Free sample essay on Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird
Sings, by Maya Angelou, is of great value to not only myself,
but to society as a whole. By portraying her own life through
the book, she is able to convey the difficulties associated with
the mixture of racial and gender discrimination dealt with by
young, Southern black girls. At the same time, she touches on
subjects from child abuse to the search for one’s purpose in
life. Maya wastes no time plunging into the controversy of
racial discrimination within the first few pages of her book. As
a child, Maya feels an intense sense of displacement as a black
girl and when her “Momma” sews her a new Sunday dress, Maya
believes this will be her chance to fit in with the genteel,
white girls. Continue Reading »