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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Still I rise Written by Maya Angelou in 1978 Still I rise is a poem about second changes‚ redemption and integrity. It emphasises how people will manipulate others‚ push them around and talk about them‚ but still that person will get up and walk on with their head held high. The tone of the poem is strong and positive. The poem is filled with metaphors‚ similes and various language aspects that make the poem a great tool for teaching poetry within an English classroom context. The main theme
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“Mrs. Flowers”‚ an excerpt from Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”(1969)‚ depicts the profound effect that an adult can have on a child. Fortunately in this situation‚ the effect is a positive one. Mrs. Flowers was not known to be the warmest of people. As a matter of fact‚ in Marguerite’s eyes‚ she was almost beyond approach. In Maya Angalou’s descriptive writing pattern‚ you can almost feel‚ taste and smell the reverence for Mrs. Flowers almost as much as you can feel Mrs. Flowers
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K’iche’ (Quiche’) Maya and the Popol Vuh K’iche’ (Quiche’) Maya and the Popol Vuh The K’iche’ (Quiché) Maya had an advanced civilization in pre-Columbian times with a high level of political and social organization. Archaeological findings have shown large populations centers and a complex class structure. While the early Mayan people did not have an exact written language the fact of oral tradition has left historians to be lucky enough to have later writers
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Professor Gessler March 28‚ 2014 Arth 300 Roles of the Artist: Maya Lin There are one out of four roles that every artist could play and the one that I believe Maya Lin plays is “Artists make a visual record of the people‚ places‚ and events of their time and place”. I believe that this is how i have see her portrayed in this film because all of the landmarks and monuments that she had made were all so great due to the personal factor of having the historicals names and times written on them
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Caged Bird by Maya Angelou explores themes of Social injustice‚ Lack of freedom/choice and Shattered dreams in six stanzas of varying length. There is no set rhyme scheme to the poem but there are noticeable rhymes in stanzas two‚ three‚ four and five. Stanza six is a repetition of stanza three. There are half rhymes throughout. Vocabulary and sentence structure is very straightforward. The stanzas alternate between the free bird’s perspective and that of the caged bird with regularity: two stanzas
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“I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people”‚ Maya Angelou. This quote says everything I think of heroism a person just trying to make the world a better place for people. Heroism is someone who puts others before him/herself and is caring about others and what others think. This is a great quote and it is true some people try to make the world a better place and some don’t. Heroism is being brave and strong for other. Being brave will help others be
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Who Killed the Maya This video series was very interesting to watch because I really had no real knowledge of this culture or what they were about. It is so hard to believe that one person who wanted so much power would have been the catalyst so many years later to have a people destroy themselves. One of the key points I felt this video shared would be that of hidden history. This group of people has so much history‚ a 2000 year old history chock full of so many details. Researchers have
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Margaret Cochran Corbin Sabrina Hamed Revolutionary War Biography 5th grade Literacy May 11‚ 2017 This paper is about Margaret Cochran Corbin. She was the first wounded woman of the American Revolution. She was a strong woman and an interesting person. Margaret Cochran Corbin was a woman who fought in the American Revolution war that was her job. This paper is about her early life‚ adult life‚ and contribution to the Revolutionary War. This paragraph is about
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Brieanna Fredricks One Hard Life (A Discussion of the theme Life is Not Always Easy in Spoon River Anthology) Nothing about life is easy; you work‚ you try‚ and sometimes you fail regardless of your efforts.Some people believe in reincarnation‚ others in some form of an afterlife‚ and some believe you only have one life. Believing that you’re only able to live one life could benefit the person because they take that idea and they accept it. In that acceptance they choose to live everyday
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