... 's Year by Jimmy Carter. She has published ten best selling books and countless magazine articles, and in 1993 she wrote and delivered the presidential inauguration for President Bill Clinton. One of Maya Angelou's books, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, an account of her youth, describes the trauma of being raped as a child, the violent death of her attacker, and her subsequent refusal to speak for five years. It has been ... the target of many censorship attacks. She continued her ongoing autobiography in Gather Together in My Name in1974. In the same year, Maya also writes the screenp...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... himself and understand what is bad and what is good and how not to fall into the hole. The novel I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou gives us the concept of the one girl's world which is filled by racism. On the other hand it is a good example for people; because they can take the advice from this book and learn how fight all these troubles that life has created. From ... the age three, Margarite has terrible feeling that she does not belong to anyone and anything. She does ... not have the ... ...

• Word Count: 1584
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School