The cage is,obviously, a reference to the formal social and personal persecution that African-Americans endured during the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century.The bird's plea’s represents the longing to be free from the restraints that are holding him back from accomplishing his goals. The bird itself was meant to fly but there's always an obstacle in its way. This time the obstacle is a cage.Being held against his own will,it tries so hard to fight for what was already his and what he was born to do. The caged bird represents a figure in society who rebelled against the upper hand, but still having restraints it's not completely free. So instead it fights for his freedom and what's rightfully
The cage is,obviously, a reference to the formal social and personal persecution that African-Americans endured during the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century.The bird's plea’s represents the longing to be free from the restraints that are holding him back from accomplishing his goals. The bird itself was meant to fly but there's always an obstacle in its way. This time the obstacle is a cage.Being held against his own will,it tries so hard to fight for what was already his and what he was born to do. The caged bird represents a figure in society who rebelled against the upper hand, but still having restraints it's not completely free. So instead it fights for his freedom and what's rightfully