Maya Angelou writes on her experience living in Southern rural then in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the book is a heartwarming yet tragic story of her life from birth to young adulthood. ... She introduced techniques of characterization, theme development, and dialogue and introduces the Maya character to bring out aspects of her story from the perspective of a child. ... " "A light shade had been pulled between the Black community and all things white" shows the racist world that Maya grew up in. She witnessed evil that was generally directed at black women and uses the met...

• Word Count: 649
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. Maya Angelou is able to describe her experiences growing up in the south in such a vivid way through her use of literary techniques such as ____, ____, and ____. ... Maya Angelou uses an aphoristic style similar to that of Ralph Waldo Emerson's. ... 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,...

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

In Maya Angelou's "Graduation," she describes her roller coaster of emotions on her 8th grade graduation day. ... Her autobiography, I Know Why The Cage Bird Sings, was nominated for numerous awards, and remains an essential book for many. ... Finally, Angelou personifies her excitement when she states, "I hoped the memory of that morning would never leave me. ... Angelou says, "the words of Patrick Henry had made such an impression on me that I had been able to stretch myself tall" (31). ... It is not until Angelou sings along with Henry Reed that she discovers t...

• Word Count: 1074
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ... When Maya was eight years old, Mr. ... 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

At the age of three, Maya Angelou's parents were separated. ... Maya Angelou tried to make a living for both herself and her son. ... (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. ... Maya Angelou's I Am A Christian confessedly showed her faith in God and his love by words: " When I say ... ... Maya Angelou became one of the most influential women in American history....

• Word Count: 962
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... This book clearly explains the struggle that Maya Angelou and many other blacks had to go through at that time. ...

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