After reading the book, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" I thought a lot about what the book was trying to explain. ... I do believe that this book belongs among the classic works read by young adults. ... "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" was a good way to show how easy our lives are today. ... Now that I have read this book I will have a greater respect and a newer understanding for those with hard lives and be thankful for the easy life I"ve been living....

• Word Count: 577
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

This poem is a character sketch about a crippled man named Willie. ... Willie talks about that after he dies he will live on in many different ways. ... Along with all the poems Angelou wrote she also wrote a series of books that sum up her life. " I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," published in 1970, is the first book of the series that describes the first seventeen years of Angelou's life. In "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," Angelou describes her coming of age as an intelligent but insecure black girl in the American South during the 1930's. ... I know if I were in Maya's sh...

• Word Count: 995
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

At the beginning of the book Maya is a confused little girl suffering from the associated with being a black child in America. She is also suffering with the pain of living without her parents. Maya is smart and ingenious, but she always feels like other people judge her for being black. She feels v...

• Word Count: 518
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School