When the novel "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"" by Maya Angelou is read, a door is opened to a world that most try to forget. ... I take it as a boast of sorts, "Look how far blacks have come; look at what they have accomplished, and they haven't even begun to put up a fight. ... When Maya describes the speech given at her graduation, when the teacher says that some graduates have been able to become athletes, Maya is angered, but is smart enough to know that this was the typical assumption of even blacks: A black person could never amount to anything, because of the limitatio...

• Word Count: 546
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In Maya Angelou's I know why the caged birds sing, the authors purpose was to show how marguerites strength of character helped her overcome her tragic encounter with sexual molestation and racism. ... Instead she learned how to fight back and stand on her feet, "I thought if I could face the worst dangers voluntarily and triumph, I would forever have power over it." Maya Angelou used the cage to symbolize race. Race is the cage that prevented her from getting respect, medical care and jobs. ...

• Word Count: 736
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The novel I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou gives us the concept of the one girl's world which is filled by racism. ... Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. ... She is very intelligent and knowledgeable that is why Margarite takes all Ms. ... Despite on Margarite's young age, she finally knows what does she want and believe in her self-confidence. ... That is why Margarite survives in this world because not to give up and goes to a purposive goal. ...

• Word Count: 1584
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Why do these men and women have to travel this far of a distance to work everyday? ... Why does America have a higher killing rate than other countries in the world? ... Why doesn't Canada have high killing rate like we do? ... So why did the two boys go on a deadly rampage in their school? ... One example of racism is in the book, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. ...

• Word Count: 1214
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School