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Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” is an iconic poem that portrays the importance of self confidence and self-esteem. By using sarcastic diction, personification, similes, and repetition Angelou conveys that with self confidence, she can overcome everything. In the sixth stanza Angelou says, “You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still like air I rise.”. She uses personification to present how the things people say, look, and do…

The Americas – Period 2 consist of North America and Latin America 600-600 CE. Many changes happened whether they were political, economic, or social. Changes over time for North America included trade expansion, tribal government, and agriculture. For South America changes were in the pyramids, Mayan astronomy, and village organization. North America's change in trade expansion and continuity in village life, nomadism, polytheism, and shamanism. Latin America's change in Pyramids, ceremonial…

Sincere Selfhood It is fair to say that in today’s day and age our identity is often defined by rather shallow attributes such as name, age, or appearance. A common example would be the basic information, like height, weight, and home address that is required on a driver’s license. With that said, one could make the argument that these everyday societal formalities and public perceptions, which are mostly out of our control, do make up our full identity. However, identity is not something given…

On April 4th, 1928, a girl, who later becomes an inspiring author and woman of the performing arts, was born. Her name was Maya Angelou. Throughout her life, Maya faced racial discrimination and the effects of the Great Depression. However, this never stopped her from expressing herself through her writing. Maya lived with her parents for 3 years at Long Beach, California before being sent her brother, Bailey, who was 4 at that time, to live with their father’s mother in Stamps, Arkansas. Their…

The human race begins roughly around 2.4 million years ago, and is disbursed throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe. It is from the Homo ergaster, who remained in Africa, however, that evolved into Homo sapiens. Moreover, natural selection is the outcome of species who survived by adapting to global climate changes during migration process, thereby producing offspring and strengthening their kind in the evolutionary process. It was fifteen thousand years ago, an immense migration of people made…

such as T. S. Eliot or Robert Frost. However, one name stands out in particular, only partially because of the extreme level of discrimination during said period. Considered one of the most influential African-American writers of this time period, Maya Angelou is well-known for her various works, including screenplays and music. However, one of her most memorable works was a poem entitled “On the Pulse of Morning.” Angelou wrote “Pulse” for President Clinton’s inauguration, where she then read…

Prose offers readers a method of expression, some seek to inform, some to attack injustice, some to offer praise and some to be foolish. The poem, “Still I Rise” of Maya Angelou is in piercing contrast to the poem “Guidelines” by Lisa Suhair Majaj; however, they are parallel in numerous facets. They present these two works to express their experiences in their life with vile episodes that no citizen should endure. Assessing separately each poem for its connotation and the distinct elements that…

Still I Rise is one of 32 poems that Maya Angelou wrote in her book And Still I Rise. When I saw first saw the title of the poem I was immediately interested and reading it was inspirational, so I decided to write my art critique on it. I choose this poem because I could relate to it because no matter what happens in my life I always keep positive and know better days are ahead. I like this poem because it focuses on a hopeful determination to rise above difficulty and discouragement. Still I…

organized CERJ, which began July 31, 1988 and it was to defend, promote, and disseminate information about human rights. But not only that but to also recover their culture and their values. Part of her work is that she travels the highlands, organizes the Maya, and informs them of the human rights. The meetings are held in secret because the “human rights” are considered rebellious. They are educating those that don’t know what the human rights stand for. Justina was motivated to do this kind…

The Moche were an Andean civilization that resided in ancient Peru. Animals were popular subjects of Moche art and were often depicted on pottery as a composite creature made up of multiple animals. One of the popular uses for pottery in the Moche civilization was to create stirrup spout vessels that held chicha beer for the elite. A specific ceramic stirrup spout vessel that appears to have animalistic qualities is the Vessel in the Shape of a Crested Animal which was found in Tomb 2 at the…