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This seminar paper will look at a poem written by Maya Angelou, Still I rise, 1978. An analysis of this poem will be provided, exploring the meaning of the poem and the language used to present a certain image to the audience. “Dr. Angelou experienced the brutality of racial discrimination, but she also absorbed the unshakable faith and values of traditional African-American family, community, and culture”(www.mayaangelou.com, 2014). This poem is Maya Angelou speaking to the audience as she explains

Fily Thiam English 002 Mrs. Vilato 9 April 2015 Rhetorical Analysis on “Graduation” by Maya Angelou In Graduation, a chapter in her autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, Maya Angelou talks vividly about her middle school graduation in the segregated South. Graduation is an important milestone in most people’s life, as they get a degree and move on to their next level, something better and more important, with the hope that they can use their new knowledge to achieve their life goals and

is one of the few recognisable civil rights activist working right beside Martin Luther Jr and many other leaders including presidents. Working in the Reagan and Bush ad 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

Presentation I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a self-portraying record of Maya Angelou that shows how cherish for writing and having a solid character can assume a huge part in conquering bigotry and misery. Throughout the story, it is clear that Maya changes from being a setback of bigotry to end up distinctly a young lady with self-nobility and character that helps her to conquer partiality. The setting of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings concentrates on the issues connected with bigotry that

seeing how in certain situations, a character might change based on the reaction they might have. In I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, many of the characters face hardships of their own. The novel is a nonfiction piece, so all of the events spoken about in the novel actually happened in real life. When mentioning the book I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and the struggles that occur, one thing that comes to the minds of many who have read the book is something that happens to Maya

Influence is a key trait needed to be a strong leader and Mrs. Flowers shows what positive influence can do to someone who is in turmoil. Maya Angelou is a young black girl living in the Stamps in her biography “I know Why a Caged Bird Sings” and while in the Stamps meets Mrs. Bertha Flowers. At this time in the story Maya has gone through a tragic event in her life and has gone into a state of silence. When Maya saw Mrs. Flowers for the first time she felt hopeful as she also states “Then I met

Like many African American writers in American history, migration is a defining part of Maya Angelou’s life and character. In her memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya thoroughly discusses each of the moves that shape the person she becomes. From St. Louis at seven to a Southern California junkyard at fifteen, Maya’s life is filled with both voluntary and involuntary migrations. Some of these moves are intensely emotionally taxing, while others allow her to grow and flourish. Although her

2.) This poem was published in the year 1978 by Maya Angelou. Maya lived between the years of 1928 and 2014. 3.) During Maya’s teenage years she won a scholarship to study dance and drama at San Francisco’s Labor school. This exhibits the tremendous talent that was possessed by her at a young age. Also Maya was active in the Civil Rights Movement with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Throughout her life she has won many awards. Such awards include the Pulitzer Prize for her book and also three

and space between her teeth (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 2). Angelou believed that being beautiful was to be alluring, graceful, and White; it is not being big, awkward or black. It wasn’t just being a black women that was unattractive, the Coleman girls were seen as attractive because they possessed European features-- naturally straight hair and little mouths, instead of kinky hair and large, full lips (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 89). Later on through Maya Angelou’s life, she learns that

In both stories “The Story of an Hour” and “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” Kate Chopin and Maya Angelou use figurative language to portray to their readers that they have hope, that one day they will have freedom. Maya Angelou’s poem “I know why the caged bird sing” is all about her life in her early life as an African American women. She wrote it as a civil rights activist to portray to the world that freedom is something everyone deserves. Her life experiences with racism pushed her to write