Nowadays, losing your identity is a common problem especially in kids and teenagers. Many people ask "What is identity?". …show more content…
It is an autobiography about Maya's struggles in life and i really admire how she passed all those struggles and became one of the most influentials writers of all time. She got raped when she was 8 years old by her Mother's Boyfriend. She thought that that is a way to get closer to her "figure like- dad" who was not in the picture that much.The boyfriend was killed after she exposed him. That led Maya to have a sense of guilt which made her isolated and silent for several years. Thats how the title related to her life, she was a caged bird who couldn't be free but sings as a sign of