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    while silkworms ate all the Chinese with their stupid pigtails. As a species‚ we were an abomination. All of us.” -Maya Angelou On one of the best days of her life‚ Maya Angelou shares in her writing that the day of gradation was so exciting for her and her family. She talks about how rare and big it was at the time for an African American to be educated coming from generations of slavery here

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    Maya Angelou is a phenomenal woman. She was born into a devastating decade‚ that suffered numerous tragedies. Not only had society shaped her as a woman‚ she has also shaped our society and influenced many lives. She is still living today‚ yet I believe her legend will never die. Furthermore I will share with you what motivated her and some of her gratifying experiences. How she was effected by society‚ and what she did about it. Also how the time period she was born into made her the extraordinary

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    Maya Angelou at Rutgers

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    Maya Angelou was raised in segregated rural Arkansas. She is a poet‚ historian‚ author‚ actress‚ playwright‚ civil-rights activist‚ producer and director. She lectures throughout the United States and abroad and is Reynolds professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina since 1981. She has published ten best selling books and numerous magazine articles earning her Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominations. At the request of President Clinton‚ she wrote and delivered

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    Afrcia by Maya Angelou

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    Africa by Maya Angelou describes the country Africa from the point of view of African Americans. In the first stanza Angelou uses the geographical make up of the land to give humanizing features to the continetnt. She describes the mountains of Africa as her breast and her hair is the deserts. Line six‚ "two Niles her tears" describes the Nile river as flowing tears and reflects her pain. "Thus she has lain" in this stanza describes an African American woman’s struggle in Africa. This phrase is mentioned

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    maya Angelou Graduation

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    09/19/2014 Maya Angelou - Graduation Graduation is an important transition time in every person’s life. It is about moving on to something better and more important and to use your knowledge to achieve life goals. This is what the children attending the grammar school believed as well‚ including Maya Angelou. Given from her point of view‚ the story Graduation has ethos because as an African American girl‚ she shared the same thoughts and feelings as everyone standing on the stage or in the

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    Maya Angelou Theme

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    freedom to all races. Maya Angelou experienced this sense

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    Maya Angelou Cleanliness

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    “Momma convinced us that cleanliness was next to Godliness.” Throughout “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”‚ Maya Angelou expresses motif of cleanliness both figuratively and literally. By definition‚ the word Literally is an adjective that means “actually‚ without exaggeration.” In best usage‚ it is used when you are speaking about something that actually happened or when you are speaking about something in an exact sense. Figuratively is also an adjective‚ but its meaning is quite different from

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    each other. In the book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”‚ Maya Angelou explains how she experienced racism through her lifetime. As Maya was growing up‚ she was never around white people‚ but as she got older she experienced more racism; by the end of the book Maya has friendships with all different types of people‚ including white people‚ and as a result she starts believing in herself and that not all white people are racist.     While Maya was growing up she was surrounded by many racist people

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    Maya Angelou Courage

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    Maya Angelou once stated‚ “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage‚ you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” To many extents‚ this declaration is true. Her words explain to us that it is impossible to take action‚ if one does not have the confidence to do so. With this statement‚ Maya Angelou describes the sheer power of courage and its importance in life. Even in difficult situations‚ courage has the power to prevail over the hardships. Some of these tough

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    Baginski Mr. Kearney ENG 2DB Wednesday‚ April 27‚ 2011 Influences of Maya Angelou Everyone’s lives are shaped by their childhood lessons and experiences. Most people are directly influenced by their parents and other important adult figures in their lives. Children are prone to have certain characteristics and beliefs because of what is told to them or a specific event which they encounter. In I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings‚ Maya Angelou’s life evolves and is enriched because of the people who take

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