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Maya Angelou Still I Rise

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The poem “ Still I Rise” reflects Maya Angelou’s life because she writes about her overcoming the hardships in her life. Even though Maya was hurt by people in her life she didn’t let it bring her down. “With your bitter, twisted lies, you may trod me in the very dirt but still, I’ll rise” (Still I Rise 2-4). Maya was a strong woman and didn’t let the things other people said or did affect her. In the biography about Maya Angelou “ America’s Renaissance Woman” it stated “At the age of 7 while visiting her mother, she was sexually molested by her mother’s boyfriend. To ashamed to tell any adults, she confided in her brother… later on when she heard that her uncle had killed the attacker, she felt that it was her fault and stayed silent for 5
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