depression, life was an on going struggle for all. In the South, it seemed

that African Americans suffered the greatest. 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. Maya Angelou is able to describe her experiences growing up in the south in such a vivid way through her use of literary techniques such as ____, ____, and ____. Her exquistite techniques allows the reader to experience the events of Maya's life right along side of her.

Maya Angelou uses an aphoristic style similar to that of Ralph

Waldo Emerson's. This style is greatly used to express the tensions that occur within the s

describing events that occurred while she was growing up, she

her graduation, when the teacher says that some graduates have been able

them. Conflicts between the Ku Klux Klan and blacks occured more often than not in the south, so Maya wasn't only painting a picture of an event that occured rarely in the south, but an everyday occurance that many were forced to deal with within their lives. "...looks good. The black man hasn't even begun to storm the

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. Just imagine what they are capable of doing." When Maya describes the speech given at

hear her. An example of this was giving in the beginning of the novel when Maya shows her disgust by her grandmother's unfailing subservience towards

Some common words found in the essay are:
Klux Klan, Maya Angelou, Waldo Emerson's, , African Americans, maya angelou, Ku Klux, ku klux klan, novel maya, ku klux, ____ ____, klux klan,
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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)