In the poem “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou give the reader a strong understanding to not give up in difficult situations. The poem makes me feel determined into doing things that I might say that are impossible of doing. The two strong emotions are people pushing you down and feeling determined into accomplishing. Generally speaking, many people will try to push you down, when you are trying to accomplish a goal that you set your mind. The author in the poem talks about how people tried to push her down, but she rises up. For instance in the book she gives us an example of how people uses face expression and words to push her down, “You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness,