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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…

As humans have progressed throughout the ages, almost all have faced some form of hardship. For example, Elena Delle Donne, arguably one of the most talented women’s basketball players, was subjected to harsh criticism after she made the decision to drop out of one of the best colleges for women's basketball to return home to be with her family. With the help of her younger sister and support from her family, she overcame the critics and continued to play basketball at a college nearby. This…

Maya Angelou lived life inspiring others, breaking barriers, and accomplished more than most people could ever possibly dream of. Angelou overcame tragedies no human being should ever endure. Her life is truly an inspiration to all of humanity, her drive and ambition is something every human being should strive for. Angelou was raped at seven years old by her mother’s boyfriend. When Angelou’s uncles found out they killed her mother’s boyfriend to get revenge. Understandably, Angelou was…

Selah H. 10.14.15 Maya Angelou Biography Maya Angelou was an inspiration to many people. She was mostly known for her autobiographies, poetry books, and standing up for womens’ and Africans’ rights. Maya was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 4, 1928, and lived there until she was three years old. Her parents got divorced, forcing her and her brother to move to Stamps, Arkansas. Maya lived with her grandma, Annie Henderson, Uncle Willie, and her brother, Bailey Jr. Maya died on May 28, 2014.…

Breaking out of the cage Maya Angelou Maya had issues in her past that made her stronger and more powerful than she was before. For example, she was raped, had to deal with terrible racemes and had a baby at 16. Maya showed that she wasn’t going to let others bring her down and that made her writing better. She was called one of the greatest writers of her time. She was a great child of course but with any child she made mistakes. Maya Angelou, turned life struggles into life goals. She…

Poet and writer, Maya Angelou, in her non-fiction essay, “Graduation,” narrates gradua-tion day at Lafayette County Training School, a school of primarily African-American children. Changing tones throughout the essay, she goes from a giddy tone in the beginning when prepar-ing for the graduation, to a somber tone when an unexpected speaker comes, then to a vibrant tone in the end of the essay to stir up feelings of pride and motivation in those who may have al-so been discriminated against.…

Maya Angelou was a civil rights activist, writer and a poet. She was born April 4th, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. She passed away on May 28, 2014 in Winston-Salem, NC. Her actual birth name was Marguerite Johnson. Pam Munoz Ryan was born December 25, 1951 in Bakersfield, Ca. She attended the San Diego University and is a writer. Pamela also teaches at an Oklahoma college. Maya Angelou and Pamela Munoz Ryan are an influence for many people. They are both very similar but different at the same…

Caged Bird What does it mean to be caged or free? In Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird” poem, she compared the conditions of a caged bird and free bird. The cage bird showed imprisonment and fear. While as the free bird showed freedom and joy. The comparison of these two birds can also be compared with statuses of people lives in the world. For example, Harriet Tubman could be considered a free bird, a caged bird, and both at the same time. First off, Harriet Tubman is considered a caged bird because…

Maya Angelou is a poet writer but she was also, an actor and singer. She was born on April 4, 1928 and died on May 28, 2014. Her full name was Marguerite Annie Johnson Angelou she was born in St, Louis, Missouri and she died Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She had one kid and two husbands. She lived in a good environment. Even though she had a hard early life her poems showed her inner strength in her. In 1961-1966 she wrote for newspapers in Egypt, Africa. Her life was good and wasn’t as bad…

In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, an autobiography, by Maya Angelou, is about Ritie, an African-American female raised in the tradition-ridden south, and later in the fast-paced, advancing cities of the western coast. The theme that “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” is conveyed in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by numerous times where Ritie had a defeat but did not let it defeat her and she pushed on; by the end of the novel Ritie had many defeats in her life but…