Reflection for “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” Abstract This essay consists of three sections. The first section‚ a brief synopsis of the book “I know why caged bird sings” is presented. At the second part‚ three insights after reading the book are introduced. That is‚ metaphor of caged bird‚ power of literacy‚ and power of silence. At the last section‚ discipline-specific knowledge that relevant to the main character of book is stated. Synopsis of the Text This autobiography
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Journal #3 (Chapter 21-27) |Quote # 13: "At eleven years old‚ death is more unreal than |My Opinion: An eleven year old is less focused on death because | |frightening (Angelou 160)." |it is more unreal then frightening. Death is one of the last | | |things on a child’s mind because they are more worried about | | |today
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Throughout I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings there were many themes such as racism and segregation‚ strong black women‚ and literature. The strongest theme addressed in the book was racism and segregation. Racism and segregation was shown in just about every aspect of the book. A major example of to this theme is presented by how Maya and her family lived in the black side of Stamps. Their side of town is all dirt roads and broken down‚ while the white side of town the roads are paved and everything
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Angelou overwhelmed. She and too traumatized to speak for several years. She found her voice through traveling‚ acting‚ and writing. Later on a friend discovered how talented she was and convinced Angelou to write a memoir. This memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" marked history as the first non-fiction best seller written by an African-American woman. The memoir‚ like all Angelou’s writing‚ reveals her essence‚ childhood struggles‚ and young adult struggles to the reader. Even after her recent
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“I was really white and because a cruel fairy stepmother‚ who was understandably jealous of my beauty‚ had turned me into a too-big Negro girl‚ with nappy black hair‚ broad feet and a space between her teeth that would hold a number-two pencil” (Angelou 2-3). This quote from Maya Angelou’s memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings acts as an example of how racism had already made its way into Maya Angelou’s life‚ despite her being such a young age. Maya Angelou portrays this theme of racism throughout
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unfit for a particular audience. Maya Angelou has written so many banned books she is the most banned author in the United States. “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing” is one of her many books‚ that is banned. “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” is banned for many reasons‚ I’ll let you decide if you think it should. One main reason Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” is banned is for the pornographic language‚ incest‚ and rape. One Texas school states it is full of “gross evils”. Angelou often
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Theme Reflection In the story‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ there are many themes. Two of them include racism and displacement. At a very young age‚ Maya met the effects of racism and segregation in America. She had been told about the differences between blacks and whites‚ which developed her belief that only blonde hair is beautiful and that she is a fat black girl stuck in a nightmare. However‚ Stamps‚ Arkansas‚ was so segregated that as a child Maya never
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Compare and Contrast Essay Name Institutional Affiliation Introduction Academicians argue that‚ a powerful reader paints a picture on a reader’s mind. Writing effective different types of essays is increasingly becoming a critical organ of academic success (Feng & Checkett‚ 2014‚ p. 152). There are two major types of essays‚ narrative and descriptive. While the two might be appropriate in academic writing‚ one is arguably effective that the other. Narrative essays tells a story from personal
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by author Maya Angelou‚ is a gripping tale of a young girl‚ Maya‚ and how her world is evolving around her. The book is an extreme tale of racism and abuse‚ two concepts that would make one forget that this novel is non-fiction. Reading through it‚ I constantly have to remind myself that this is someone’s life story. This book has multiple strong characters who show archetypal characteristics which makes this easy to examine from an archetypal perspective. We see
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The purpose of authors writing literary works is to teach specific values and themes that they deem essential to put across to their readers. Francine Prose‚ the author of the excerpt I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read‚ is just by being skeptical of using literary works to teach values because of the way many English classes target the values of the author rather than the literary work itself. By using the two examples of the novels Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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