Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, sharing a similar name as the renaissance artist Michael Angelo, was an artist in her own respect. She painted pictures of her childhood that effected people, and changed their perspectives. Overcoming many obstacles she was able to live an accomplished life. She wrote many books, she was active in the civil rights movement, and she was a mentor to many. Baggage and pain never dragged her expressions to a frown. Her smile will be remembered just as much as her distinct poetry.
Maya was born in St. Louis Missouri, in 1928. This was during the time of the Great Depression in America, and racial tensions were still prevalent. Segregation very much existed and black people around the nation, although free, were looked down upon. …show more content…
This book covered her childhood. It highlighted her many trials and triumphs. This is perhaps one of her most known works. James Baldwin, American novelist and social critic, had this to say about the piece; “ This testimony from a black sister marks the beginning of a new era in the minds and hearts and lives of all black men and women…. Her portrait is a biblical study of life in the midst of death”. Newsweek stated,” [I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings] quietly and gracefully portrays and pays tribute to the courage, dignity, and endurance of the small, rural community in which she spent most of her early years in the 1930’s.”
After publishing this book Maya began to settle down and focus on writing and acting. She remarried to a man named Paul de Feu, and moved with him and her son to Sonoma, California. In this time Maya would publish, Gather Together in My Name, Singin’, Swingin’, and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas, and The Heart of a …show more content…
She was very lost at this time in her life. She had many roles to fill in this time period. (Enote Critic) says,” the book might be more appropriately titled ‘gather together in my names’: As Marguerite, Rita, Reet, Maya, My, Sister, Sugar, and Miss Johnson, Angelou assumes many personas throughout the story”. Singin’, Swingin’, and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas is another volume of Maya’s Autobiographies. This covered the early adult years of Maya’s life. The Heart of A Woman is another volume of her Autobiographies covering the time in her life where she began chasing her dream in the arts. When she was a singer, writer, and civil rights
Maya was born in St. Louis Missouri, in 1928. This was during the time of the Great Depression in America, and racial tensions were still prevalent. Segregation very much existed and black people around the nation, although free, were looked down upon. …show more content…
This book covered her childhood. It highlighted her many trials and triumphs. This is perhaps one of her most known works. James Baldwin, American novelist and social critic, had this to say about the piece; “ This testimony from a black sister marks the beginning of a new era in the minds and hearts and lives of all black men and women…. Her portrait is a biblical study of life in the midst of death”. Newsweek stated,” [I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings] quietly and gracefully portrays and pays tribute to the courage, dignity, and endurance of the small, rural community in which she spent most of her early years in the 1930’s.”
After publishing this book Maya began to settle down and focus on writing and acting. She remarried to a man named Paul de Feu, and moved with him and her son to Sonoma, California. In this time Maya would publish, Gather Together in My Name, Singin’, Swingin’, and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas, and The Heart of a …show more content…
She was very lost at this time in her life. She had many roles to fill in this time period. (Enote Critic) says,” the book might be more appropriately titled ‘gather together in my names’: As Marguerite, Rita, Reet, Maya, My, Sister, Sugar, and Miss Johnson, Angelou assumes many personas throughout the story”. Singin’, Swingin’, and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas is another volume of Maya’s Autobiographies. This covered the early adult years of Maya’s life. The Heart of A Woman is another volume of her Autobiographies covering the time in her life where she began chasing her dream in the arts. When she was a singer, writer, and civil rights