“We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone‚ alone in patches‚ alone in groups‚ alone in races‚ even alone in genders” by Maya Angelou. Like Maya Angelou‚ I believe diversity is crucial to our survival and also that diversity is to be cherished. So‚ diversity to me is defined as being together as one‚ appreciating one another and the differences we have; but‚ not solely based on people with different backgrounds such a religion‚ race‚ and culture‚ but also train
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“Russel Baker” writer the older figure is the mother even though she didn’t believed him‚ she loved him and helped him to be a writer. In “I know why the caged bird sings” for “Maya Angelou” the older figure is Mrs. Flowers and she said “Words mean more than what is set down on paper”. 2. All of the memoirs in this unit are told from the first-person point of view. Why is it important that they are told in the first person? How would they be different if they were told from a different point of view?
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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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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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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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In Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ there are multiple role models who help Maya through her hardships. Momma‚ Mrs. Flowers and Miss. Kirwin impacted her by their actions. Momma remains tranquil and patient during the difficult times of being downgraded because of their race. Mrs. Flowers helps Maya out of her silence‚ giving Maya another opportunity to be herself again. Maya’s favorite teacher‚ Miss. Kirwin respects her without judgements. These three women allow Maya to view her
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Maya Angelou‚ named Marguerite Johnson by her mother‚ was born April 4‚ 1928 in St. Louis‚ Missouri (“Maya Angelou”). When she was three years old‚ she and her brother moved to Stamps‚ Arkansas with her grandmother because her parents divorced each other. Because of Stamps’ location in the racially divided South‚ she experienced both racism and a high level of cultural pride. She moved back in with her mother but was traumatized when her mother’s boyfriend molested and raped her. At the time‚ Angelou
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is a tedious person who is endangering Bryon‚ and causes Bryon to make a life-changing decision in order to fully mature; I once had to go on a profound personal journey to adapt to middle school. In this “then” period‚ Bryon was influenced by Mark. For example‚ on page 23‚ Bryon and Mark had the following conversation “‘You still in the mood for a little action?’ ‘Sure’ I said” By “action” Mark meant fighting. This shows that Mark influenced Bryon. He was probably so influenced by Mark who was
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The subject is African American life. Around the middle of the fourth book I realized that what Angelou intends is to pose the difficult experienced life that she has led as a framework upon which to hang a celebration and a defense of black American people as a whole. And when regarded in this way‚ as apologetic writing rather
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and worked for years as a civil rights activist. Also‚ in the 60 ’s she worked and traveled to Africa as a journalist and teacher‚ and helped with several African independence movements. In 1970‚ Maya wrote and published her own book‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ which was nominated for a Pulitzer
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