The American Dream is true equality and freedom of the citizens of The United States. In Maya Angelou’s I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings‚ Marguerite struggles with the thought of feeling unwanted as a child and the discrimination against blacks. As Marguerite grows up‚ she experiences first-hand the cruelty of racism. Her struggles reflect on all the hardships the citizens of America went through when they were fighting for equality as well. It first started in 1607 when English settlers travelled
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Adversity and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Abandonment‚ molestation‚ racism‚ sexism; each on its own is enough to discourage and break a person down. Well‚ Mrs. Maya Angelou overcame it all. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings has many lessons of overcoming adversities in many illustrations. This novel is an auto biography of the author and poet Maya Angelou. It teaches how to deal with abandonment by looking to others‚ molestation by speaking out‚ racism and sexism by standing for and believing
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people was Mrs. Bertha Flowers‚ a person in which Maya respected greatly. She was a dignified person that Maya could strive to achieve the gratitude that Mrs. Flowers gave to the people around her‚ a sense of appreciation. In her life story‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ Maya Angelou attributes her characteristics she has acquired today‚ being influential‚ wise‚ and respected‚ to Mrs. Flowers‚ who shows her the power of a voice‚ the knowledge of literature‚ and pride in her race‚ and turns a self-conscious
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Books are a relaxing way to learn. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an autobiography by Maya Angelou about a girl growing up in the south facing segregation and the hard times during WW1‚ as well as‚ coming of age and trying to find somewhere where she belongs because she is a caged bird trying to be herself. At the age of 3‚ and her brother Bailey‚ 4‚ parents‚ Vivian and Bailey‚ divorced and were sent to Arkansas to live with their grandmother‚ Annie who they call Momma. At the age of 8‚ her
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In the autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ the main character Marguerite‚ also known as Maya is influenced a great deal by those around her. Throughout her young life‚ Maya watches and learns from her older brother Bailey‚ as well as her guardian and grandmother‚ Annie Henderson to whom Maya and Bailey refer as "Momma". Though later in her preteen and adolescent years‚ Maya finds refuge in the strength and intelligence of Ms. Bertha Flowers and in high school Maya grows to respect and
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings “Whatever the contest had been out front‚ I knew Momma had won” (p. 33) In Chapter 5‚ three “powhitetrash” girls come to the Store and mock Annie Henderson. They call her by her fist name‚ showing a great lack of respect for their elder‚ crudely imitate the way she hums Church songs‚ and pouch out their mouths like hers. Marguerite‚ watching the way in which these three girls demean her grandmother‚ becomes infuriated. But what makes her even more upset is
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the autobiography of Maya Angelou‚ an African American woman raised in the early 1900s‚ and an inspiration to all. As a child‚ she knew her parents had sent Bailey and her to live with their grandmother‚ and believed it was her fault. At the young age of six‚ she meets her father again who takes Bailey and her to meet their mother in St. Louis. For the first few years of her life‚ she suffered from the guilt of being sent away and worse believing that her mother
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Grade: 10 Title: “I Know Why the Caged Bird sings” Author: Maya Angelou 1. In the memoir the passage reveals Ritie’s self image. She characterizes herself as unappealing she does not see beauty within who she is. Ritie’s childhood led to her insecurities. When she was younger her parents took her to move with her grandparents. She believed her parents dishonored her. Ritie did not find her skin beautiful. She believed white was beauty. She was an uncomfortable in her own skin. She tried
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What Does Marguerite observe about the cotton pickers?</b> <br>She notices that their attitudes depend on the time of day. She says in the morning they are full of life and in the evening they are tired out and dismal from all the work. <br> <br><b>2. Why do white people seem un-real to Marguerite? </b> <br>She said white people ’s feet were too small‚ and their skin was see-through‚ and they walked on their heels‚ not on the balls of their feet. <br> <br><b>3. Explain how their education in Stamps prepared
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In the story‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird sings‚ the character Marguerite is Maya when she was a little girl‚ whose childhood made her strong. She is a very smart girl who deals with new problems that she learns from and others she would try to understand what had happened. Maya lived with her grandmother in Stamps‚ Arkansas because her parents sent her along with her older brother Bailey and at age 6 and seven they both questioned why their parents sent them. She was sexually assaulted and later
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