“I saw only her power and strength...Her voice was soft only because she chose to keep it so¨ (Angelou 46). This person who Maya Angelou is referring to in her autobiography‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ is Annie Henderson‚ Angelou’s southern grandmother. She is also known as Momma. As we follow Angelou’s coming-of-age story living back and forth between her divorced parents and Momma in Stamps‚ Arkansas‚ Momma unfolds to us as being strong on the inside without having to use words to convey
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Character Analysis of Annie Henderson (Momma) In Maya Angelou’s autobiography‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ the reader is introduced to a vast ensemble of complex characters. Each character has a tremendous impact on Maya Angelou’s life. One character who not only has great weight in Maya’s life‚ but is also one of the most beloved and admired characters is Annie Henderson‚ Maya’s paternal grandmother. She is defined by an unshakable faith in God‚ her loyalty to her community‚ and a deep
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In the autobiography‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ Maya Angelou writes fondly of her mother Vivian Baxter. Maya writes about her mother with admiration of her beauty and grace. In one instance‚ Maya and her brother Bailey compare their mother to the Caucasian actress Kay Francis because of her magnetic personality. The praise Maya gives to her mother is similar to the praise Bee gives to her mother Bernadette in the novel‚ Where’d You Go‚ Bernadette? by Maria Semple. In the novel‚ Bee shows
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self-actualisation in I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings? “Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom‚ innocence with understanding‚ and lack of purpose with self-actualization…” – Bo Bennett I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings is the first in a series
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voice very different from traditional American writers‚ such as Poe‚ Thoreau‚ and Emerson. These are the writers that have helped comprise the literary cannon of the United States for nearly two hundred years. She has something to say that they do not know about. The House on Mango Street is an elegant literary piece‚ somewhere between fiction and poetry‚ that explores issues that are important to her: feminism‚ love‚ oppression‚ and religion. The House on Mango Street reads more as poetry than as
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the two poems you have studied have developed an important theme? POEM 1: Still I Rise By: Maya Angelou You may write me down in history With your bitter‚ twisted lies‚ You may trod me in the very dirt But still‚ like dust‚ I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells pumping in my
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The two poems‚ “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou and “I‚ Too” by Langston Hughes have one thing in common. The poems share the same theme‚ they show‚ the theme‚ segregation by the direct objects exclaiming their thoughts about being different than something or someone else. The poem “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou is about a one bird who is free and is flying through the trees and can go anywhere he wants at anytime. The other poem‚ is discussing a black man who has to eat in the kitchen‚ but is telling
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The “Caged Bird” and “World’s Reward both express a theme. “Caged Bird” and “World’s Reward” express the the theme of freedom. The passages use the theme in different ways to show freedom. In the passages‚ they treat the theme by wanting physical and spiritual freedom. They have spiritual freedom‚ but they want physical freedom. The “World’s Reward” states‚” the master wanted to dispose of him.” Since the owner wanted to dispose the dog‚ the dog left his owner. The dog found company and “the
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“The dark never seems that dark when it’s finally light.” I heard these words being sang from the mouth of a very close friend of mine.. I believe he was talking about hope‚ and how you can use your past experiences to get yourself through your troubled times. Emily Dickinson and Maya Angelou also used their art to convey similar meanings. The works “Hope is a thing with feathers” and “Caged Bird” both talk about similar topics and use similar themes.These poems use figurative and literal language
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“These woods are lovely‚ dark and deep‚ But I have promises to keep‚ And miles to go before I sleep‚ And miles to go before I sleep. Two roads diverged
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