Fletcher Toliver Jr.
November 1, 2016
Dr. Barnes
AP English & Composition
Précis Chapter 1
In the chapter one of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, written by American Poet Maya Angelou, explains how when she and her older sibling, Bailey, were forced to move to Stamps, Arkansas. According to Maya, They were wearing tags with the text “To Whom it May Concern”. She supports this explanation by describing how their parents sent them by train with a porter from California to Stamps, Arkansas to live with their grandmother, Annie Henderson, and her adult son, Willie, who is also disabled. Then Maya continues by describing how they were abandoned by the porter the next day in Arizona, and the two took the rest of the trip to Stamps with pieces
November 1, 2016
Dr. Barnes
AP English & Composition
Précis Chapter 1
In the chapter one of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, written by American Poet Maya Angelou, explains how when she and her older sibling, Bailey, were forced to move to Stamps, Arkansas. According to Maya, They were wearing tags with the text “To Whom it May Concern”. She supports this explanation by describing how their parents sent them by train with a porter from California to Stamps, Arkansas to live with their grandmother, Annie Henderson, and her adult son, Willie, who is also disabled. Then Maya continues by describing how they were abandoned by the porter the next day in Arizona, and the two took the rest of the trip to Stamps with pieces