... even though Wiley does not know his mother is clear that he loves her by his vast search for information to learn who his mother was. At the end the reader learns that Ceil died of a infected abortion, during this time she refused any medication she offered her, she was being a rebel even then, ... is a widow with two children, who now is being constantly chastised and put down by her immediate family because of her lifestyle. The mother constantly goes out to late hours of the night trying to meet new men to replace her husband, her children believe that she is working and almost never...

• Word Count: 1024
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... very difficult and callous for the Negro people. The Negroes must work long hours at ridiculously low pay just to survive, and often it just was not enough. 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. Angelou conveys this so that the reader will have a greater understanding ... of what the times she lived in were like ... very effectively in this sentence. Another example is in the paragraph that states "The sound of the new morning had been replaced with grumbles- the use of the word "grum...

• Word Count: 358
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate