Bird Sings

I Know Why the Cage Birds Sings Maya Angelou undergoes a wide variety of prejudice throughout her childhood causing both temporary and permanent scars within her mentality. Throughout her childhood, she experiences the painful state of rejection, abandonment, failure, and guilt owing to the racist American South in the 1930’s. Therefore, her feelings were directly influenced by the petty actions of cruel white supremacists who foresaw themselves as the top tier of racial hierarchy. At such a young age, Maya Angelou struggled to consider her self-worth because her ideals followed the same social norms as the white populous. Actually, she went as far as considering a white blond-haired blue-eyed woman as the epitome of beauty instead of considering a figure closer to her own body-type. As she looked in the mirror, she did not see her reflection for who she was, but saw an image of disgust because of the color of her skin. …show more content…
However, as she grew older she started to come out of her shell and take the world head-on, so to speak. Time after time, Maya Angelou overcame obstacles that she had stumbled upon within her path, and with each glass ceiling that she shattered, she became stronger and possessed the power to hold her own towards the fight for equality. Maya Angelou embodies the same symbol of strength for female black youths like the very strong black women who influenced her throughout her childhood, and this is what I considered to be meaningful from the book. Although she was once silenced, Maya Angelou defied the odds and regained her strength to utilize her voice to challenge the