Francine Prose’s‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read‚ proves many points about literature and the effect it has on students. I agree with Prose in such a sense that I believe students should read literature‚ not to get a better understanding of the “behind-the-scenes” of the story‚ or because it was assigned to them‚ but because they want to read it and that they will actually read the story thoroughly‚ understand it‚ and apply it to themselves and their life. I have taken English classes where
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The Darkest Struggles When Maya Angelou wrote the book “I know why the caged bird sings” she was speaking from her very on soul and pouring out the deep feelings she had felt when she was younger‚ all the way up until she was a young adult. African American women will always have more on their shoulders more than any other race especially white women will. No one really knows if all of the discrimination started because of the color of our skin or the attitude that lingers in our voice. Only
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home from the pageant‚ Boo asks Scout would she be willing to walk home with him because he is not used to being outside of his home. This clearly shows his innocence because no grown man would ask a nine year old girl to guide him home. Scout says ‘I had never seen our neighborhood from this angle’ (373) This shows that there was hypocrites in Maycomb County and Atticus was correct all along about not judging others for why they do the things they do because in the end Boo did have a very good reason
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Writing Task #4 Book and Movie Differences: 1. In the book‚ Jem and Scout do not see Mr. Nathan cement up the old tree. 2. In the movie Jem goes straight back for his pants when in the book‚ he waits till its night out to go back. 3. In the book when Tom is attempting to escape from the advancing mob when he is shot 17 times by the prison guards. But in the movie he is shot by the police deputies who are escorting him to jail. 4. In the book‚ Dill is Mrs. Rachel’s nephew. However
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‘The Birds’ was far most one of the most successful suspense films of its time and possibly all time. It is directed film by one of the great founding films for the horror Alfred Hitchcock. The movie was based on a novel by Daphne DuMaurier‚ I think this is a extraordinary‚ exceptional film because it does everything a suspense film should have‚ and Hitchcock went beyond. I am proceed to examined special effects such as lighting‚ color and camera techniques. Throughout the movie‚ The Birds‚ Hitchcock
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Analysis: Chapters 1–5 The lines from the poem Maya cannot finish‚ “What are you looking at me for? I didn’t come to stay . . .” capture two of the most significant issues she struggles with in her childhood and young adulthood: feeling ugly and awkward and never feeling attached to one place. First‚ Maya imagines that though people judge her unfairly by her awkward looks‚ they will be surprised one day when her true self emerges. At the time‚ she hopes that she will emerge as if in a fairy-tale
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Not a lot of students enjoy the readings because they cannot relate to the stories. We are given books that may have been popular in the 20th century‚ but mind numbing in the 21st century. In “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read”‚ by Francine Prose‚ she shares her opinions on the books that are currently being read at school and how they are being taught. Francine states that “high school is where literary tastes and allegiance are formed; what we read
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you? In the story‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings the author proves a point that our name matters‚ we are our name‚ our name makes us. Maya Angelou discusses the power of names. She doesn’t tell us exactly what she was referring to when she stated “the power of names” meant‚ but Maya proved an important point. In the book‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ everyone reacted differently with their names. I personally‚ had a problem when people with could not pronounce my name when I was younger. Which
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In the autobiography I Know Why the Caged Birds Sings by Mary Angelou‚ the chapter “Graduation” includes symbols and literary devices that portray segregation and prosperity throughout the story. Furthermore‚ the vigorous symbols and literary devices expose the emotions and limitations of segregation. Moreover‚ these devices reveals the feelings of contentment. During the 1940’s‚ segregation depresses the African American people and composes them to feel dispirited. Particularly‚ the white schools
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MyTheory Essay Why Me? Caw! Caw! In Evan Hunter’s screenplay‚ “The Birds‚” Melanie Daniels is being attacked by birds because she is a stranger to Bodega Bay. This is because the birds do not start attacking until Melanie gets to Bodega Bay‚ the birds target areas where Melanie is‚ and the birds attack people who Melanie knows. To start with‚ the birds do not start attacking until Melanie gets to Bodega Bay. First of all‚ the birds attack Melanie Daniels because she
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