“I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.” You don’t become a hero just because of what you do, but from who you are. The extraordinary woman, Maya Angelou is a woman of many wise words and achievements. The phenomenal woman, that’s Mrs. Angelou, her achievements vary from her literary skills/awards, her commitment to making this world a better place and her bravery to speak out to be heard (Maya Angelou). She was best known for her book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, which made literary history as the first nonfiction best-seller of an African-American woman, according to biography.com! She may not have the superhuman abilities, but she had the strength to keep moving forward regardless of her unforgotten past. In like matter, biography.com states that [Maya Angelou experienced firsthand racial prejudices, discrimination, and sexual assault when she was around the age of 7. She had returned to Arkansas as a virtual mute because of the traumatic
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Her works represent her passion for wanting to make this world a better place. Maya Angelou was able to captivate her readers with the recounting of her life from her early years up to late adulthood with personal events, thoughts and feelings. In the book On the Pulse of Morning, Maya Angelou states “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” According to democracynow.org, she worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X on promoting equality, tolerance and peace. In her poem “Still I Rise,” it states “You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies, you may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I’ll rise,” she was known for her wise and true words to make sure she was heard. This woman was phenomenal at what she was remembered by whether that being known as an American poet, memoirist, or civil rights activist (Maya
Her works represent her passion for wanting to make this world a better place. Maya Angelou was able to captivate her readers with the recounting of her life from her early years up to late adulthood with personal events, thoughts and feelings. In the book On the Pulse of Morning, Maya Angelou states “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” According to democracynow.org, she worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X on promoting equality, tolerance and peace. In her poem “Still I Rise,” it states “You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies, you may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I’ll rise,” she was known for her wise and true words to make sure she was heard. This woman was phenomenal at what she was remembered by whether that being known as an American poet, memoirist, or civil rights activist (Maya