Comparing The Caged Bird And The Long Walk Home

The Caged Bird and “The Long Walk Home” The caged bird in Richard Pearce’s screenplay, “The Long Walk Home,” is know one because the caged bird will always be locked up and at the end of the screenplay the African Americans end up being free. Although the white people don’t like the concept of African Americans joining in with them, they are going to have to learn how to live a normal life with them. In the middle of the movie Miriam gets scared when Odessa brings up the topic when all the african americans will be seen everywhere. I will be talking about these things in the next few paragraphs. In the screenplay “The long Walk Home,” I believe that Odessa and Miriam are not the caged bird. It may seem like Odessa is the caged bird but she isn’t because in the end Odessa and Miriam both stand together to face all the white men and showing them that the african americans are going to be able have their freedom. All the african americans ever wanted was to have their freedom and be treated equally like everybody else. However, getting their freedom was very dangerous and risky because it ended hurting lots of people. …show more content…
Odessa was treated nicely when it came to Miriam Thompson and Mary Catherine. In the beginning of the movie Miriam Thompson was a bit racist towards Odessa but she then started noticing that the african americans were in need of help. Miriam never saw them as a threat because she grew up with them ever since she was a child. Further into the movie Miriam started noticing that the african americans were being treated wrong so she decided to join them in the boycott and give them rides to work. The only problem was that she knew that her husband wouldn’t approve of it but she went for it anyways because she cared for Odessa and the other people that were being treated