Maya Angleou’s novel both teaches readers the importance of perseverance and the unpredictability of life, along with presenting the reader with critical thinking opportunities through the use of strong literary devices such as metaphors to further strengthen her message. One of the most valuable
After reading through “Still I Rise,” by Maya Angelou, one can identify many different poetic devices that support the theme, however, there are three devices that clearly and concisely get the author’s point across: rhetorical questions, personification, and repetition. The theme that these devices support is a message of pride and strength found inside both the individual and the community. In addition to the theme, Angelou voices her happiness and courage that she has regarding her heritage and race, because to her, being African-American is nothing to be ashamed about. Through the use of rhetorical questions, Angelou draws attention to why others react to her the way that they do, with hate and discrimination. In asking these questions,
Maya Angelou is a well-known author whose writings are used in ELA classrooms around the United States. Many fans of literature hold her writings in high regard. The article “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read” by Francine Prose is about Prose’s belief that American educators should not teach Angelou’s work to American students. Prose published the piece in 1999 in response to Angelou’s rising success and her writings being used to teach ELA. Prose believed that Maya Angelou’s work being used to teach literature was not necessary, as To Kill a Mockingbird was more than sufficient.
The inequality and disparity of the racist society is seen in these events, as well as in the dentist’s incident and the insult of the “powhitetrash girls”. Maya Angelou in her work tried to show the struggles the Black men, women and children faced and how they survived. Such experiences are not told only to show the history of the black people, but also to find how Angelou’s inner world was created and how she evolved. There are social, psychological and geographic occasions that helped Maya in the process of personal development.
In the book, she tells about her life when she faced with racism and segregation at a very young age. She uses her poetry to let everyone in the world to recognize how African-American people live and pass their life in racism period. "Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything between"(Leopold). Maya Angelou teaches everyone to be solid through any tribulation and never falter. She teaches that everyone should not let the bad things get in their way.
A women who is phenomenal and ready to overcome society’s expectations will be happy within herself. Maya uses imagery to describe herself and her actions that make her a ‘phenomenal women’. Another empowering and influential poem, ‘Still I rise’, highlights the struggle in conquering prejudice and injustice in society. The poem is about determination and resilience while facing oppression in difficult times. The poem specifically describes the oppression of African-Americans.
Maya Angelou had a lot of things to say in her poem especially about “The Rock, The River, The Tree” that each one of them have a lot of meaning to them. Her poem was intended to make people feel and
Angelou uses symbolism throughout the poem to show how defiant she feels. In stanza 3, Angelou says, “Just like moons and like suns,/With the certainty of tides,/Just like hopes springing high,/Still I'll rise.” I interpret that as the author saying that she is constantly defying her adversaries and she is unwavering in her position. We can count on the moon coming out every night, even if it is a new moon and we cannot see it; We trust that the sun will shine every morning through evening. And just like the moon and sun, Angelou is just as constant to rise above adversity.
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Maya Angelou is a poet and award winning author know for her acclaimed memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and plethora of other works of art. In a contemporary society, middle school and high school graduates tend to only remember walking down the aisle, the class song, receiving the diploma and the handing of roses to whomever he/she want to give it to on their graduation. Angelou on the contrary, captures every moment of the graduation from the morning of to the end of the commencement. Graduation was one of the most appreciated events of the neighborhood. Maya Angelou remembered feeling excited and eager along with her classmates, soon to be high school graduates and adults as well.
As a recent graduate of Bethel University’s College of Professional Studies, I have dreams of giving back with a Master’s degree in Business Administration. The guidance I received through the many great facilitators allowed me to grow, not only personally but professionally as well. I never dreamed that I would one day complete my college degree but with encouragement from my family and co-workers, that dream became a reality. Holding a full-time job and raising a family, Bethel’s online platform was the perfect fit for me. Being able to complete one class at a time was the exact pace I needed to be successful without the worry of having assignments due in many different classes at the same time.
Undoubtedly, having paramount courage and undying love for the human race are the two virtues that anyone aspiring to live a life of purpose must have. In the Wikipedia article "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings," Angelou sheds light on the life she led as a child. She highlights the difficulties she had to go through when an opportunity for change was close to impossible (Wikipedia n.p.). Nevertheless, as a courageous young woman who discovered her passion for writing early, she used words to express herself, which later led to her success.
“Life doesn’t frighten me” is a priceless primer on poetry,that represents and raises the voices of children, that are mostly stoped silenced by those younger ones. The poet presents the poem in a personal manner to make the reader feel her and all the children that she speaks up for, because the speaker doesn’t want to be seen as weak anymore in representing the difficulties of the life and how they (children) can face or are facing it. The poem consists of eight stanzas, using rhymes in the whole poem. Maya is the writer and chose to write the poem in the first person, perhaps reflecting the hardship that she has been through in her childhood as an African American such as childhood rape, poverty, addiction, bereavement, and
" She is accepting her psychical appearance and is putting it in a positive standpoint. This bold poem of Maya Angelou show great struggle
Inner beauty has more definition, she explains that women should appreciate their flaws. After all there is only one of you and everyone was created differently. “A Caged Bird” was a poem that represented the early stages of Angelou’s life. There are several themes like race, change and freedom, which explains the survival of the fittest. The imagery used in the poems allows a vision of what the bird was like before being in a cage.
