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"I know why the caged bird sings" is an autobiography by Maya Angelou. Angelou describes her childhood and the adversity she faced. She starts her coming of age story after arriving in Stamps, a small southern town, that was very religious, where her parents had sent her and her younger brother after they divorced. At the ages of 3 and 4, Maya and her brother Bailey lived with there grandma, Mamma, who was there mother fighure. During those early years in Stamps Maya faces racism and learns the stark

Through an examination of the female experience, Maya Angelou's Still I Rise (1978) and Anne Sexton's Her Kind (1960) utilise the authors' individual styles to inspire and shape our understanding of oppression and empowerment. In the difference in presentation of their common themes, the implications of different styles are shaped. Though there are similarities between the poets, it is the way they choose to utilise literary devices that creates a text that resonates with the audience in different

‘I know why the caged bird sings’ by Maya Angelou is an autobiography of the author’s early years as an African-American girl who has experienced a lot of racism living in the US. Being in her 40s, she decided to share her story illustrating what it was like at that time, and in order to help the people reading it, overcome racism and trauma. «If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary

Maya Angelou is an extremely talented author who is highly known for her books and poems, but that's not all she does. Maya Angelou's literary works were influenced by her personal life, her defense of black culture, and her success. Maya Angelou was born as Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928. Her mother was a nurse named Vivian Johnson and her father was a doorman named Bailey Johnson. Her brother named Bailey gave her the name “Maya.” She loved country music, Law & Order, and African clothing

to believe in themselves and to understand that no matter what challenges they might face they will get though them. Maya Angela is like a bud who slowly bloomed to become a beautiful flower. In her most famous book’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” she discusses the horrible struggles she went through as a young girl being black, being shy, and being raped. Throughout her life she struggled

Both “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou and “Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar refer to slavery using birds as metaphors and in “Sympathy”, the bird sees freedom only in death, while in “Caged Bird”, the bird hopes and believes that he will soon become free. The diction the authors use show that the “bird” is truly a slave because of the fact that they are both in pain and have bruises and scars and are bloody, as well as the fact that they are chained, and cannot run away. The bird in “Caged Bird” sang

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou describes her noteworthy life in her Memoir; I know why the Caged Bird Sings. In her memoir, Maya uses several literary devices to capture the audience’s attention and explain the traumatic events in her life. Maya recollects the events in her life and allows her audience to experience all of her hardships. In the 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou uses metaphors and similes to explain the struggles of growing up as a black woman

Maya Angelou was an African American that grew up to be a well known poet. I chose to write an analysis on her because she was the main character in the book I know why a caged bird sings, and interested me the most. She grew up in the 1990s, when discrimination was still a problem. She has endured so much in her lifetime. She describes herself as big, elbowy and grating on page 22. She is very insecure because number one, people made fun of her, and number two, she was black. In chapter 24, she

In her poem, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” Maya Angelou-- The bird sings because it wants her freedom. I think the caged bird also sings because she is bored or probable she needs distraction because she does not have nothing to do alone. I guess the bird is also calling someone because she might need something. Also i think the bird is ignored by the people that have the bird captured. I think this paragraph has to do with “The Long Walk Home” because Odessa can not do nothing by her choice

Maya Angelou, author, performer, and leader, is an inspiration to various people across the world. She fought for equality between men, women and segregation. 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 written