entirely peaceful time for people of color‚ I conclude that Angelou is fearless in her writing. Her quotes of “”Joe’s gonna whip that cracker like it’s open season”” (111) and “”That white man don’t mind 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
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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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television acting. But most importantly‚ Maya Angelou is a well-known author and poet who writes about her experiences growing up and finding out how to love herself for who she was. Angelou lived a difficult life but her experiences are the reasons why she is such a great writer‚
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The Meanest Influence I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the autobiography of Maya Angelou’s life. She tells the story of her life in Stamps‚ Arkansas as well as her life moving from place to place. She deals with many problems including prejudice in many forms. Because of this prejudice‚ Maya must deal with the extremely influential actions of segregation‚ racism‚ and sexism. One of the largest factors that affected Maya’s upbringing was segregation. Segregation is the separation of white people
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Angelou says her poem to everyone because she has experienced it and knew many people who didn’t live with courage. Maya Angelou wrote poems and had many talents. A novelist named James Baldwin had encouraged Maya Angelou to Write the book “I Know Why The
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I chose Dr. Lincoln because he shows how racist people were before in that time and how they could be given a lot and still not help them if they were black. I came across Dr. Lincoln in chapter 24 in a book called I Know Where The Caged Bird Sings. Dr. Lincoln is a man that went through school to get a degree to get a dentistry. Dr. Lincoln looks like a normal or in other words common white guy. He is a normal white guy because he has brown hair‚ blue eyes. He wears a white jacket because he is
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Correlative Conjunctions They are defined as mechanisms that link only two balanced words‚ phrases‚ and clauses. The linked elements should be parallel or equal in terms of length and grammatical similarity. Verb agreement When two subjects are connected with a correlative conjunction‚ the second must agree with the following verb. Every single evening either the horned owl or the squabbling cats wake Sam with their racket. Every single evening either the squabbling cats or the horned owl
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The effects of discrimination don’t exclusively deny societies the right to an impartial judicial system‚ and as Maya Angelou revels in her poem‚ “I know why the Caged Bird sings‚” racial inequality has led to discriminated societies being confined and restricted‚ because of racism being a fundamental aspect of the social structures of conservative societies. Through contrast and symbolism‚ Angelou reveals that choices were nothing but an abstract desire for persecuted minorities‚ and specifically
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Angelou: Maya Angelou was born on August 4‚ 1928‚ in St. Louis ‚ writer and civil rights activist is known for her 1969 memoir‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ which made literary history as the first nonfiction best-seller by an African-American woman. In 1971‚ Angelou published the Pulitzer Prize-nominated poetry collection Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’Fore I Die. She later wrote the poem "On the Pulse of Morning"—one of her most famous works which she recited at President Bill Clinton’s
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SHORT ANSWER STUDY QUESTIONS - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Note to the teacher: The narrator is referred to as "Marguerite" in the questions that deal with her memoirs‚ since that is how she refers to herself throughout the book. In instances where the author is sharing her beliefs and philosophy‚ she is referred to as Maya Angelou. Chapters 1-6 1. In what style is the book written? 2. What happened to Marguerite at Church? 3. What was Marguerite’s dream of what she would one day look
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