I Wanna Know

Living on her Legacy ¨History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not to be lived again,” (“Phenomenal Woman”). We won't have to relive what has happened already, but if we continue to do things to change things in a positive way, the world would stay a positive place. Maya Angelou was a freedom rights activist & feminism. She received awards for her writings, while also being a self confident woman. The American novelist and poet Maya Angelou, used

Throughout the novel, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, the main character, Marguerite Ann Johnson, goes through a lot during her childhood. When Maya was little she was living with her grandmother, which they called mamma. Maya’s brother Bailey also lived with them. One day their father came and took them to St. Louis and left them to live with their mother. Their mother, Vivian, lived with her boyfriend Mr.Freeman. For a while Maya started having nightmares and slept with her mother

Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” is an emotional coming of age autobiography set in the nineteen thirties – forties, focusing on her struggle with self-acceptance, insecurities, and prejudices. This journey is vastly explored throughout the United States such as, Arkansas, St. Louis, California, and even outside of the U.S. like Mexico. She travels with her brother to visit different members of their family, with each location having a story to tell. When she is three years old, she

In the two novels, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Bean Trees, both authors Maya Angelou and Barbara Kingsolver account for the struggles of women in any day and age, they use both or their narratives to depict empowered women despite their hardships. In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, a personal narrative by Maya Angelou we see her struggle with finding her voice after she had been raped and sexuality assualted, hating herself because of her appearance ,and feeling disconnected because

this line “I know what the caged bird feels, alas”(1). This line makes sense because Dunbar was previously a slave so he knows the feeling of being trapped with no way out and fighting for his freedom. This bird is portraying the emotions and the intentions of blacks such as Dunbar and many other. In Sympathy and Caged Bird both authors portray the birds crying out to others or a higher power. Once again Dunbar is relating to this bird “But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings--I know why the caged

racial segregation affect different races future(ex. jobs)? Style: Does Angelou’s critical take on all humans being worthless show her maturity or bitterness about racial equality? Quotation “We all should be dead. I thought I should like to see us all dead, one on top of the other”(22). I chose this quote because it shows how emotional the author is about the subject and how strongly she believe the lack of equality is

This book made Angelou famous. Angelou continued her writing and in 1972 her book “Georgia” was the first screenplay written by an African American woman. Angelo continued writing. Her memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is to this day her best selling book. Another best selling story that she wrote was Me and Me and Mom. Maya Angelou went on to be nominated for many awards for her stores and poems. “On the Pulse of the Morning” was one one

Maya Angelou, author, performer, and leader, is an inspiration to various people across the world. She protested the rights of inequality among men, women and race. Angelou experienced many hardships, including abandonment and abuse throughout her childhood. “It takes the human voice to infuse them (words) with the shades of a deeper meaning.” (Angelou). This quote enhances people’s views on the written language versus the spoken language. Hearing the words creates a distinction between verbal and

“Today, [my wife] Michelle and I join millions around the world in remembering one of the brightest lights of our time – a brilliant writer, a fierce friend, and a truly phenomenal woman.” (Statement). This memorial statement, by former president Barack Obama in 2014, encompasses the feelings that he and many others had towards Maya Angelou, one of the most influential writers and voices of her generation. Over the course of her lifetime, over 50 honorary degrees, including the highest American

In Still I Rise we see self-belief and overcoming adversity when Maya Angelou writes this poem because when Maya Angelou was writing this, she was trying to make it sound like she was talking to the white Americans that she had to face when she was growing, and putting her down. This poem could have been written because Maya Angelou wanted to make a poem to taunt to make her sound much more better than the white Americans that were against the black Africans when she was growing up. The adversity