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defined in many ways to different minds, but in literary terms freedom means “the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved”. Two great poets by the name of Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes wrote two extraordinary poems called “I know why the caged bird sings” and “Democracy”. These two poems open your eye to the word freedom. I choose these two poems because, me personally being of Haitian decent I see how my people are treated and thought of. We think we leave Haiti to be free by coming to…

Caged Bird In Caged Bird, Maya Angelou’s use of metaphor compares the aspirations and the lack of liberties of a caged bird to the lives of African American peoples during and prior to the Civil Rights Movement. Angelou opens his poem with the image of “[a] free bird leap[ing]” who “dares to claim the sky”(I.1,7). This image of a bird soaring, able to enjoy doing what it was made to do, represents people who were free to express themselves, had opportunities to be successful and had the…

What is your Cage? What keeps you back from freedom? Maya Angelou wrote an amazing and entertaining autobiography titled I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, about her hard life growing up as a black girl from the South. Among the hardships are things known as "cages" as stated as a metaphor from Paul Dunbar's poem "Sympathy." "Cages" are things that keep people from succeeding in life and being everything they want to be. Some of Maya Angelou’s cages include being black in the 1940's and her…

The Voice of a Leader: Maya Angelou Maya Angelou is most recognized for her Civil Rights-inspired poetry. Though she is much more than just a poet, she was a play-write, actor, professor, singer and dancer (Gillespie, M., Butler, R. J., & Long, R. A., 2008). She held many positions in her life and in all of them she stood out as a leader. In a time when women, like her, were not meant to do much of anything, Maya Angelou stepped out from the crowd to become an inspiring activist and recognized…

stage and screen producer, director, performer, and singer. She published autobiographies, essays, and several poems. Maya Angelou earned tons of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. The first of her seven autobiographies were I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was written in 1969. This autobiography tells her life up to the age 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim. Also, it was nominated for the National Book Award.…

inspired by her verse and biography and later persuaded her to think about writing a memoir. The outcome was I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which became a household name and was distributed in the year 1970 ("Appiah and…

The 17year old Angelou gave birth to her son Clyde Guy Johnson and supported him while working as a waitress and a cook. She wrote and her autobiography “I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS’’ that became pregnant after having sex with a boy to prove she wasn’t a lesbian. Johnson is her only child. 1952 Maya got married to Greek Sailor Enistasious Tosh Angelou. Maya traded in her waitress uniform for a microphone she became a singer…

(Lincoln n.d.). The highest civilian award in the United States is the Medal of Freedom, which President Obama bestowed onto her at age 83. Dr. Angelou has been an inspiration to many, an active participant in her life course. The Legacy of the caged bird continues in charities such as: The legacy of hope foundation which provides medical care for underserved communities throughout the world as…

As humans have progressed throughout the ages, almost all have faced some form of hardship. For example, Elena Delle Donne, arguably one of the most talented women’s basketball players, was subjected to harsh criticism after she made the decision to drop out of one of the best colleges for women's basketball to return home to be with her family. With the help of her younger sister and support from her family, she overcame the critics and continued to play basketball at a college nearby. This…

Maya Angelou lived life inspiring others, breaking barriers, and accomplished more than most people could ever possibly dream of. Angelou overcame tragedies no human being should ever endure. Her life is truly an inspiration to all of humanity, her drive and ambition is something every human being should strive for. Angelou was raped at seven years old by her mother’s boyfriend. When Angelou’s uncles found out they killed her mother’s boyfriend to get revenge. Understandably, Angelou was…