I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

ministry. She wrought a best-selling auto biography “I know why the caged bird sings”. Trough-out her legacy she continuously created poems promoting civil rights from her personal and social views. “still I rise “is one of her earlier working but is still consider one of the greatest poems on discussing the social views at the time of tis publishing and still hold value to todays current events. This text will be Analysing the poem “still I rise” But first discussing the experiences that Maya Angelou

definitely lived by this as they tried to achieve their dreams and aspirations. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an informing story written with figurative language about how the main character finds her voice to speak. “After Being Convicted of Voting in the 1872 Presidential Election” is an informational speech written with technical language about how the speaker finds her voice to gain equality. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and “After Being Convicted of Voting in the 1872 Presidential Election”

prominent in "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", where the early events of Angelou’s life are vividly described to the reader in the postmodern literary fashion. In order to understand Maya Angelou’s works, one must first

Author Information: Maya Angelou, both the writer and protagonist of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, spent the majority of her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas in the wake of her parent’s divorce at the age of three. She, along with her older brother, lived with their grandmother (Annie Henderson), whom they call Momma, at the only black store in the segregated town of Stamps. Annie later became a big influence in her life and helped her develop self-confidence and pride. Growing up, Maya had to

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: What’s in a Name? For each of us, our name is not just combination of letters used to call us, but it also is a part of our personality; being called in some ways might make us feel loved and respected, while being called in other ways might insult us and make us feel neglected. In Maya Angelou’s novel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings naming is also of a great importance. For Marguerite the way her name is said plays a big role in determining person's attitude

In I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou, Maya learns just how critical books are to everyone and learns to be dependent on them over other people because while everything around her is changing, books, writing and literature are always there to be her friend. Everything Maya was dependent on, before she discovered books, (her mother, Momma, Bailey, her family, her educators and her home) are so unstable throughout the whole book that she can not depend on them. However, through all of

The most important lesson that I learned this year was about self-acceptance, more specifically accepting myself for who I am and not being ashamed of my cultural background. The main two texts that I felt expressed this lesson the most was the autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings written by Maya Angelou and the graphic novel American Born Chinese written by Gene Luen Yang. In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou describes her life as she goes through a life-changing events that change

Comparing Two Compelling Memoirists A strong and influential memoirist is able to grasp the reader’s attention and dive into topics bigger than themselves. Maya Angelou, the author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, describes herself as neither a hero nor a victim as she recollects her past. Growing up, Maya Angelou not only suffered from white prejudice and gender inequality, she was presented with situations that made her feel powerless. According to Angelou, “The Black female is assaulted in

The great poet Maya Angelou once said in her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you” (Maya Angelou Quotes.) Angelou’s autobiography and words have inspired many readers and rape victims. One victim, fourteen-year-old Melinda Sordino, a fictional character from Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak, is inspired by Angelou after her own tragic date rape and subsequent depression and silence. Melinda relates to Angelou and is inspired

her autobiography, “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings,” poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou portray her struggles as a young black girl, growing up in the South. Through difficult and scaring experiences, Maya Angelou writes her autobiography to deliver her message. Angelou embodies a “caged bird” in her autobiography to describe the hardships of racism and oppression she faces as a young black girl. As the title of the autobiography reads, “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” is the metaphor Maya