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    Aging Parents

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    Should people accept it as their duty to take care of their aging parents? explain‚ Give three reasons. The word duty implies that taking care of our parents is our filial responsibility. When we were children and in their care‚ I doubt taking care of us was viewed as a job. I believe they cared for us because they loved us and wanted to nurture us. Now that they have reached an age where the simple‚ everyday tasks are becoming more difficult for them‚ they need us to step up and help.

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    In Maya Angelou’ article “Graduation‚” she explained that a gap of education between black people and white people because a few of black people could had opportunities to go to college. Firstly‚ she talked people of Stamps felt excited and proud‚ and they did a lot of preparation and tradition activities about the graduation of the eighth grade before the graduation came in Stamps. For example‚ Angelou got a lot of gift and some money from her family and friends because people gave a gift to their

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    for an African-American woman like Maya Angelou to change the views of so many people like she did. She began as a civil rights activist‚ but later became a much greater symbol‚ representing the voices of all women who wished to live in a more equal and accepting society. Throughout her life‚ Maya Angelou has published seven autobiographies‚ three books of essays‚ several books of poetry‚ and many plays‚ movies‚ and television shows. Through her novels and poems‚ she expresses her struggles involving

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    Maya Angelou Racism

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    Racism was a huge issue in the 1900’s. The blacks and the whites were greatly segregated from each other. In the book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”‚ Maya Angelou explains how she experienced racism through her lifetime. As Maya was growing up‚ she was never around white people‚ but as she got older she experienced more racism; by the end of the book Maya has friendships with all different types of people‚ including white people‚ and as a result she starts believing in herself and that not all

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    Running head: MAYA ANGELOU 1 MAYA ANGELOU 11 An Important Historical Figure: Maya Angelou Name Institution Date Introduction Born on the 4th of April‚ 1928 in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ civil rights activist and writer Maya Angelou is popular for her memoir titled “I Know Why

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    Changes in Aging

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    Biologic changes: "Health in the later years is an accumulated product of your life before‚" says geriatrician Dr Denise Eldemire Shearer. "Most of the illnesses in the later years are lifestyle-related and prevention is very important." Concurrent with physical ageing - which all woman looked at last week - is biological ageing which‚ combined with the physical‚ our heredity and lifestyle habits‚ governs the functions of the body’s organs and systems as we grow older. The biological changes of

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    Maya Angelou was born with the name of Marguerite Johnson. Maya Angelou got her name from her brother‚ Bailey‚ who called her "Mya sister" and her first husband‚ Tosh Angelo. She was born on the fourth in April of 1928‚ in St. Louis‚ Mo. Maya Angelou is a poet‚ historian‚ author‚ actress‚ play-write‚ civil rights activist‚ a publisher‚ director‚ a mother‚ and a survivor. She is one of the most influential African Americans in American history. When her parents divorced she was sent to Stamps‚ Arkansas

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    allowed her the knowledge and wisdom that led to self –discovery (finding one’s inner self)‚ two endeavors that most of humanity is never able or perhaps willing to acquire. From an apprehensive child growing up in a small town in Arkansas‚ Maya Angelou has evolved into an influential‚ wish‚ and respected women. She has overcome obstacles and has grown

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    Aging Population

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    Modern society is built by the young for the young. It is a dynamic creation that does not give much consideration to the old‚ sick‚ handicapped or incapable. They are merely tolerated as so much liability or nuisance. So these hardly wanted people face many problems in their everyday living. The old‚ who were once young‚ helped to make the present society. Now they pay the price of their former neglect of the old. They themselves are neglected and unappreciated in turn. An old person does

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    she lacks‚ but she also has to have something more to offer.A hero is someone who is admired or idealized for courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities. Maya Angelou and Beowulf both possessed the traits of a traditional hero. They both had endurance‚ strength‚ and patience when pursuing their victories. But‚ Maya Angelou was something more than traditional. This slight difference in her personality makes her the ideal hero.This trait would send her sky-rocketing in the hearts of people

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