I Know Why Caged Bird Sings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an autobiography of the life of Maya Angelou. ... Throughout I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, the author lives in several towns and cities, all of which effect her differently. ... I think that a book that is similar to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is Farewell to Manzanar. ... I also think that I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is just more interesting. ... I would strongly recommend I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings over Farewell to Manzanar any day ...

• Word Count: 1549
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," Maya Angelou describes in vivid and painful detail, her childhood and adolescent years. ... I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings depicts the self-actualization of Maya Angelou through her peak experiences, humor, independence, realism, and concern for others. ... Maya implies that by reading her autobiography, the reader will come to understand why the bird sings despite being locked up in a cage. At the same time, the title implies the possibility that the reason why the caged bird sings could be a secret, one that Maya holds close inside her. ... I think t...

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the memoir of the great African American author, poet, and entertainer, Maya Angelou. ... Vivian doesn't know how to be a good mother and is unable to meet the children's needs. ... But what Vivian didn't know was that she was putting Maya in danger. ... Then she blames herself for the whole issue which wasn't her fault since she didn't know what to do. ...

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Also, in "Sympathy" he uses words and phrases to speak of freedom, such as " I know what the caged bird feels". It is his most anthologized poem after he wrote "We Wear Masks" because of the lines, "I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore, When he beats his bars and he would be free." ... The most famous line "I know what the caged bird feels", tells us what the poem is basically about, that Dunbar knows how it feels to be imprisoned and not be able to so as you please. ... After his work "Sympathy" he grew as a poet because of his famous line " I k...

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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout her work, she transforms from the meek and insecure Marguerite Johnson in I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, to the self-confident and intelligent Maya Angelou that is reflected in her book of poems, And Still I Rise. ... Maya's first autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, chronicles her tumultuous life from adolescence to the tender age of seventeen, by which time she is pregnant with her illegitimate son. ... McCurry says, "The almost novelistic clarity of Caged Bird results from the artistic tension between Angelou's recollected self and her authorial consciou...

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• Grade Level: High School

Flowers she had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest of weather she acted just as refined as the white folks," (Angelou, Caged Bird 76-78). ... Throughout my research on Maya, I found many dates and time periods to be conflicting. ... I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the first of the five volume series, published in 1970. ... She produced "Cabaret of Freedom" in 1960, and directed "And Still I Rise" in 1998. ... I can go on writing about Maya and her life experiences for pages on end. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Similar to To Kill a Mockingbird, the same advocations apply to I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. ... (Crum) Why ban certain books but not others? ... Honestly, those people knew how to do something not many people today know how to do. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• 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. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Hale went on to say "I know how things can be-for women. I tell you, it's queer, Mrs. ... Minnie Foster liked to sing before she was married. ... So why not protect her? ... Now why she did not hear this attack is the question. ...

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• Has Bibliography
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In Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," Marguerite frequently speaks about Mrs. ... I would take notes as if there was going to be quiz on the text I had read. ... I found myself spending all the free time I had at school in his classroom, and I wasn't the only one. ... I never doubted that I could be whoever I wanted to be, and I owe Mr. ... This is why it is so important for teachers to inspire their students. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"I had no choice but to try and hide so I crept over to the girl, put my hand over her mouth and crawled into the robe with her" (74). ... The second dream that is positive is a dream that Mik-api, the medicine man, has about Raven, a bird. ... The wolverine had crossed through one of the enemies, the Crow's, caged traps and could not escape. ... The wolverine thanks him this time by giving him a slender white stone and tells him to carry it with him into battle and sing his song. ... "Why not? ...

• Word Count: 1420
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School