Introduction
We all have a journey in life: every man and woman. For, women, in particular, the journey is a bit different; Maya Angelou’s journey is a part of the reason she wrote and became the woman she was. Men, Still I Rise, and Phenomenal Woman particularly focus on the phases that women have gone and go through in life.
Maya Angelou Background Information
Maya Angelou was born April 4, 1928, in St. Louis Missouri. In 1936, after being molested by her mother’s boyfriend, Maya Angelou stopped speaking. While mute, Angelou found solace in works by authors such as Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes; W.E.B. Dubois of the Progressive Era; Shakespeare; Edgar Allen Poe; and Charles Dickens over the years. At the age of twelve Angelou regained her speech. In 1940, Angelou graduated at the top of her class, with honors, from Lafayette Country Training School. At the age of seventeen after graduating from …show more content…
When I see the word phenomenal, I also think confident and knowledgeable. I must say Angelou had the right idea when she took note of her flaws, as well as, what she believed made her phenomenal. It truly take a remarkable person to admit their dislikes and wear them with elegance. The way she carries herself and her expressionisms are all contributing factors.
Every day women both young and matured struggle with accepting who they are and being able to feel exceptional about themselves. Whether it is fighting the stigmatisms or trying to live up to expectations that someone else has set. Young women both today and yesterday have been limited to the things their allowed to do because they are a girl. Through this poem, Angelou is saying be who you are, see your beauty and your worth. If you see something you want to go after it and be phenomenal at it. Phenomenal Woman is Angelou knowing who she is and being comfortable with that
We all have a journey in life: every man and woman. For, women, in particular, the journey is a bit different; Maya Angelou’s journey is a part of the reason she wrote and became the woman she was. Men, Still I Rise, and Phenomenal Woman particularly focus on the phases that women have gone and go through in life.
Maya Angelou Background Information
Maya Angelou was born April 4, 1928, in St. Louis Missouri. In 1936, after being molested by her mother’s boyfriend, Maya Angelou stopped speaking. While mute, Angelou found solace in works by authors such as Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes; W.E.B. Dubois of the Progressive Era; Shakespeare; Edgar Allen Poe; and Charles Dickens over the years. At the age of twelve Angelou regained her speech. In 1940, Angelou graduated at the top of her class, with honors, from Lafayette Country Training School. At the age of seventeen after graduating from …show more content…
When I see the word phenomenal, I also think confident and knowledgeable. I must say Angelou had the right idea when she took note of her flaws, as well as, what she believed made her phenomenal. It truly take a remarkable person to admit their dislikes and wear them with elegance. The way she carries herself and her expressionisms are all contributing factors.
Every day women both young and matured struggle with accepting who they are and being able to feel exceptional about themselves. Whether it is fighting the stigmatisms or trying to live up to expectations that someone else has set. Young women both today and yesterday have been limited to the things their allowed to do because they are a girl. Through this poem, Angelou is saying be who you are, see your beauty and your worth. If you see something you want to go after it and be phenomenal at it. Phenomenal Woman is Angelou knowing who she is and being comfortable with that