I Know Why The Caged Bird
The Caged Bird
Children endeavor clashes when finding their personal place in society. When a child is grinded down by their family, or the dominant culture, the road to achieving self-identity is accompanied with enormous obstacles to overcome. Maya Angelou’s amazing and enthralling experiences in “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” show her hard life growing up as a black girl from the South during the 1930s. Among the hardships are things known as "cages". "Cages" are things that keep people from succeeding in life and doing things they want to do. Maya Angelou has been through tough times all throughout her life.
Maya’s cages deal with rape, prejudice, and abandonment. Maya’s rape affected her and made her not talk for about 5 years, she …show more content…
Freeman. Mr. Freeman takes advantage of Maya because she has never experienced affection from her family or anyone, she confuses his corruptive behavior with the physical attention she doesn’t receive. Mr. Freeman tells Maya that he will kill Bailey if she says anything, his threat confuses Maya to indicate that she has done something wrong, but she doesn’t know what. Mr. Freeman is only sentenced to a year and a day in jail. He is even released early, but soon after, he is found beat to death. Maya then feels guilty for his death, she believed her words killed him, she decides to not speak. Her depression lasted about five …show more content…
They have moved between their grandparents and mother. In the story Maya and Bailey get Christmas presents from their parents, but they thought they were dead. They didn’t want gifts from them, but just to see them. The children cry and wonder what they did wrong to be sent away. A year later, their dad shows up. Then he takes Maya and Bailey when he departs. Not for long though, he drops them off with their mother. Living at her mothers, she doesn’t adjust well, the family she meets practices criminal behavior, which affects her
Children endeavor clashes when finding their personal place in society. When a child is grinded down by their family, or the dominant culture, the road to achieving self-identity is accompanied with enormous obstacles to overcome. Maya Angelou’s amazing and enthralling experiences in “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” show her hard life growing up as a black girl from the South during the 1930s. Among the hardships are things known as "cages". "Cages" are things that keep people from succeeding in life and doing things they want to do. Maya Angelou has been through tough times all throughout her life.
Maya’s cages deal with rape, prejudice, and abandonment. Maya’s rape affected her and made her not talk for about 5 years, she …show more content…
Freeman. Mr. Freeman takes advantage of Maya because she has never experienced affection from her family or anyone, she confuses his corruptive behavior with the physical attention she doesn’t receive. Mr. Freeman tells Maya that he will kill Bailey if she says anything, his threat confuses Maya to indicate that she has done something wrong, but she doesn’t know what. Mr. Freeman is only sentenced to a year and a day in jail. He is even released early, but soon after, he is found beat to death. Maya then feels guilty for his death, she believed her words killed him, she decides to not speak. Her depression lasted about five …show more content…
They have moved between their grandparents and mother. In the story Maya and Bailey get Christmas presents from their parents, but they thought they were dead. They didn’t want gifts from them, but just to see them. The children cry and wonder what they did wrong to be sent away. A year later, their dad shows up. Then he takes Maya and Bailey when he departs. Not for long though, he drops them off with their mother. Living at her mothers, she doesn’t adjust well, the family she meets practices criminal behavior, which affects her