Journal 1: “Sister Flowers” The essay I choose to write about was Maya Angelou’s “Sister Flowers”. I believe that the purpose of this essay was to describe an important part of this person’s life that helped them to become a better writer/poet/reader and also describe what I think to be this persons mentor. This essay talks about how Mrs. Bertha Flowers decides to take Marguerite Henderson home with her to give her good books to read and to read her an excerpt form a book. I think it is a very well
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’To a man’ is written by Maya Angelou‚ whose first novel was an autobiography of her varied life‚ (activist‚ singer‚ waitress‚ dancer etc.) called ’I know why the caged bird sings’. She has written two collections of prose‚ ’Wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now’ and ’Even the stars look lonesome’. Angelou has written several famous poems‚ including ’Still I rise’ and ’On the pulse of the morning’ for the inaugeration of President Clinton. Maya Angelou now has a lifetime appointment as
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Maya Angelou: Her Works and Additions to the “Characteristics” of BAM The Black Arts Movement was the name given to a collection of politically persuaded black artists‚ craftsmen‚ producers‚ performers‚ and scholars who developed in the wake of the Black Arts Movement. Maya Angelou played a huge role in this movement with her literature and many more inspirational influences. Maya Angelou’s impact as an artist amid the Black Arts Movement and complexities her impact to Amiri Baraka‚ the man who
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Barack Obama and Maya Angelou both come from similar backgrounds. They also obtain alike beliefs about the equality of the races. However‚ the way that they express their ideas are very different. They both discuss their ideas while presenting a speech in front of a large audience; each speech presenting both similar and contrasting ideals. The two speeches are expressed differently because Maya Angelou uses figurative language such as repetition to convey her ideas in the form of a poem‚ while Barack
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it; however‚ only one writer that caught my attention because her works are stands out and different. I choose to write about Maya Angelou as the best writer because she is actress‚ a poet‚ a singer‚ a producer and win a so many awards. When I read her work‚ I feel like there is a connection between her and I. Most of the time‚ I feel like she wrote it for me. Angelou
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The Champion of the World In beginning of “The Champion of the World‚” by Maya Angelou‚ she creates a scene with a crowd crammed together “The last inch of space was filled‚ yet people continued to wedge themselves along the wall of the Store” (104)‚ and emotions running high “The apprehensive mood was shot through with gaiety‚ as a black sky is streaked with lightening.” (105) In doing so she keeps the controlling idea of a high-spirited night consistent. The impression is set in a way that
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person you truly were meant to be and everyone has their own special culture. In the poem “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou the poet uses motif‚ imagery‚ rhyme‚ and diction/syntax to create the idea that in your own culture you stay determined and you never give up when someone tries to bring you down. Your culture is your own and no one can ever change that from you. To begin with‚ Maya Angelou starts out by what seems like a self-conversation changing her personality. She points out all her flaws that
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Maya Angelou more effectively uses description and narration to portray her view of segregation as a group from the dominant culture in the location and era of her tale. Both Maya Angelou and Amy Tan used narrations and/or descriptions to describe isolations from Anglo-dominant society. Maya Angelou uses emotions of audiences in Uncle Willie’s store‚ exciting pace of the boxing match‚ and audiences’ conversations to‚ intensity of the game‚ as well as the voice from radio to narrate the story and
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In A Brave and Startling Truth by Maya Angelou we see self-belief and overcoming adversity when Maya Angelou was writing about a world at war in A Brave and Startling Truth‚ This could be a reference to when Maya Angelou was growing up because when she was growing up in America there was a lot of Racism‚ It was like a big war between the White people and Black people. The white people did not want to be equal with the black people‚ so they treated them differently in a negative way for example black
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Maya Angelou’s style is very intriguing and captivating due to her usage of tone. Maya Angelou was an American Civil Rights Activist‚ born in St Louis‚ Missouri‚ who lived through the Jim Crow Era - which‚ as mentioned before‚ was a critical period in terms of the rise of racial segregation in the United States. Unlike the majority of her kind‚ Angelou was extremely privileged - becoming a successful actress‚ author and poet
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