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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…

some time to ask how someone’s day is doing, can really make the person feel welcomed and alone. You might’ve just made a new friend, like me when I just showed someone how to get to the cafeteria and pay for their food when it was their first day. Maya Angelou once said, “Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud”. I find this quote inspirational and motivational for you to help others. That girl in third grade made me feel special and discover things that I never knew that I liked and she…

The Maya civilization was located in an area that included Guatemala, Belize, southeastern Mexico, and parts of Honduras and El Salvador. Even though archeologists have constructed evidence of large collapses in the Maya population, these regions contain some of the world’s most organically rich lands which helped contribute to the success of the Maya people (Toledo). The area that the Maya consumed is sometimes called the Yucatán Peninsula and expands from low coastal plains with everlasting…

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…

Who do I admire most? Who inspires me most? Well, lets see. It would have to be someone who I respect and who encourages me to do my best. That person would have to be Hellen Keller. Hellen Keller was one of the most memorable woman in history. Although she was both blind and death, she learned to communicate and dedicated her life to helping others. She was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. Here are some reasons why I admire and get inspired by her. Hellen Keller…

Monte Albán is a huge pre-Columbian archaeological place in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The site is located in a small mountainous area increasing higher the field in the central section of the Vale of Oaxaca where the end northern Ella, eastern Tlacolula, and southern Zimatlán & Ocotlán parts meet. The currently-day state capital Oaxaca City has located roughly 6 miles east of Monte Albán. Beyond being one of the newest towns of Mesoamerica,…

The technology today is very advanced, but comparatively the Mayan, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations technology was very advanced. The Mayan was very successful in trading, and artistry, they also had a very high population. The Aztec came to be known for farming, creating the calendar, and they were widely known for creating the mathematical system. The Inca saw succession in building roads, weaving, and owning lots of land. They were very advanced for their time era. The Mayan were very…

The Aztec tribe is one of the largest and most intelligent Indian nations ever to exist on this earth. Almost every part of the Aztec culture was the most advanced in that time compared to the other European tribes. The civilization contained about 14 million people that lived in towns and cities across what we know today as Mexico. Tenochtitlan was the main capital city constructed in the Valley of Mexico on islands in Lake Texcoco. The Aztecs had advanced weapons, armour, and great…

History (where, who, when) The Alhambra vases are a group of large ceramics vases painted in luster. They were produced in southern Spain in the fourteenth century. Only ten complete vases exist today. Each of these vases are named after its provenance or some distinguishing characteristics, these names are not universally accepted. These works of art were produced in the Nasrid dynasty, the last of the Muslim rulers in Spain, who reigned from 1232 to 1492. They were called the Alhambra vases…

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…