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 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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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. ... This is what Maya wrote about what happened that hot afternoon in Stamp. ... 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 ...

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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. ... Through her struggles as well as accomplishments she learned a great deal about herself as well as those around her. ...

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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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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. ... She writes concisely about life's little secrets. ... 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...

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The paper presents an analysis of Maya Angelou through researching her cultural context and how it helps readers to understand her work, influences among writers, her writing style applied to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, her theories about literature and writing, and critical reception of the writers work. ... 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 th...

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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. ... Maya was unsure about this trip because she didn't want to leave Momma behind. ... 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. ... Maya get confused about Mr. ...

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Angelou did not change facts about her life, but fictionalized them in order to increase the impact of her massage. ... She witnessed evil that was generally directed at black women and uses the metaphor of caged bird singing in midst of a struggle to represent confinement as a result of oppression and racism, book contains a sequence of lesson on how to resist oppression. ... Angelou's rape experience depicts the suffering of African Americans and connects it to the theme of caged bird's death because Mr. Freeman who raped her told her to keep silent about the rape or he would kill...

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Also, in "Sympathy" he uses words and phrases to speak of freedom, such as " I know what the caged bird feels". It is his most anthologized poem after he wrote "We Wear Masks" because of the lines, "I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore, When he beats his bars and he would be free." ... The most famous line "I know what the caged bird feels", tells us what the poem is basically about, that Dunbar knows how it feels to be imprisoned and not be able to so as you please. ... After his work "Sympathy" he grew as a poet because of his famous line " I k...

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Throughout her work, she transforms from the meek and insecure Marguerite Johnson in I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, to the self-confident and intelligent Maya Angelou that is reflected in her book of poems, And Still I Rise. ... Maya's first autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, chronicles her tumultuous life from adolescence to the tender age of seventeen, by which time she is pregnant with her illegitimate son. ... McCurry says, "The almost novelistic clarity of Caged Bird results from the artistic tension between Angelou's recollected self and her authorial consciou...

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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....

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• Grade Level: High School

Her poem, "Caged Bird," clearly expresses this theme. ... The caged bird represents the black race being held back from freedom by their skin color. ... The caged bird may have little hope of becoming free, but he yearns for freedom nonetheless. ... Her reply was, "How the hell do you know I did escape? You don't know what demons I still wrestle with."" ...

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Hale, "Why, it looks as if she didn't know what she was about!" ... The bird cage seems to be a symbol of some sort of violence or anger because when the ladies found the cage in the cupboard the door had been ripped from the hinges (Glaspell 717). ... Peters started talking about the bird that went with it. ... I know what happened to bird-like Mrs. ... Wright used to sing too but he killed that too. ...

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Dunbar understands the pain of the caged bird, because his parents were former slaves, and he had to grow up learning to understand that his world was not the same as the pale kids that were his age (like an iconic photo of when Martin Luther King, Jr. had to explain to his daughter that a famous amusement park she really wanted to go to was "for whites only"). ... That's why the "pain still throbs" (12) but "they pulse again with a keener string – I know why he beats his wing!... That's why Dunbar "[knows] why the the caged bird sings" (15) e...

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• Has Bibliography
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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...

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• Grade Level: High School

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. ... As a teenager who is curious about sex, she had sex with a boy and didn't enjoy it. ... Eventually Maya became pregnant at the age of 17 and had to make a mature decision about her life. ... 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...

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Who Is Marguerite Johnson 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. ... 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 hi...

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Through my research and readings about Maya I have come to the conclusion that she is an American genius. ... Flowers she had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest of weather she acted just as refined as the white folks," (Angelou, Caged Bird 76-78). ... The only thing I could find about Maya's time with Paul was that Maya resented Paul for leaving her and her son, and refrained from paying any tribute to him by mentioning him in any of her writings. ... I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the first of the five volume series, published in 1970. ... I can go on writing abou...

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Maya was scared to tell people about the incident, but she eventually told her brother what happeneder. ... " Maya Angeleou always was always passionate about writing and art (http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ang0bio-1 ). ... I thought I should like to see us all dead, one on top of each other. ... (Angelou Caged Bird 153) Maya knew this and made it clear in her writing (http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ang0bio-1). ... The book that she was working on was called "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings....

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the book I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings , by Maya Angelou, Marguerite, Uncle Willie, and Vivian are faced with many defeats but are never defeated. ... "I would have the job. I would be a conductorette and sling a full money changer from my belt. I would." ... She is completely self- sufficient. " I had had help in the child's conception, but no one could deny that I had had an immaculate conception." ...

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Model: Until I was thirteen and left Arkansas for good, the Store was my favorite place to be. ... Whenever I walked into the store in the afternoon, I sensed that it was tired. I alone could hear the slow pulse of its job half done. {Taken from I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou} Imitation: Inside the park I walked towards the music, the lawn was the worst location to listen. ... Model: I learn little about language and intimacy listening to those social activists who propose using ones family language in public life. ...

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However, I cannot argue that the first amendment should be reason enough to stop censorship because the underlying moral principles must be considered. ... The Catcher in the Rye, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and To Kill a Mockingbird were among the titles adults found most offensive- (Reaves 26). ... Books about racism, sex, drugs, and violence are not meant to provoke the reader; they are meant to enlighten them. ... Such ideas need to be discussed and taught because if they are not young minds will not be able to explore the way they feel about each subject. ... Without controver...

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If students do not learn about their own American history, if they do not learn about the appalling horrors and horrendous events that took place on American soil, they nosedive right back into the well known comfort of ignorance. ... Similar to To Kill a Mockingbird, the same advocations apply to I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. Maya Angelou tells a story, her story, about survival and courage in a prejudiced world. ... (Crum) Why ban certain books but not others? ... Honestly, those people knew how to do something not many people today know how to do. ...

• Word Count: 2168
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School