Maya‚ a Poetic Angel Just one person can have an evident effect‚ good or bad‚ on the lives of many people. One person who has influenced the lives of millions is Maya Angelou‚ a world-renown African-American author and poet. She has battled with struggles such as racism‚ sexism‚ and prejudice all of her life. Angelou quotes‚ “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said‚ people will forget what you did‚ but people will never forget how you made them feel.” With her courage and determination
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finished she had added a crocheted cuff on the puff sleeves‚ and a pointy crocheted collar. I was going to be lovely. A walking model of all the various styles of fine hand sewing and it didn’t worry me that I was only twelve.” (33) Whereas Walker also boastfully describes the attire she wears in church on Easter Sunday that was designed with care by her mother and sister. Walker writes “It is East Sunday‚ 1950. I am dressed in a green‚ scalloped hem dress (handmade by my adoring sister‚ Ruth) that has
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if I was you.” In doing this‚ “Old Speckled-Face‚” as Margaret called her‚ attempts to dehumanize her and epitomizes the standard way of thinking of the common‚ rich white people in the 60’s and 70’s. A name for me represents history. Too many names are lost and/or changed because someone’s past‚ someone’s culture‚ someone’s story was “too long” to remember‚ and that just really makes me dejected. It makes me sad to know that people lost so much‚ especially their names. Maybe that’s why I take
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being‚ "respectful of the now quiet and aging seniors." Although it is right that her voice in the first six paragraphs described how they‚ the black children in stamps‚ felt and acted before the mood of the voice changes to a knowing or seeming to know everything narrator in the seventh paragraph. Her expressing voice carefully built the tension as she demonstrates prejudice qualities. The same voice introduces Ms. Angelou’s strategy of comparison and contrast. By comparing what the black
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of butterflies is a novel by australian writer brian caswell which is aimed at young adults. it was first printed in 1992. there are 2 thematic concerns inside the story that i would like to discuss. the first concern is discrimination of the different and the second concern presented is the abuse of the young and powerless. I believe that the 2 concerns have been intentionally discussed and that they are a relevant problem to society that needs to be addressed. the first issue was the discrimination
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Heroic qualities come in many different ways Heroes come in many different forms‚ types of people‚ and circumstances. There are three different types of heroes in the following poems and short story. “A Devil Went Down to Georgia” and “Still I Rise” each exemplify heroic qualities. One poem is a physical ability that enables the hero to come from his circumstance. The other hero is born into her circumstance by her race. Finally‚ the short story “Everyday Use” demonstrates the qualities of a hero
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Maya Angelou and Grace Nichols communicate what it means to be a black woman in today’s society? In this essay I will compare two poems. The two poems I will compare is Maya Angelou’s ‘Still I rise’ to Grace Nichols’ ‘Of course when they ask for poems about the ‘realities’ of Black women’. I think Maya Angelou’s ‘Still in rise’ has a rather different message to Grace Nichols’ poem. I think they are interesting to compare because Maya Angelo is lively and spirited about writing a poem about how
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The more I read‚ the more I found similarities. My graduation was very meaningful to me‚ and like Angelou I was anticipating the day that I was able to walk across the stage and receive my diploma I had spent twelve years working very hard to obtain. The day of my graduation I was pleased to see so many of my classmates that I had grown up with right there beside me. I had never seen so many smiling faces before. Angelou describes a particular part of her experience that I relate to most‚ I gave myself
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are “the dinosaur‚ who left dried tokens of their sojourn here…Is lost in the gloom of dust and ages. But today‚ the Rock cries out to us‚ clearly‚ forcefully‚ Come you may stand upon my Back and face your distant destiny.” The dinosaur‚ as we all know is now extinct. They have left their “dried tokens” or their fossils here when they were once here. They left them here for us to find. For the different groups to find. The dinosaurs were “lost in the dust…” and it was hard for people to find‚ but
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Flowers Maya doesn’t feel ashamed of herself any longer. Maya states‚ “It is a far‚ far better thing that I do‚ than I have done…tears of love filled my eyes at my selfishness. On that first day‚ I ran the hill and into the road…and had the good sense to stop running before I reached the Store” (Angelou 101). In other words‚ Maya realizes that all her silence has only brought more resentment towards herself. Blaming herself for the murder
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