literary element that the author exhibits in the poem is simile. The first example of simile is found in line 7 when the author says “‘cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells.” The author is comparing her walking by stating it’s like an oil well. Trying to interpret it the author is saying that she is no longer going to be afraid to walk around being who she is. Like an oil well which can symbolize wealth or money‚ she will rise up and walk around being confident in who she is not letting anyone bring her
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“My pretty Black brother was my Kingdom Come” (1984:23) This is Maya using a metaphor to show the importance of her love for Bailey. She uses a biblical allusion so the reader can feel how important her brother is to her‚ he is like her god. It was Bailey who became her rock and the person who she confided in after her horrific rape at the age of eight years old. “momma” is a remarkable strong female in Maya’s life‚ although Maya struggled with her own insecurities she had
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herself and will be able to keep moving forward‚ which is clearly shown when she realizes that she can take care of her son herself. It is not easy for me relate to the upbringing of Maya. I have endured some of the normal situations where I feel like things are not fair‚ but I have never had to be afraid to speak to someone because of their skin color. It is easy for me to relate to the part of her life where she is displaced a lot. My parents also divorced and I have moved a lot
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mean they will ignore me. Later on in the day I heard him and a group of other boys talking about me and making rumors‚ so at the time I ignored it and at the end of the day I confronted him. I asked him what he had against me; he replied I just don’t like you. When I asked why he just walked away. What I learned is that no matter what if they have a reason to or not haters will hate. It’s not always you they hate. They could hate themselves and choose to bring everybody down to their level. It’s nothing
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young Jada Pinkett (later Jada Pinkett Smith) that lasted until Shakur’s death. In the documentary Tupac: Resurrection‚ Shakur says‚ "Jada is my heart. She will be my friend for my whole life‚" and Smith calls Shakur "one of my best friends. He was like a brother. It was beyond friendship for us. The type of relationship we had‚ you only get that once in a
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Sandra Cisneros has spent a lifetime trying to discover her own literary voice‚ only to be drowned out by the mostly white and mostly white voices that she imitated but never identified with. The only daughter in a family with six sons‚ Cisneros was often the "odd-woman-out-forever" early on in life. It was not until she was enrolled in the Iowa Writers Workshop that she finally discovered that her experience as a woman and a Chicana in a male dominated world was the voice that was uniquely hers
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was dark but strengthening. This poem is called‚ “ Weekend Glory‚ ” by Maya De Angelou. In this poem Maya‚ was speaking about her life ‚ how she doesn’t have to be rich to live her life. She don’t have anybody to impress‚ she’s just living her life like everybody else. During the 1960’s-1970’s may marches‚ riots‚ and conflicts occurred. In 1960 four black college students sat in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter‚ protesting their denial of service. The Civil Rights march on Washington‚ D
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see the world. The more they sing and cry to intensity with the most hot weather and the other birds which are not in the cage they fly away when the climate change and having different experinse in life. They go with climate for example some birds like hot place so the place they saty is hot and when the climate change from hot to cold they flew to different country and look for hot country they can survive but some birds can survive in different
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is rather wide ranging from history to social graces to autobiography. The past and the present collide as the stories are short and end quickly‚ the transitions are abrupt. Maya Angelou’s tendency to characterize the world as degenerating. Passages like‚ "we have come to a place‚ a time‚ when virtue is no longer considered a virtue. The mention of virtue is ridiculed‚ and even the word itself has fallen out of favor‚" put me off. It belies a tendency to
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grandmother to live with their mother‚ Vivian‚ in St. Louis. Vivian has a boyfriend‚ Mr.Freeman‚ who stays at the house all night waiting for Vivian to return. Maya pities Mr.Freeman for this‚ and also because Mr.Freeman‚ as Maya describes‚ has breasts like deflated female breasts. Soon‚ Maya starts sleeping with Vivian and Mr.Freeman at night because she has nightmares. One morning‚ after Vivian has left the house and gone to work‚ Mr.Freeman sexually assaults her. He does not rape her‚ but rather touches
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