I know why the caged bird sings
The autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou is about her life experiences growing up. Maya is a strong willed, stubborn, outspoken, intelligent girl. The fact that she is an African American girl, growing up in the 30’s makes her mature and become more tolerant of confrontations in her life. Maya Angelou faces many hardships throughout her life, including ridicule, rape, and racism and still manages to overcome them all.Throughout the story, Maya is discouraged by the segregation of the blacks in her community. Maya comes from a broken home, her parents divorced when she was young. Her and her brother Baily were sent to Stamps Arkansas to live with their paternal grandmother Annie Henderson at a young age. Beyond the family issues Maya had come face to face with ridicule, rape, and racism. This was a lot for a young girl and is the main reason that she has become more tolerant and matured much faster then most adolescents. Maya is first faced with ridicule at a young age; she was not the prettiest girl. From the time she was young and through adolescence, Maya considered herself ugly. She was a tall, somewhat lanky African American girl. She was skinny, and felt that her eyes wer
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Approximate Word count = 1390
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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