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    Maya Angelou is an American poet that has gained national and international recognition for her unique writing styles. On the Pulse of Morning is a masterpiece created 1993 20th of January. In the year of 2008 an unprecedented victory was gained for all African-Americans. Maya Angelou read before millions of viewers on a historic inauguration proceedings for President Barack Obama.The election of America’s first Black Commander and Chief has defied all odds‚ given America’s history of brutal treatment

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    Maya Angelou an activist‚ poet‚ mother‚ and role model created vivid poetry that reflected a time in her life that was dark but strengthening. This poem is called‚ “ Weekend Glory‚ ” by Maya De Angelou. In this poem Maya‚ was speaking about her life ‚ how she doesn’t have to be rich to live her life. She don’t have anybody to impress‚ she’s just living her life like everybody else. During the 1960’s-1970’s may marches‚ riots‚ and conflicts occurred. In 1960 four black college students sat in at

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    Kaitlyn Queen AP English IV Mrs. Conner In the two novels‚ The Color Purple and The Bluest Eye‚ the authors Alice Walker and Toni Morrison similarly observe the negative life effects caused by physical‚ sexual‚ and verbal abuse that can be destructive to the human mind and produce a shame within oneself as well as shaming from others. Both novels are set in the 1900s‚ presenting a racist and sexist environment that contributes to the dehumanization/ degeneration of a human being. In addition‚ love

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    Jaylyn Shamberger Professor Remington English 1102 12/9/2014 Maya Angelou According to the Dictionary of Literary Biography Maya Angelou was born in ST.Louis‚ Missouri‚ in 1928.When she was only three years old her parents split and her and her older brother Bailey were sent to stay with their aunt in Arkansas. Maya spent her formative childhood years in the royal south where racism was a daily presence for Angelou and her family. She learned at an early age that blackness was abhorred while whiteness

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    The Color Purple The story The Color Purple is about a fourteen-year-old girl name Celie who was raped repeatedly by a man whom she was lead to believe as her father majority of her life later only to find out later after her mother’s death he was not. At the time she believed that her father was her father so finding out that her father‚ Alphonso was not her father made her relieved being that she had gave birth to two children whom she believed was her brother and sister. Celie experienced rape

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    Color Purple Character Notes Pages 1-80 For each character‚ take notes and make inferences about each character. Cite textual evidence to support your inferences. Due Tuesday via Turnitin.com by 11pm Character Your Analysis (Make an inference about the character‚ support it with textual evidence). Use CERC Strategy. Celie In Alice Walker’s The Color Purple‚ the author presents the character Celie. Celie is uneducated and lives in a abusive home. Through her struggles she is very selfless in

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    In Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ there are multiple role models who help Maya through her hardships. Momma‚ Mrs. Flowers and Miss. Kirwin impacted her by their actions. Momma remains tranquil and patient during the difficult times of being downgraded because of their race. Mrs. Flowers helps Maya out of her silence‚ giving Maya another opportunity to be herself again. Maya’s favorite teacher‚ Miss. Kirwin respects her without judgements. These three women allow Maya to view her

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    Throughout The Color Purple‚ Walker realistic shows the many strong connections and loyalties the characters have with one another. One strong bond that is shown throughout the book is between Celie and her sister Nettie. They always had a strong bond‚ even when Celie feared that Nettie was dead because they did not hear from each other for a long period of time. In one of Nettie’s letters to Celie‚ she wrote “But God‚ I miss you‚ Celie. I think about the time you laid yourself down for me. I love

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    CHARACTERS Celie - No description of Celie is given‚ being that the novel is told through her eyes. In contrast‚ her actions and thoughts are enhanced by the narrator’s position. Celie is a poor‚ uneducated black female with a harsh history. The novel examines her struggle to find self-esteem‚ love‚ and courage to overcome multiple conflicts. She is victim to repeated immoral events: She’s raped by her father‚ stripped from her children‚ and sold into a marriage of servitude. During her years of

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    The characters in The Color Purple are beautifully crafted with unique personalities and backgrounds. Some are detestable‚ while others are lovely‚ but all go through a period of self-reflection and development. Celie As an adolescent‚ Celie is a victim of rape and abuse by her father‚ Alphonso. This is evident when she says “He [Alphonso] beat me today cause he say I winked at a boy in church. I may have got somethin in my eye but I didn’t wink. I don’t even look at mens. (A. Walker‚ 5)” Her father

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