention of a reader requires the narrator to paint a picture in the reader’s mind. Descriptive essay is the most effective writing
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To write a comparative poem between two poems Limbo and Caged Bird are two very similar poems. They are mainly about one matter-freedom of captivity. Freedom is what the poems characters desire and hope to have. Freedom is their need and wants to be joyful and happy. I have picked these two poems‚ which link in many different ways‚ because they have interesting descriptions of the scene and tell us what the atmosphere is like. Furthermore‚ the authors‚ Braithwaite and Maya Angelou have used different
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Leadership Exploration Essay Assignment For this specific assignment‚ I chose a friend whom I ’ve admired the five years I ’ve known her for. What attracted us from one another was the similarity in our attitudes and we knew from the first day when we spoke that we would get along very well. This is one of the reasons why I decided to interview her for my assignment. Betty and I have a similar personality and drive; we both have lived similar situations where our lives have been exposed to danger
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The poem included the line “The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of the things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom”. The bird fears what it will encounter outside of its cage so it never attempts to escape. This bird longs for freedom so deeply that he even sings to it but the bird’s fear of change causes him to stay in the same situation even though the bird can easily get out of it. This bird represented both of us at one
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She received dozens of awards and more than fifty honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies‚ which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. Her biggest most top selling book was called “ I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.” Early Years ; Very talented barely seems to cover the depth and breadth of Maya Angelou’s accomplishments. She was a author‚ actress‚ dancer and poet. Born Marguerite Annie Johnson‚ Angelou had a difficult childhood. Her parents
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and worked for years for the civil rights movement. Additionally‚ she worked and went to Africa‚ as a correspondent and teacher‚ and presenting with numerous African freedom developments. In 1970‚ Angelou printed her initially book‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ with huge acclaim‚ and was prescribe for the Pulitzer Prize for verse the accompanying year. In 1993‚ Maya read "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Clinton’s inauguration‚ her poem got her noticed by the public and made her stand out
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tradict moments with over a billion people. One of her famous books was “I know why the caged bird sings”. Maya Angelou wrote “I know why the caged bird sings” because she wanted plenty of people to know what she had went through. She wrote this for man of reasons; one was as a reminder to not to give up during the trials of growing up. This book was one of the first of her five volumes of her life. I know why the caged bird sing was recreating a child’s voice and what some children go through because
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one controls the other’s (or others’) words and actions. This sort of behavior lowers self-worth. This topic has such an undertone of confidence or lack of confidence that it seemed the only choice for me to write about to go along with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. When young and naïve‚ our self-esteem and self-worth can by affected by our physical appearance or intelligence‚ which is rather unfair. At the time period this book covers‚ the black population was made to think that they were literally
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