Similar to "Sympathy", "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" also speaks of hope for freedom. ... In Angelou's "I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings", oppression is most dominant in line 26, "But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams.... For example, line 1, "I know what the caged bird feels.... In "I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings," there is an examination between the caged bird and the free bird. ... Both poems are different because in "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", the author speaks on the experiences of a caged bird and a free bird, while...

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Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Caged Bird) is based on her life in the early ages. ... She cites the last line of Dunbar's poem "Sympathy", which is "I know why the caged bird sings," for the title of her first autobiography (Bloom 2). ... Myra McMurry states in Role-Playing as Art in Maya Angelou's "Caged Bird" that: "Dunbar's caged bird sings from the frustration of imprisonment; its song is a prayer. Angelou's caged bird sings also from frustration, but in doing so, discovers that the song transforms the cage from a prison that denies selfhood to...

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"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood." ... Flowers, Maya says, "I waited for the ground to open up and swallow me"(79). ... In I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Angelou compares her speech and actions to winter's molasses. ... Louis she still acts like someone from the south, she talks and moves slow as she says "I was called Old Lady and chided for moving and talking like winter's molasses"(57). ... Maya feels powerless when Bailey and her...

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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 ...

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Maya Angelou has touched the hearts of many with her shocking and inspirational autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, and has amazed many with her provocative and eccentric life style. ... She then had the courage to sit down and write I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. ... In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings she shows how hard it is to be both black and female. ... Angelou ends I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings with the birth of her son, Guy. ... After I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou has written many more pieces of work and plans to keep making an impression on America...

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Resilience is often displayed in the autobiography by Maya Angelou called, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. ... This book revolves around the theme "although one may encounter many defeats in life, one must never be defeated" commented by Maya Angelou in the book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. ... Maya realized this when she states, "How was I supposed to blame the innocent man whom I had lurked into making love to me?" ... In conclusion, Maya Angelou's, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a true example of resilience. ...

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Resilience is often displayed in the autobiography by Maya Angelou called, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. ... This book revolves around the theme "although one may encounter many defeats in life, one must never be defeated" commented by Maya Angelou in the book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. ... Maya realized this when she states, "How was I supposed to blame the innocent man whom I had lurked into making love to me?" ... In conclusion, Maya Angelou's, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a true example of resilience. ...

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I Know Why the Caged Bird sings is an autobiography written by Maya Angelou one of many great voices of contemporary African-American Literature. I know why the caged bird sings starts off in Stamps, Arkansas. ...

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Movie and Book The novel, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", by Maya Angelou is the first series of five autobiographical novels. ... Maya knows that to be black and female is to be faced with violence and violation. ... For this reason, the novel "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" could have been a selected choice for our class. ... Another point of intersection with "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and "Sula" is how the books reveal a girl's coming-of-age ...

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• 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 Essay Everyone has ups and downs to their life. ... In the book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou, there are many situations that shape Maya's personality and contribute to the person she is today. ... Infact Maya had a hard time understanding why her grandmother didn't explode in anger towards him. ...

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings In the autobiography " I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", acclaimed author and poet Maya Angelou provides a personal and revealing look into her life, filled with astonishing events and decorated with colorful characters. ... Henderson continues to sing calmly, blatantly ignoring the group's attempts to phase her. ... "I WILL HAVE THE JOB," the novel dictates in bold capitol type. "I WOULD BE A CONDUCTORETTE AND SLING A FULL MONEY CHANGER FROM MY BELT. I WOULD (268). ...

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Maya Angelou faces many hardships, yet manages to overcome them all, in her autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." ... Maya Angelou faces many hardships, yet manages to overcome them all, in her autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." ... Plenty of pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. ... I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than cute behind." ... I knew that because I loved him so much I could never hurt him." ...

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Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," has been deemed one of the most controversial, yet influential autobiographical novels of all time. ... Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" has gained a tremendous amount of criticism for its disputable topics concerning Racism and prejudice, The American Dream, and its vulgar textual context. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a story of pride and prejudice. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Assignment 1: Response to the first part of "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" Title I think that the title suggests a lot of things because, if you have a bird at home, which was just caught and put in a cage, it would really make noises, and therefore, I would say that this title suggests that Maya Angelou is constrained to something and is not free, either physically or emotionally. I mentioned Maya Angelou because as she is the author of this autobiography, this makes me presume that she will be the one caged up. ... Information about the Author I think the author is famous for her w...

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an autobiographical account about Maya Angelou's challenging life and encounter of an American society at a crucial period, a time of adjustment. ... Maya Angelou compares herself as a caged bird, one that always sings, although it is trapped in a caged. The cage would be our ruthless society and the bird victims of our evil human nature. ... After all her privation, she now found a reason to live, and a reason to sing in a caged society. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Maya Angelou's poem, "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings," there is a clear parallel between the caged bird and the free bird, and the African American man or woman and the white man or woman. ... "But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams/ his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream/his wings are clipped and his feet are tied/so he opens his throat to sing." (27-30). ... Like the caged bird opens his throat to sing so does the African American. ... "The caged bird sings/with a fearful trill/of things unknown/ but longed for still/and his tune is heard/ on the distant hills/ for the ca...

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings By: Maya Angelou The story starts off with Maya and Bailey both being young. ... I don't know why anyone would take up reading as a hobby. ... I don't think I"d want to talk to someone that put me out to live with my grandmother. ... She doesn't know why for sure but she is. ... Maybe I missed out on something, but it wasn't a very good book, I"d give it a 2 on a 1-100...

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In Maya Angelou's famous poem, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, she is able to touch a personal note on many occasions in my life. ... In her poem, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya says "The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn and he names the sky his own." ... I am not sure what exactly was said, but I know that my mother left and she later divorced my father. ... In her poem, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya says that, "The caged bird sings with a tearful trill of things unkno...

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I know why the Caged Bird Sings I think that this book was extremely informative. ... Being their age, I think that they must have thought that was the funnies thing. ... I thought that the end of the book was very interesting. When Angelou's curiosity about sex moved her to the point where she wanted to know what it felt like she asked some random boy to come and have sex with her. ... I relate to this part of the book a little bit because I had a cousin that I was really close to that actually got pregnant when she was fourteen basically thinking and acting like Ange...

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Angelou explains in the early chapters of I know why the caged bird Sings, just how hard life in Stamps is and how her people are able cope. ... Also, the most powerful use of onomatopoeia is at the end when Angelou wrote, "I winced to picture them sewing the coarse material- The fact that she winced definitely makes the reader realize the determination and pain the Negroes went through just to make something of themselves. ...

• Word Count: 358
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Literature Logs I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou pages 16-26 Well this book is starting out pretty boring. ... Maya will obviously get many good qualities from her grandmother, although I don't know what the advantage of living with her real parents is. ... I guess that is why the library became her second home. ... pages 87-97 I don't really understand why Maya got so angry when Mrs. ... That is why she is so proud of her past accomplishments. ...

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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. ... 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, when the teacher says that some graduates have been able to become athletes, Maya is angered, but is smart enough to know that this was the typical assumption of even blacks: A black person could never amount to anything, because of the limitatio...

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For instance, her famous poem titled I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings inspired many women to embrace their talents in writing. ... Angelou's poem titled I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a significant poem that presents her writing style through the unique stylistic details that reflect on themes and action. ... From the review of Angelou's works including the poem I know Why the Caged Bird Sings, it is clear that she followed the most significant rules of writing a poem. ... Angelou relied on black literature theories in writing whereby her poetry complements the search for self-i...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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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• Grade Level: High School