she writes is for a reason (Shmoop). Many people have been inspired by Maya Angelou. Her tenacious words and her firm beliefs influenced so many people and continue to influence people today. President Barrack Obama stated shortly after she passed‚ “I join millions around the world in remembering one of the brightest lights of our time — a brilliant writer‚ a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman” (Fox). This strong‚ inspirational‚ and talented woman remains a significant figure in the history
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Literature 24 February 2015 Maya Angelou “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refused to be reduced by it.” This quote by Maya Angelou gives women insight on how to overcome difficult situations in their lives. Maya Angelou is known for women empowerment and feminism. Some of her most famous works including phenomenal women teaches many women how to love themselves the way they are. Within her most famous autobiography I know why the Caged Bird Sings‚ Angelou includes many independent and
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finished high school then gave birth to her son Guy at age 16‚ a few weeks after graduation. In the late 1950s‚ Maya began working with the Harlem Writer’s Guild and with the counseling of her friend‚ James Baldwin‚ she began working on I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Lots of trouble came with that piece of literature back then‚ due to Maya’s honesty about being sexually assaulted at a young age. In 1954 and 1955‚ Maya toured Europe with the opera Porgy and Bess. She also studied Modern dance with
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women” which she most definitely was not. The poems “Still I Rise‚” “Phenomenal Women‚” and “Caged Bird” deal with these issues. All these poems move to strike and defy discrimination and to empower women‚ more specifically black women‚ or even blacks in general to rise up and take a stand. This is a result of her being black‚ female‚ morally accurate‚ and her extensive work with Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Also‚ many themes are recurring in Angelou’s poems. Sadness and love are two
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works: “Caged Bird” and “Still I Rise”. Critics believe that the main focus on these two poems is reflected on African American history. They go much deeper. These two poems reflect her life story as well‚ which is why so many people are attached or emotionally drawn to her work. I truly believe that Maya Angelou wrote these two poems because of the personal experiences she encountered in her life. Critics mainly believe that the poem “Caged Bird” speaks of slavery. They say that the caged bird
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English Question 3 Major Themes Religion Vitally important to Momma Henderson and the black community of Stamps‚ religion keeps them going in the face of tough times. Maya is raised with a strong sense of religion‚ which serves as her moral guide; however‚ she is enough of a realist to see how people use it to help themselves feel better about adversity‚ and doesn’t believe this is a completely good thing. Religion also serves a perhaps less-pure purpose in black society. Faith gives
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woman of her health and age would have been expected to carry the paper sacks home in one hand‚ but Momma said‚ ‘Sister Flowers‚ I’ll send Bailey up to your house with these things.’” (lines 61–63) “She appealed to me because she was like people I had never met personally.” (line 46) Unit 2 Grade 9 83 Reading Skill: Analyze Perspectives Though autobiographies are written in first-person point of view‚ they often reflect two different perspectives. • the perspective of the writer
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mother why she did not get the job Angelou stated that it was because she was black‚ but she did not let this stop her. With persistence‚ every day Angelou went to the department before the secretaries arrived and would sit in the office reading books. Angelou would only
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knowledge and wisdom that led to self-discovery (finding one’s inner self) and eventually knowledge of self (understanding one’s inner self)‚ two endeavors that most of humanity is never able or perhaps willing to acquire. In Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ Marguerite Johnson experiences a particularly difficult childhood where she is often displaced geographically‚ socially and racially‚ and is even raped at a young age‚
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reference to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Jane Eyre is an early insight into how proto-feminists were regarded in the 19th century‚ where a women’s role was stereotypically to be seen and not heard. Charlotte Bronte uses the character Jane Eyre as a platform to express the imbalance of equality between the two genders and uses a series of male characters to depict how an independent‚ disadvantaged female is regarded in such a male dominated society. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
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