Essay On Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is perceived by many literary critics to be one of the most important books of two generations. It is the first in a five volume autobiography about author Maya Angelou’s life. Maya Angelou is not only a well known author, but also a poet, actress, director, playwright, film producer, and civil rights activist. Maya is also an accomplished spokeswoman, traveling the country taking on taboo topics such civil rights, or gender equality. She is one of the single most important women of our time.
Marguerite Johnson was born in the city of St. Louis, in the April of 1928. Growing up in this era had a profound effect on Maya in her early and later life, as it was fraught with the struggle of segregation that every African American felt. When Maya was young, her parents divorced and sent her and her brother to live with their grandmother in Arkansas. From the age of three, Maya was subject to the blatantly legal racism …show more content…
Throughout her extensive career of writing, singing, and speech giving, her topic has always been the most important one. Maya Angelou’s work reflects the terrible environment of the south and midwest of the 1900s. She speaks out against the forced silence of the minorities in America, she speaks against the blatant racism in the class roles of the middle 1900s. Maya’s work has been the conduit of millions of other voices oppressed into silence. In conclusion, Maya Angelou’s hard work and dedication has proven that she is one of the single most important American literary figures of our time. Her literary and physical labors in poetry, literature, directing, and playwriting, have been the cause for change in two generations. Maya’s voice has truly been the song her Caged Bird sings, and she says it best in a tribute to a well known author: "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is perceived by many literary critics to be one of the most important books of two generations. It is the first in a five volume autobiography about author Maya Angelou’s life. Maya Angelou is not only a well known author, but also a poet, actress, director, playwright, film producer, and civil rights activist. Maya is also an accomplished spokeswoman, traveling the country taking on taboo topics such civil rights, or gender equality. She is one of the single most important women of our time.
Marguerite Johnson was born in the city of St. Louis, in the April of 1928. Growing up in this era had a profound effect on Maya in her early and later life, as it was fraught with the struggle of segregation that every African American felt. When Maya was young, her parents divorced and sent her and her brother to live with their grandmother in Arkansas. From the age of three, Maya was subject to the blatantly legal racism …show more content…
Throughout her extensive career of writing, singing, and speech giving, her topic has always been the most important one. Maya Angelou’s work reflects the terrible environment of the south and midwest of the 1900s. She speaks out against the forced silence of the minorities in America, she speaks against the blatant racism in the class roles of the middle 1900s. Maya’s work has been the conduit of millions of other voices oppressed into silence. In conclusion, Maya Angelou’s hard work and dedication has proven that she is one of the single most important American literary figures of our time. Her literary and physical labors in poetry, literature, directing, and playwriting, have been the cause for change in two generations. Maya’s voice has truly been the song her Caged Bird sings, and she says it best in a tribute to a well known author: "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."