Mrs. Flowers is the main character in chapter 15, she taught Maya the importance of being listened and also the correct use of words and these are things that Marguerite (the character) and Maya (the writer) learnt and helped her during her whole life, because Mrs. Flowers was the one that “threw me [Maya] my first life line” (Angelou, 93) during that period but meeting her was also the starting point of her writing: Maya’s “lessons in living” with Mrs. Flowers awaken her conscience, sharpen her perspective of her environment and of the relationship between blacks and the larger society, and teach her something about the beauty and power of language. Emotionally and intellectually strenghtened by this friendship, Maya begins to compose poetic verses and ring songs and to keep a scrapbook journal in which she records her reactions to and impressions of people, places and events and new ideas that she is introduced to by books. When she is not yet nine years old, she records her impressions of early pioneer life in Arkansas. (Mc Pherson, 36)
Grandmother Mrs. Annie Henderson (known as Momma) was the character that first drove Maya’s life from my point of view; the way she understand Maya and the …show more content…
During all the book, Momma is depicted as a strong personality, who fought for the justice and who lived to protect her family; showing respect and teaching Maya how to react in difficult situations. An example of this could be the episode with the “powhitetrash” girls and how the particular behavior of Momma taught Maya that “Momma had won” (33). It is a character that accompanies Maya during almost the whole book, but it is so intense that in one moment Maya states: “Knowing Momma, I knew that I never knew Momma” (194) and this might provide a lead about the personality of
Grandmother Mrs. Annie Henderson (known as Momma) was the character that first drove Maya’s life from my point of view; the way she understand Maya and the …show more content…
During all the book, Momma is depicted as a strong personality, who fought for the justice and who lived to protect her family; showing respect and teaching Maya how to react in difficult situations. An example of this could be the episode with the “powhitetrash” girls and how the particular behavior of Momma taught Maya that “Momma had won” (33). It is a character that accompanies Maya during almost the whole book, but it is so intense that in one moment Maya states: “Knowing Momma, I knew that I never knew Momma” (194) and this might provide a lead about the personality of