Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Maya Angelou and her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and Dr. ... Holden shows this by saying, "If there's one word I hate, it's grand. ... Despite his hatred for phoniness, even he becomes phony in order to fit in by saying, "I'm always saying 'Glad to've met you' to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. ... In Maya Angelou's autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the American Dream is being able to find oneself and what makes each person happy, in spite of the obstacles that try to ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Maya's first book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, "opens with a primal childhood scene that brings into focus the nature of the imprisoning environment from which the self will seek escape. ... I agree with the author of this website. I think that Maya is an extremely talented author. ... I think Sidonnie Ann Smith is trying to say that her poems and books are so good because she uses a lot of imagery in her writing. ... And although some people don't like her, or her work, I think she is a very talented person....

• Word Count: 588
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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

I thought I should like to see us all dead, one on top of each other. ... (Angelou Caged Bird 153) Maya knew this and made it clear in her writing (http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ang0bio-1). ... The book that she was working on was called "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings....

• Word Count: 1000
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

(King, 1994) Maya Angelou wrote her first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, a memoir of her childhood and young adult period, in 1969, toward the end of the Civil Right Movement. ... (King, 1994) Most of Maya Angelou's poems embraced the message of hope and love. and Still I Rise, written in 1978, captured the idea of inner strength and endurance against racism in America by giving the readers a sense of identity and hope: " 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'll rise." ... ...

• Word Count: 962
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School