what you think of YOURSELF‚ not how others think of you. The blurred lines between self-worth and self-esteem make such a topic rather difficult. Self-worth stood out to me as a different approach to reading this book. Since it is from the author’s point of view‚ the way she sees herself in her childhood and the way she is looking back at how she saw her life gives the storyline a whole new‚ interesting twist. These days‚ so many friendships and relationships have slipped into that follower-followed
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In the novel “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” Maya Angelou describes her life as a young awkward black girl in the American South during the 1930s and subsequently in California during the 1940s. when Maya is only three her parents divorce and ship Maya and her older brother‚ Bailey‚ to live with their paternal grandmother‚ Annie Henderson‚ in rural Stamps‚ Arkansas. Annie‚ who Maya and Bailey call Momma‚ runs the only store in the black section of Stamps and becomes the central moral figure in
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In the autobiography I Know Why the Caged Birds Sings by Mary Angelou‚ the chapter “Graduation” includes symbols and literary devices that portray segregation and prosperity throughout the story. Furthermore‚ the vigorous symbols and literary devices expose the emotions and limitations of segregation. Moreover‚ these devices reveals the feelings of contentment. During the 1940’s‚ segregation depresses the African American people and composes them to feel dispirited. Particularly‚ the white schools
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man is born equal. I disagree‚ however‚ some are born into more luxurious lives‚ some are born disabled with no way to recover‚ and some are born with a special “ticket” through life called talent. In fact‚ the only time that we are truly equal is in death. No one gets to buy‚ run‚ swim‚ jump‚ or debate their way out of death. This is a fact shown clearly to the reader in Maya Angelou’s book I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings in Chapter 26 when she states‚ “... and all the way I communed with death’s
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1. In the text "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" a young black girl is growing up with racism surrounding her. It is very interesting how the author Maya Angelou was there and the way she described every detail with great passion. In the book Maya and Bailey move to a lot of places‚ which are‚ Stamps‚ Arkansas; St. Louis‚ Missouri; and San Francisco‚ California. Maya comes threw these places with many thing happening to her and people she knows. She tries to hold onto all the good memories and get
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voice very different from traditional American writers‚ such as Poe‚ Thoreau‚ and Emerson. These are the writers that have helped comprise the literary cannon of the United States for nearly two hundred years. She has something to say that they do not know about. The House on Mango Street is an elegant literary piece‚ somewhere between fiction and poetry‚ that explores issues that are important to her: feminism‚ love‚ oppression‚ and religion. The House on Mango Street reads more as poetry than as
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The Darkest Struggles When Maya Angelou wrote the book “I know why the caged bird sings” she was speaking from her very on soul and pouring out the deep feelings she had felt when she was younger‚ all the way up until she was a young adult. African American women will always have more on their shoulders more than any other race especially white women will. No one really knows if all of the discrimination started because of the color of our skin or the attitude that lingers in our voice. Only
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The purpose of authors writing literary works is to teach specific values and themes that they deem essential to put across to their readers. Francine Prose‚ the author of the excerpt I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read‚ is just by being skeptical of using literary works to teach values because of the way many English classes target the values of the author rather than the literary work itself. By using the two examples of the novels Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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In the first six chapters of “I Know Why The Caged Birds Sing”‚ many events happen. One event in particular was the poor white children‚ also known as the “powhitetrash” children‚ disrespected Momma. When Marguerite was ten-years-old‚ three “powhitetrash” children approached the Store. As they walked closer‚ Momma told her to head inside. The children mocked Momma by imitating all her body gestures and stance. They also referred to Momma by her first name‚ which was very disrespectful considering
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based on the autobiography‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ written by the famous and inspiring Maya Angelou. In the beginning of‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ Marguerite Annie Johnson or Maya Angelou is a precocious girl and she suffered from the typical traumas associated with being a black girl in America‚ as many black girls have. But she also struggled from the traumas of displacement. Her parents gave up on their marriage‚ and soon after‚ they sent away Maya and Bailey‚ her older brother
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