Literary Response To 'I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings'
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Literary Response
By
Ashley McKoy
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an inspiring story by well-known author Dr. Maya Angelou. Angelou is known for her many outstanding literary works. In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou tells the story of her life struggles and how she was able to overcome many obstacles in her life to become the famous author she is today. Angelou’s life story is inspiring and she tells it in a way that really makes you understand how she felt as she endured abandonment, discrimination, molestation and growing up with the low self- esteem of a black girl in the south. Despite all the things that Angelou endured, she managed to discover literature and her passion and talent for writing literature changed her life. It is inspiring to read about how she was able to overcome everything she went through and still managed to …show more content…
Momma runs a store and Maya learns many lessons while living there. It is while she is living with her grandparents, that Maya starts to love Shakespeare. This is the beginning of Maya’s life-long passion for literature.
Eventually Maya experiences the feeling of finally belonging when she moves to San Francisco and she also begins to find herself and is learning to love herself. As readers, we are able to see how Maya grows from the insecure little girl in Arkansas to the strong woman who realizes that she can trust herself and will be able to keep moving forward, which is clearly shown when she realizes that she can take care of her son herself.
It is not easy for me relate to the upbringing of Maya. I have endured some of the normal situations where I feel like things are not fair, but I have never had to be afraid to speak to someone because of their skin color. It is easy for me to relate to the part of her life where she is displaced a lot. My parents also divorced and I have moved a lot
Literary Response
By
Ashley McKoy
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an inspiring story by well-known author Dr. Maya Angelou. Angelou is known for her many outstanding literary works. In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou tells the story of her life struggles and how she was able to overcome many obstacles in her life to become the famous author she is today. Angelou’s life story is inspiring and she tells it in a way that really makes you understand how she felt as she endured abandonment, discrimination, molestation and growing up with the low self- esteem of a black girl in the south. Despite all the things that Angelou endured, she managed to discover literature and her passion and talent for writing literature changed her life. It is inspiring to read about how she was able to overcome everything she went through and still managed to …show more content…
Momma runs a store and Maya learns many lessons while living there. It is while she is living with her grandparents, that Maya starts to love Shakespeare. This is the beginning of Maya’s life-long passion for literature.
Eventually Maya experiences the feeling of finally belonging when she moves to San Francisco and she also begins to find herself and is learning to love herself. As readers, we are able to see how Maya grows from the insecure little girl in Arkansas to the strong woman who realizes that she can trust herself and will be able to keep moving forward, which is clearly shown when she realizes that she can take care of her son herself.
It is not easy for me relate to the upbringing of Maya. I have endured some of the normal situations where I feel like things are not fair, but I have never had to be afraid to speak to someone because of their skin color. It is easy for me to relate to the part of her life where she is displaced a lot. My parents also divorced and I have moved a lot