I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou A bird takes off from a nest and flies through the sky, eventually landing on a telephone wire. From there she sits all day, but does not sing. She does not sing because she is hurt, she is in pain, but through courage and rehabilitation she learns to sing the most beautiful song. This describes the story of Maya Angelou. As a child Maya was abused and lost her confidence to speak or sing(in reference to the bird analogy) But over the many years of her life, she used her…

person goes through some what of a challenge at least a couple times I their life, if they don't give up and try hard enough they can defeat those challenges. In the most recent unit my class did was a facing challenge unit. In most of the stories we read you could tell most of the characters were facing challenges, but they never gave up on hope and eventually got through all them. The characters in this unit showed many others and I to never give up arms good things will happen Harriet…

Capital Punishment and moms in Prison reminds me of one of the great Author books “I know why the caged birds sings.” The Death Penalty also known as “Capital Punishment” meaning an execution sanctioned by the government to be put to death should not be legal in my opinion because if that person is innocent and is eventually executed it is not possible to make that right to that person or reverse that decision because death is permanent. There is no way to compensate a person that has been put…

One of my American poets I chose is Langston Hughes. He was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. Mr. Hughes is a very educated African American man that came from a background of intelligence and educators. In fact, his uncle, John Mercer Langston, was the first African American to be elected to public office. Langston Hughes is a living example of the saying, “You can do what you want”. He moved and was raised by his grandmother after the separation of his parents and she put a since…

there is always a point where someone wanted to give up but he always says don’t give up. I respect the “Rock” because he left the wwe in wrestlemania 29 after he wrestled John Cena for the world heavyweight championship. Also why I respect him because there is some movies he didn’t want to act because he “ torn adductor and torn abdominal muscle and it kept him out of wwe and acting Dilbert Ryan.” Some people…

In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “Sympathy”, he uses the symbol of a caged bird to compare himself and express his feelings. Each stanza, he mentions how he knows what the caged bird feels like and why it does what it does (beats his wings, sings,etc). His tone is determined because he compares the trapped bird that continues to hurt itself while attempting to get out, to slavery and his determination to be free. Dunbar’s other poem “We Wear…

though the novels To the Lighthouse, Sons and Lovers, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and A Lesson Before Dying all a possess uniqueness, they can all be interpreted to reveal the same omnipresent implication. Each novel manifests how even though some people may challenge it, established societal presumptions cause conformists to accept and live by the norm…

The two sources that I’m going to choose would be I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Malcolm X for racism. The reason why I chose these pieces of work is because that with Malcolm and Maya they both faced racial times in their life and overcame it through time. So for Malcolm and Maya they both faced hard times being born in the early 1900’s and they were raised down south respectively and they got discriminated only because of the color of their skin. Now along the way with Malcolm X he was…

frequently. Some of my strengths as a writer is I can visualize and give good details. I’ve notice from over the semester is I have made wonderful progress and I care more about what I write, I put more feelings into it. My growth as a writer connects to my growth as a person by showing I have enhanced my vocabulary and I learned how to work out conflicts in a good productive way. The difference between me as a writer last year and this year is, I am more…

“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou is one of the poems that I will never forget, it is one of my favorite poems. It is a poem that really makes you ask yourself questions. Questions like, why would she write something like this? She mainly wrote it because of her background. From the time her parents divorced till the time she was raped. She felt like she was nothing and useless. A lot of people feel like this sometimes and they could relate to this poem. This poem is strong and…