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Angelou joined the Harlem Writers Guild, where she was able to meet a number of major African-American authors and published for the first time. In 1968, with the help of her friend and novelist James Baldwin, Angelou wrote her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which brought her great international recognition and acclaim. With the first volume of her autobiography, she writes about growing up as a poor black female during segregation in the rural South. She draws on her life experiences

In “champion of the world”, a chapter in Maya Angelou’s autobiography, “I know why the caged bird sings”, she reflects on what it was like to be African American in the 1920s. She describes her uncle Willie’s store, a place where the black community gathered to listen to a boxing match. Angelou shows the anti-white sentiments of her community through derogatory dialogue, aggressive diction, and celebratory imagery. She demonstrates this through the victory of Joe Louis, an African American boxer

I Know why the Caged Bird Sings Censorship Some books in the society should be censored while some should not be. Most books are worth reading however, most ones are prohibited in society and should not be read. Maya Angelou, I Know why the Caged Bird Sings is an autobiographical novel and it has been banned within the last three decades. In the book, Maya Angelou was going through a rough time since she was raped and bullied. Living as Maya is rough, she keeps going back and forth and doesn’t know

bird and sympathy is most meaningful because of his determination and ominous mindset to continue to fight. In the two poems the caged birds share similarities with each other. Because they are trapped, both sing for help. Dunbar shows in Sympathy, “ I know why the caged bird sings...” and in Angelou’s poem Caged Bird, “ The caged bird sings with fearful trill…” These quotations show both birds want help and their freedom so they project their voice as a cry for help hoping for someone to hear. In addition

Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri, is a writer,and she is known for many auto-biographical novels and she also writes poetry and essays. She also loved to study music, dance,and drama. From 1963 to 1966 Angelou was involved in the black civil rights movement. Maya Angelou wrote this specific poem called; “Phenomenal Women”. Angelou has a very creative way of saying things throughout her poem. Angelou talks about a woman in the poem that talks about herself a lot she repeats the phrase“

"I learned that people will forget what you said, and will forget what you did but people won't forget how you made them feel" was said by Maya Angelou. Firstly, Maya Angelou background information was mainly about a person that was going back and forth with family members and having a hard time going through it. Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. When she was still a child her parents, Bailey and Vivian Baxter Johnson marriage ended. After there parents marriage ended

Angelou's prologue I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings expresses the deeper meaning of identity and social acceptance in the black community especially for black females. She narrates a personal story of being trapped by societies beauty standards and finally finding relief. Angelou's utilizes first person point of view creates a connection between her and the reader Right from the start the reader is able to depict first person narrative from Angelou's use of personal pronouns such as I and me. Through

childhood filled with trauma and at the age of 16 she had a son. In 1952 she married and throughout the 1960’s she traveled abroad to Egypt and late Ghana. When she returned to the United States she began writing. One of her most popular poems is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” which tells of her first 17 years of life. This poem was the first non-fiction bestseller written by an African American woman. Many of her poems tell of her experiences and discuss her personal life. In 1993, Angelou

Maya Angelou         By consistently weaving the theme of motherhood into her literature, Maya Angelou creates both personal narratives and poems that the reader can relate to. Her exploration of this universal theme lends itself to a very large and diverse audience.  Throughout Angelou's works, she allows her followers to witness her metamorphosis through different aspects of motherhood.         Well-worked themes are always present in Angelou's works-  self-

“I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” was a fascinating and charming autobiography by none other than myself, Maya Angelou. My book was about my hard life growing up as a black girl in the south. The word “Cages” are known as the hardships. “Cages” are the things that keep humans from accomplishing in life and helping them being everything they want to be. Some of my cages includes me being black in the 1940’s and my dictatorial grandmother. Throughout my life, a “cage” was my young age, and it causes