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maya angelou

From the time she was born, Maya Angelou wassubjected to racism, rape, grief and dehumanization. She beared enoughemotional stress in a time frame that most people don't experience in alifetime. Yet she prevailed. She forced herself to become stronger. And indoing so, she produced writings, which in turn, helped others to becomestrong. Her experiences and the lessons learned gave her confidence to be ateacher, a preacher, and an inspiration to millions. Maya Angelou wascourageous. Based on Angelous most prestigious autobiography, I Know WhyThe Caged Bird Sings, along with others, certainly reveals the occurringhardships and misfortunes of her life. In Maya Angelous first published autobiography, I Know Why TheCaged Bird Sings, in 1970, she focuses in on the concept of black skin, andthe emotions and fears that come along with it. Caged Bird begins, it openswith a symbolic presentation expressing Angelous fears as a little girl beingstared at in church by the whites in society who looked down on the peopleof colored skin. Further, Jon Zlotnik Schmidt of American Writersseparates this introduction as one of the several, in which Maya Angeloufeels abused because she is a black child, and sees herself as an outcast inall of society(American Writers IV 2). Throughout Caged Bird, Angelouremains displaced as being a racist in society. She is deserted and rejectedby her mother, Vivian Baxter(Black Women Writers 5). In several of herrelated fantasies, Angelou, as a child imagines her mother lying in a coffin,dead with no face: Since I couldnt fill in the features I printed M O T H E R across the O, and tears would fall down my cheeks like warmmilk(American Writers 3). As she grew up with no mother in her life, MayaAngelou was forced to become a mature adolescent at a young age(AmericanWriters 5). I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, prevails in moments wheremetaphors correspond perfectly to the emotions of Maya Angelousrelationship wi...

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