1. Graduation by Maya Angelou
... mother "made a Sunday breakfast although it was only Friday" (25), and Angelou's dress was handmade. It is through Angelou's examples about the days to come of the graduation that exhibit the relevance of the event. Finally, Angelou personifies her excitement when she states, "I hoped the memory of that morning would never leave me. Sunlight was itself young ... his speech, the hopeless feeling he left in the auditorium was evident. Donleavy had exposed the racial tensions of 1940, and Angelou went from feeling accomplished and eager about her graduation, to weakened and disgraced. Howev...
- Word Count: 1074
- Approx Pages: 4
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate