Imagine the world being divided into two separate groups. All the optimists are separated into one section and all the pessimists into the other. Amongst the optimists, the conversation would consist of fantastic plans for the future and how things can only get better. Meanwhile, the pessimists are having, what might seem to the optimists like, a depressing discussion. Far from working out how to make their dreams come true, they’re worrying about all the things that might go wrong. They’re worried that even the things they have will be taken away from them by some cruel twist of fate.
Maya Angelou’s poem, “Caged Bird” presents a metaphor of two birds that are thought to represent the controversy between optimists and pessimists. The first
Maya Angelou’s poem, “Caged Bird” presents a metaphor of two birds that are thought to represent the controversy between optimists and pessimists. The first