When the reader reads this book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Mya Angelou they find that Marguerite is a person of many characteristics but the one that stands out the most is that she is a loving/caring person. I say caring and loving because they both are similar if not the same thing. There is one person that Marguerite considers her better half and that is her brother Bailey Johnson Jr. .
Bailey is a year older than Marguerite. The two of them hold a strong bond with each other, there is nothing one would not do for the other. When reading this book the reader will see why they can form this opinion, Bailey is the one person who has always been in Marguerites life consistantly, between their parents splitting up and having to move to live with their grandmother Bailey has always bee there he at this point is the one person she can relate to. Bailey would rather have some thing bad happen to him instead of some thing bad happening to Marguerite, He knows he would handle himself better in those situations. For instance when the old ladies are talking about Marguerite,"When our elders said unkind things aboutmy features (my family was handsome to a point of pain for me) Bailey would wink at me from across and I knew it was a matter of time before he would take revenge. This lets the reader know that Bailey would rather have bad things happen to him instead of Marguerite. In chapter three Marguerite states that she loves Hershey kisses more than anything in the world except for Bailey. Another time when Marguerite shows loving/caring toward Bailey is when he is going to experience sex for the first time, Marguerite tries to prevent it because she believes it will be painful like her case with Mr. Freeman. Her not knowing the difference believed that she was looking out for Baileys best interest.
When it came to Uncle Willie at times Marguerite was scared of uncle Willie not because of what he did but what he threaten to do.
Maya Angelou had many contributions to our nation. Her main gift to the nation is all her writing. Maya was the first black cable car conductor and the first movie/show director in Hollywood. She had a very tuff life. She found out what it was like to wear hand me downs from a white lady. Marg...
Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. ... Vivian Baxter Johnson. ... Thus began the roller coaster of Marguerite's life. ... When Marguerite finally came up with the courage to confess to her mother what had happened, the man who had raped her was mysteriously murdered. ... Therefore, understanding the apparent and horrendous effects of racism on young Marguerite help explain the controversy and the person she became. ...
Maya Angelou, born, Marguerite Johnson, was sent along with her brother to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas, when her parents were divorced. ... Despite the odds, her grandmother instilled pride in young Marguerite, with religion as an important element in their home. After five years of being apart from their mother, Marguerite and her brother, Bailey, were sent back to Saint-Louis to be with their mother. ... Young Marguerite believed her voice had killed him this caused her to become mute for nearly five years. ...
Maya Angelou, born, Marguerite Johnson, was sent along with her brother to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas, when her parents were divorced. ... Despite the odds, her grandmother instilled pride in young Marguerite, with religion as an important element in their home. After five years of being apart from their mother, Marguerite and her brother, Bailey, were sent back to Saint-Louis to be with their mother. ... Young Marguerite believed her voice had killed him this caused her to become mute for nearly five years. ...
Marguerite Ann Johnson, better known as Maya Angelou, was born on the 4th of April 1928 in St Louis, Missouri. ... Maya's father, Bailey Johnson was a navy dietitian and her mother, Vivian Baxter was a nurse. ... At age seventeen, she was a high school graduate and was eight months pregnant with her only child Clyde 'Guy' Johnson. ...
Born marguerite Johnson (some sources say Marguerita) April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri to Bailey Baxter and Vivian Johnson. Her father was a doorkeeper and a naval dietitian, and her mother, a nurse ad Realtor. Maya as so she was called received her pseudonym from her brother Bailey Jr. who ...
On November 22, 1963, Kennedy came to Texas accompanied by his wife, and Johnson. ... The next day about 2:39 p.m., Johnson became the 36th president of the United States. ... Lee Oswald and Marguerite Clavarie Oswald. ... At one point after a misguided move by Marguerite to New York (where she hope her older son John would support herself and Oswald) he was declared a truant and remanded to a home for problem juveniles. ...
From Marguerite to Maya "One of the first things that a young person must internalize Deep Down in the blood and bones, is the understanding that although he may encounter many defeats, he must not be defeated. ... Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Johnson, is an author, poet, historian, conductor, actor, singer, songwriter, playwright, film director, and civil rights activist. ...
