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Maya Angelou was a famous, nationally accredited African American author and poet who lived a diverse life filled of trials and success that influenced multitudes of people around the world. “A symbol of strength and leadership for the plight of women and the underprivileged throughout her career, Angelou drew directly from her extensive life experiences to compose her most acclaimed work, a multivolume autobiography that traces the foundations of her identity as a 20th- century American black…

mother and father again but they were not together. When Maya was visiting her mother, she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend at the time, Mr. Freeman. He told her quoting Mayas words “if you ever tell anybody what we did, I’ll have to kill bailey.” [“I know why the cage bird sings” by Maya Angelou, page 62 paragraph…

she said “I only come to the show cause I get in free” it should not be like that, you should come to your friends show for support. Friends can see how much money the artist is making and still expect the artist to share their wealth with them. Not only does this poem show the lack of support of friends but it also shows how fans react during your success. In Line 35 it states “Folk in my face cause I’m a superstar, Niggas hang around cause of who I are, Get a lot of love cause of what I got,…

After reading the essays and having discussions in class, my favorite essay was “A Plague of Tics” by David Sedaris. In the excerpt, Sedaris uses a witty tone when writing about his obsessive-compulsive and anxiety disorders because his disability often makes people uncomfortable. Sedaris takes the audience through a series of examples of his obsessive compulsive behavior and the reactions of his teachers, family, and friends as they tried to deal with it. Sedaris, a satirist, chose humor to…

Maya Angelou is a very important person in our history. She was known for her famous poems, awards, accomplishments, and books.She was known for her book called I know why the caged bird sings. She was an author, civil rights activist, poet, writer, and directed. Maya Angelou has gotten many awards. She won three grammys. She got awards of best spoken word, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and National Medal of Arts. She also recited her poem “On the Pulse of the Morning” at Bill…

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 to send you these nice play…

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Annie Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1928 to Vivian Baxter and Bailey Johnson. When her parents divorce, Angelou and her brother were sent to live with their grandmother, Annie Henderson, in Stamps,Arkansas. Angelou’s grandmother, who she called “Momma,” was the stable force in Angelou’s early life. Annie Henderson was a strong religious woman who made sure that the family went to church every Sunday. Religion and spiritual music were important in the Johnson…

existence during the Civil Rights Era (“Angelou, Maya.” Current Biography (Bio Ref Bank) (1974)”). As a young child, Angelou was raped by her mother’s boyfriend, which resulted in his conviction and murder, as well as the inspiration for her writing of I Know Why…

When ones hope is taken away it serves as a conflict and it makes one feel as if they are worthless.In “Sympathy” Paul Laurence Dunbar talks about a bird that is isolated in a cage from its habitat and makes an effort in trying to escape the cage. In “Caged Bird” Maya Angelou compares a free bird to a caged bird and their how different their lives can be when in two different scenarios. In both of these poems the birds are alike in many ways and also very different. In “Sympathy” and “Caged…

methods 26-30 and will contain possible pro and cons of use, in order to understand if these methods could be applied effectively by someone like myself and if it’s worth the investment of adopting it as my own method and this where the areas that I thought I would have the most difficulties in achieving. Communicate with Logic and Emotion Dr. Stephen Covey explained that we are all unique, therefore, we communicate and interpret information differently and if no two minds think exactly the…