The aim of this essay is to do a comparison on two poems‚ woman work by Maya angelou and I aint mad at cha by tupac shakur. Maya Angelou is a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. As a poet‚ educator‚ historian‚ best-selling author‚ actress‚ playwright‚ civil-rights activist‚ producer and director‚ she continues to travel the world‚ spreading her legendary wisdom. Within the rhythm of her poetry and elegance of her prose lies
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Maya Angelou did a poem that inspire many women and she recited her poem “On the Pulse of Morning"‚ for president Bill Clinton . Her poem was about the significant of the rock‚ river‚ and tree‚ which stands for what the people have done. In her poem she’s telling people to not be afraid and live with courage. She also describes how many people have been ignored‚ hurt‚ and treated bad. But than people had the courage to speak up and say something about it without hiding anything. Maya Angelou says
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Maya Angelou’s poetry was influenced by her own experience and the by time period that she lived in. One of her most famous pieces is a memoir. Her poems are about women empowerment. Some of her other poems are about racial discrimination. Through her poetry she has inspired lots of people. Her memoir Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is about her childhood and teen years. There were many event in her memoir that shocked me. In it she talks about how was molested and raped by her mother’s boyfriend
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’Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelou: the poem 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 living room. Just like moons and like suns‚ With the certainty of tides‚ Just like hopes springing high‚ Still I’ll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops
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liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such moving wonder‚ such a luminous dignity”. With these words‚ James Baldwin‚ who mentored and motivated Maya Angelou to write her autobiographical novel‚ I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings‚ describes the hope that Maya Angelou harboured for a better world‚ strongly supported by her love of literature and frequent retreats into the depths of literary worlds. The ever-religious Angelou resorted to the teachings of the Holy
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Dr. Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April 4‚ 1928‚ in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Her father‚ Baily Johnson‚ was a doorman‚ and‚ later a dietician for the navy. Her mother‚ Vivian Johnson‚ was a registered nurse. When Angelou was three years old‚ her parents were divorced. They sent her and her four-year-old brother‚ Baily‚ Jr.‚ to live with their paternal grandmother‚ Annie Henderson‚ in Stamps‚ Arkansas. Henderson ran a small general store and managed to scrape by. She continued to do so after
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such segregation and racism‚ which can be directly found in the stories of black’s who suffer from it. Examples of such victims of racial discrimination are Maya Angelou and Lawrence Otis Graham. In “Finishing School” Angelou describes her experiences as a black maid in the South during the 1930’s‚ working in a white household. Lawrence Otis Graham’s “The ‘Black Table’ Is Still There” recounts his observation of exposure to the normality of segregation in his predominantly
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which racism and segregation were a fact of life. It was a daily struggle for blacks to live in a society that clearly and openly did not accept them as equal people. They were frequently ridiculed and disrespected just because of the color of their skin. Since they were evidently treated differently‚ many despised the fact that they were black. As a result of their helpless circumstances‚ it was understandable that many blacks during that time lacked confidence and self-acceptance. Maya Angelou
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At the beginning of Camp when Lois was nine she seemed to have struggle a little bit trying to adapt to the environment of camp Manitou. She complained about all the things that bothered her at Camp Manito and mentions how she hated writing letters to her parents pretending that she was enjoying camp but in reality she isn’t. Later as Lois becomes thirteen‚ she ends up liking camp Manitou when she meets her best friend Lucy. The author characterizes Lucy as brownish with freckles and a bit taller
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individuals have power in who we are. Whether wealthy politicians‚ middle class‚ or impoverished people. But with power comes the possibility of corruption and the greed for power. Which causes the theft of others power. In her short story‚ Mary Maya Angelou tells the story of a young middle aged maid named Margaret who serves a ugly old women named Miss Cullinan whose unable to bare children and as a result her husband left her for a colored women and as a reaction she projects her anger and ill will
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