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multitalented person. She wrote poetry and books, had parts in movies, plays, and television shows, and even had a weekly radio show. After living abroad in the 1960’s, Angelou returned to the United States to write her first memoir I Know Why The Caged Bird…

friend, and Civil Rights activist, Maya Angelou was a prominent and undoubtedly successful figure throughout the second half of the twentieth century. With many successes throughout her lifetime, Angelou is known for her poem I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as well as her contributions to the Civil Rights movement. However, many events and people contributed to Angelou’s works and art style. Commonly labeled as a “Renaissance Woman,” Maya Angelou conquered and achieved much in literature, art,…

American business man, Howard Schultz, once said, “In times of adversity and change, we discover who we are and what we’re made of.” In the novel, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, Maya experiences many different forms of adversity. Maya was a very troubled as a child due to her abandonment problems, being placed in unsafe environments, and a problem of reliance on her older brother, Bailey. In the novel, Maya and Bailey are sent from their parents to live with their grandmother…

Response Essay: "Song of the Humming Bird" by Graciela Limon Huitzitzilin; the name of the story’s protagonist and a word in the Nahuatl language that means Hummingbird. The book, Song of the Humming Bird, written by Graciela Limon was published in the year of 1996 and was accepted by the public as a sympathy opening story. In this book, we read about an elderly woman who lives in a convent in Mexico City in 1853 after living through the Spanish invasion over the Aztecs. She speaks to a new…

Aja Monet is a writer and performance poet. Monet is of Cuban American descent and focuses on activism through her poetry. Monet is an advocate of the Say Her Name Campaign, a project devoted to eliminating police brutality, and she also works on community organizing with The Community Justice Project and The Dream Defenders. Monet's VICE interview titled Aja Monet is not OK with your Apathy is revealing and compelling. In it she shares her early love of writing and poetry. She says “I started…

Maya Angelou’s poem Phenomenal Woman reflects how women and men in society view others who do not physically appeal to the naked eye and how Maya angelou’s life contributed to the confidence she has now as a woman and by the end of the poem it shows all the confidence Angelou portrays, and how that confidence is reflected in her words. To better understand how Angelou came to see herself as a phenomenal woman, it may help to know a bit about her childhood and how it sculpted her. When Maya…

Maya Angelou: Strength of the Human Spirit “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty”, [are the famous words of former author, singer, dancer, and poet, Maya Angelou. The famous role model has won many awards including two NAACP Image Awards in the outstanding literary work category, achieved many goals by becoming an activists, and left many marks on the world in her various poems, stories, and biographies. She was…

The word 'Authenticity ' happens to have multiple meanings and be seen in many different perspectives. Authenticity is the concept of being truthful, and genuine about something. The poem "Still I Rise ' by Maya Angelou, is an authentic poem. The poet speaks real, genuine facts about how blacks were seen, and treated back in the day. Although, it may seem she is speaking upon herself that is not the case when she wrote this poem. The first section of the poem, Maya states "You write me down in…

Over the course of this year, the English II class has read many non-fiction texts. The first text that showed the importance of family was I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. In this book, Maya Angelou explains her life and how racism has affected her and helped her to fight for African-American rights. The importance of family is expressed when her grandmother says, “You children is the most ungrateful things I ever did see. You think your momma and poppa went to all the trouble…

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an autobiography writing by Maya Angelou. In this book she is narrating her life from when she was around 3 years old to when she is 17. Throughout the whole book Marg was trying to understand everything that was going on around her. Marg’s view on life is forced to change because of the challenges that she faces. In the beginning of the story we were introduced to a naïve yet also aware Marg. She was naïve to certain things…