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Summary: Took Me There...
Review: This book was great. Angelou pulled me into her story and made me feel like I was there next to her through all her adventures. Her writing is very visual. Angelou can describe any situation with the fewest words but you know exactly what she is talking about. This is the second book of hers I have read and I am in love with her writing.
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Summary: Many Warm and Funny Memories
Review: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou is a spectular autobiography describing Maya's childhood up until teenage hood. What amazes me about this is book is that Maya has a special talent for making dark situations that happened to her funny and wonderous. I think her philosophy in life is don't let anyone get you down when bad things happen to you. Stay positive. When a person falls off her bicylce, she needs to get back up on it again and try to ride it without falling. I don't have a personal copy (I borrow the library's), but I am sure to obtain all six of her autobiographies. I am sure when I read the rest of them, they will be just as good.
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Summary: Wonderful Book
Review: This is one of the best books I've read in a long time! This book captures life inthe south through the eyes of a child. When I started reading I didn't really like it but then you rally start to care about what happens to Maya and Maya becomes like a friend to you. Extremely well written! As I was readig sometimes I had to flip back to the cover to look at her picture because its amazing what she oes through. I strongly recommend this toanybody but especially girls my own age (13-20)
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Summary: The Caged Bird Is Now Free
Review: Humour. Satire. Fear. Ape. Racism. Consoling. A few words to describe the semi-autobiographical poignant work Angelou produced with 'I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings'. Marguite, was an innocent, a felsh of bieng with a free spirit, who went against the odds at various points in life. The sisterly love for her brother was undying and was revealed.
The tale reflects the time period so well, and opens our (white suburbia) mind to a dimension unknown to us. Spoken to us only through rhyme, prose and novel. Maya expresses her life with dignity; a word thatc can freely be associated with Maya and Momma.
I look so forward to the continuing saga that this liberated novelist has penned for the world.
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Summary: a horrible book
Review: i remember reading this book in high school. it ... i know that sounds harsh, but that's the truth. maya angelou wrote this book to try to make an excuse for the fact that she was a hooker. she blames all her mistakes and problems on society and racism, and the writing isn't even good. her below-subpar autobiography is filled with nonsensical similes that she merits as good writing (ie. "he threw his words at us like bricks, and some of them sunk in me"). when i was done reading this garbage, i thought racism ... but that it wasn't to blame for her horrible decisions in life. in my opinion, maya angelou is nothing more than someone who falsely envisions herself as the mary magdalen.
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Summary: The women in her life
Review: Maya Angelous book is quite an extraordianry one. I would have to say that everyone at one point in thier lives should read this book. I believe that the most extraordinary thing is her triumph with the help of her extraordinary female influences. Maya Angelou is a symbol of one triumphing over adversity.
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Summary: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Review
Review: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings tells how Maya Angelou first arrived in the small town of Stamps, Arkansas when she was three and her brother, Bailey was four. She spent her childhood years here with her grandmother. Her life was never exciting until her father took her out west to see her mother. From that point on in her life, Maya had many experiences as she traveled around seeing her mother, father, and her grandmother back in Stamps. The story ends with Maya living with her mother in California now transformed from a child to a woman.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings possesses Maya Angelou's distinctive poetic style. One can create clear mental images from the descriptions. Maya Angelou also does a great job of making the characters and their emotions come alive. Not only does one enjoy reading this book, but he will also learn many lessons from Maya Angelou's fascinating life.
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Summary: I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
Review: This is a wonderful book, full of hard ship, happiness, and victory. I am doing a report in school on Maya Angelou, and this is the first book my teacher recomended to me to read. It was truly a wonderful book.
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Summary: A very moving life story
Review: I don't remember who, but someone once said something like, "One death is a tragedy, but a thousand deaths is just statistic." This is sort of the way to describe the way I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings impacts the reader. Through her story, you can really come to understand the life of an American black female in the 1930s. From the first years of Maya Angelou's childhood, life was very difficult. Shipped away from her parents to live with her grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas, pretending for years that the reason she lived with her grandmother was because her parents were dead...then finding out that her parents were in fact alive, making it seem as if Maya was not wanted. In a segregated town full of prejudicce and injustice, Maya lives until around age 7, when she is finally taken to live with her mother. Although this may seem to be a change for the better, things take a turn when young Maya is raped by her mother's boyfriend, Mr. Freeman. When Mr. Freeman is put on trial and is later murdered, Maya believes it is her fault and stops talking. After a long time of silence, Maya meets people who will change her life forever, including Mrs. Flowers, who introduces Maya to the wonderful world of poetry. With the help of Maya's mother, Mrs. Flowers, and other influential people and situations, could Maya finally find happiness? Everyone should read this book, because it reveals the true emotions and feelings that were felt by American blacks. This book will make you cry, laugh, and run right out to buy the sequel, Gather Together In My Name.
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Summary: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Review: I felt I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings told the story of Mya Angelou's life well. It is unbelievable that she went through so many events while growing up. As the reader you can't help but wonder what will happen to her next. I could't put it down, reading the whole book in a couple days. I strongly reccomend this book to anyone who is interested in the true story about a girl growing up in the South. After reading this book, I can't wait to read the others that continue on into her life.
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