Lee 1 Nadia Lee English 2 Mr. List 19 January 2013 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings By: Maya Angelou 1. Before I chose this poem‚ I was thinking about choosing a couple of other ones when I finally realized that this poem caught my eye the most. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings helped me realize the benefits and consequences from both sides in life. I found this poem in Google under the category that said “poems that talk about life”. If you read this poem and take it literally‚ than it will
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He once sent me a poem by Maya Angelou. The poem included the line “The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of the things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom”. The bird fears what it will encounter outside of its cage so it never attempts to escape. This bird longs for freedom so deeply that he even sings to it but the bird’s fear of change causes him to stay in the same situation even though the bird can easily get out of it
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possible to do so? Who is to say who can have what and where? It all comes down to who has the more man and firepower. People would want a world class military‚ because in my eyes the best defense is the best offense. Meaning that if you have enough firepower to protect yourself you can not be harmed. How would Africa defend them selves? Anyone with a world class army can take over what they please in an instant. The big prediction for Doomsday is December 21‚ 2012. The Mayan prophecy’s calendar
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Breakfast of Champions Assignment Although the overall message that American’s are “machines” is clearly stated to the reader‚ Kurt Vonnegut also includes many hidden themes throughout the text. These include race‚ class‚ gender‚ overpopulation as well as others. The narrator makes it clear to distinguish each new characters race in the novel. Throughout the text‚ it becomes clear that Vonnegut makes a clear distinction between whites and blacks. The reader starts to question whether or not
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Question 2: What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day? Answer : That day‚ Franz noticed the absence of the routine commotion caused by the opening and closing of desks‚ repeating of lessons in unison and rapping of the teacher’s ruler on the table. The usual hustle-bustle was replaced by a strange stillness that was the characteristic of a school on a “Sunday morning.” Question 3: What had been put up on the bulletin-board? Answer : The bulletin-board notified the
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to tell other bees the exact angular distance available food is from the sun. However‚ could this really be considered language? Language‚ in a simple definition‚ is a system of communication and it seems as though bees have developed their own complex form of symbolic communication. However‚ language follows a set of guidelines as referred to in our lecture notes. Human language is multi-layered and all messages are divisible into a simpler form. The bee’s waggle dance lacks this type of distinct
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Li 1 Mr. Albert Chan English 102 14 October 2014 The Power of Language The introduction of “A Question of Language‚” is a frame for Gloria Naylor’s discussion. Gloria Naylor defines how the written and spoken language can give different meaning to a word. She considers language powerful tool used by writers and everyday people‚ to express their feelings and capture reality and life. She portrays just how powerful she
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"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Maya Angelou‚ in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ tells her story of how and when she grew up. In Arkansas at the time of Maya Angelou’s childhood‚ many things were looked upon as bad or unfavored. Maya’s problem was that she was black and a woman. Her novel depicts her life in rural Stamps‚ Arkansas with her grandmother and in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ where her mother resided. At the age of three Maya and her four-year old brother‚ Bailey‚ were turned over
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"Breakfast of Champions" In Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions‚ the narrator believes Americans are doing the best to live "like the characters in story books" (pg. 49). He believes that the problems our planet faces are a direct result of our individual desires to attain our story book perfect lives. Through this "colorful" and outrageous story of two white men‚ Kilgore Trout and Dwayne Hoover‚ Vonnegut twists in some of his concerns and criticisms of the typical American life with humor and
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1. I believe the theme and topic of this work is to tell a story about a young girl named Maya Lopez and describes her struggles and understanding of the world. Maya is a dancer‚ a performance artist‚ and actress and a boxer. She has the ability of being able to mimic any action or movement she sees‚ perfectly. This talent was first discovered at primary school when she played a complicated piece of music after seeing a musician perform it once although she is deaf. However‚ this book provides
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