... away to find freedom, and an unexpected pregnancy. Eventually she overcomes all the cards stacked against her to give birth to a healthy son. Throughout I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, the author lives in several towns and cities, all of which effect her differently. The fast-paced, noisy life Maya finds in St. Louis is totally foreign ... noon on weekdays. She did this for six months, and by 1970 she had a manuscript for publication. After reading I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, I would like to say that it is a very interesting look into a turbulent life of a young troubled girl. I th...

• Word Count: 1549
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... stereotypes did not suppress her motivation or desire to succeed in a world where she was initially destined to fail. 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 has taken her struggles and transformed them ... into inspirational poems and stories that reflect her ability to overcome adversity and make it in a world where the white male supremacy reigned. Maya's first autobiography, I Know Why The Cage...

• Word Count: 1347
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... survive masculine prejudice, and hatred. Angelou's first work of literature, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was the first book by an African American woman to storm best-seller lists-(Essence). This autobiography was written with the inspiration of her disrupted life. Many say it reflects the pain of her struggle to overcome restrictions that were placed in her environment ... , Essence). Her most well known poem "Phenomenal Woman- contains many of her strengths and weaknesses. As noted in the Virginia Quarterly Review, "Its theme--power and depth of women "echoes her own personal hist...

• Word Count: 1257
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... a reader goes through from reading Alone by Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou is a prominent contemporary poet that was well-known for poems such as I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and On the Pulse of Morning. As an African American woman born in the early 1900's, Maya Angelou went through many hardships during the course of her life and often shares her experiences of those sorrows in her works. In ... Maya Angelou, Maya Angelou does not simply make the point that no one can make it through in life alone, but does so in such an impactful manner that she is able to induce vigorous emotional feel...

• Word Count: 1766
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate