Angelou fulfills the reader’s expectations for what encompasses a graduation by including a lot of detail about what a graduation ceremony entails and the emotions that run through it. Angelou tells the reader about the matching color attire for her class (girls would be wearing a butter-yellow pique dress) and how her mother handmade her dress for her. She mentions how her hard work led her to be one of the first to receive her diploma; this is how my graduation was as well: all of the graduates who were in the National Honor Society received their diplomas
