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Summary: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Review: This book is a well written book. It is written about the authors life as an african american child in the south. Maya Angelou and her brother Bailey where born of the african american race. They were sent to the south to live with there grandmother. I really liked this book because it was written very smoothly and did not jump from one topic to another topic. The way she structurally bulit her autobiography is very smoothly done.
The book is very well thought out. The way she puts her life into a story that teenagers can understand is not very easily done, but she made it very understandable of how african americans were treated in that time. The way she developed her book was pretty empressive because she put everything the way it happened and did not go from one thing to the next without a good transition. She says in her book "Annie, tell Willie he better lay low tonight. A crazy nigger messed with a white lady today. Some of the boys'll be coming over here later" that quote shows everyone how the african american people where treated (3.18). That quote really hit me in the heart good because of the fact that the white folk does not know if it was Willie or not but they really do not care, they are still going to beat him up because he is african american.
I really liked the plot of this story because it is basically Maya Angelou's life. How she was treated when she was a child, and what she did as a child to pass time. There was not television or anything like that back in her days as a child. "After our early chores where done, while Uncle Willie or Momma minded the Store, we were free to play the children's games as long as er stayed within yelling distance". I like this quote because I think that that is the best way to past the time. Nowadays all the children do is watch televison to past the time. I think they should all think about how Maya had to make herself have fun to pass the time (4.22).
I think her character set up was well thought out also. I like how she used thier real name and not a cover up name like most people do. "When I was three and Bailey four, we had arrived in the musty little town, wearing tag on out wrists which instructed-"To Whom It May Concern"-that we were Marquerite and Bailey Johnaon Jr., from Long Beach California, wn foute to Stamps, Arkansas, c/o Mrs. Annie Henderson." Some authors write books on thier life but change their name because they do not want to let their audiances to know what happened to them. Maya Angelou is comfortable with her childhood even if she was mistreated and treated poorly. So I highly recommend you to read this book if you want to understand how african americans were treated.
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Summary: I agree this book is amazing.
Review: In a poetic, yet detatched way, Maya Angelou captures the heart of her struggles growing up female and Black during the Depression. Her style and description draw in the reader and keep her spellbound even during the most painful scenes. You feel deeply for the author and her little brother as they drift through their lives living for a bit of affection. Neglected by their divorced parents, Maya and her brother get sent to Arkansas at ages 4 and 5 to live with their grandma and handicapped uncle. Although life is hard and love not demonstrated, Maya learns much from her grandma and uncle. The theme of this book is the quest for the child to be loved by the adult. Maya feels inferior. She feels ugly and compares herself to her magical brother Bailey. Both children are starved for true affection and daydream a white movie actress on the screen is their long lost mother. Maya and her brother are eventually united with "Mother Dear" in St.Louis when she is eight. Unfortunately Mother's boyfriend begins to abuse Maya(...). This is graphically portrayed in the book. Maya's feelings of not belonging and not being truly loved are compounded after the abuse. I admire all the autobiographical books by Ms.Angelou. She has achieved a lot in her life for a person who started out in such a sad situation. This book should be read and re-read.
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Summary: Beautifully written...
Review: Having never read any of Angelou's previous works before this book I came into reading this book with an open mind. I was happy to find out that she has an absolutely beautiful way of writing. Maya is able to take something so dull and dress it into something heavenly. I truly enjoyed her heartpulling story of facing adversity, broken homes, and not knowing love...which lead her to eventually find herself. Although a pretty good novel...i was dissappointed with the ending. I wish the story would have never ended with its last account in the time of her teenage years...i believe the story should have continued.
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Summary: my book review 4 miss seviewx
Review: This book was ok, i wouldnt read if i didnt have to but b/c i had to, it deals w/ many themes that people can relate to. Segregation, racism, hate and naming. So if u have nutthin better 2 do w/ ur life than read book read this one.
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Summary: posting for Deseante Jones
Review: This was a great book. I recommend this novel to anyone who likes to red in gerneral. It pin points the views of many different generations, especially a young blk girl growing up in the south. It also shows the many deprivations of blks. And lastly the racist experiences that blks had to face as well as the trials + tribulations.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I think this book is great because it relates to teenagers today. some teenagers are ignorant to the world today and don't know the consequences to anything. also i know how important church and naming are in this book. I also realized how bad segregation was back then.
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Summary: Garbage
Review: This book sucked... It is boring as hell. I would NOT reccomend this book to anyone. Please never pick this book up if you see it. If you do see this book anywhere in sight burn it.
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Summary: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Review: This novel incorporates numerous issues that Maya had to deal with as African-American women during times of segregation. Maya deals with issues like racism, naming, sexual abuse, and acceptance. Maya learns a great deal about herself and finds herself in this novel. She learns to accept herself as an individual and as an African-American woman. I would recommend this novel to any person who wants to find themselves and needs help accepting themselves. People can learn from Maya's experiences in this novel.
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Summary: Read my review
Review: I know why the cage bird sing written by Maya ANgelou is an example of the social life of the author and african amwricans confronting lessons not yet known. as well it reveals how "black confronted their everyday life. This book reveals the truth major themes of racism. She deals with alot of harshipds and segreagation but never put your self down that is what she learn and as well as myself. NO matter if we are black or white we will always be a youth.
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Summary: "Review On I Knowed Why The Caged Bird Sings"
Review: I know why the caged Bird Sing written by Maya Angelou is an example of the social life of the author and african americans confronting lessons not yet known. It reveals how "black" confronted their everyday life. This book reveals the truth major themes of "racism". Also it shows how racism and segregation played a major impact in her life. No matter who we are black or white we all should be united as a youth.
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