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Racism in Angelou’s “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”
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A seven page paper looking at Maya Angelou’s autobiography in terms of its exploration of racism. The paper contends that what made Angelou’s pursuit of her exceptionally high potential so unconventional -- as well as so inspiring -- was the racism that seemed determined to keep her down. Bibliography lists eight sources.
Filename: KBangelu.wps

African-American Literature: Singing The People's Song
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A five-page critical analysis on the state of African-American literature, with an emphasis on poetry. Includes an overview of black poetry from Phillis Wheatley through James Weldon Jonson, Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou to the cutting-edge poets like the Last Poets and rap artists, detailing how they present the condition of African-Americans and how they deal with discrimination. Cites five sources.
Filename: 99blpoe.rtf

Baker's 'Growing Up' & Angelou's 'I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings / Foundations of Life
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A 5 page paper making four distinct points of comparison between Maya Angelou's autobiography I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, and Russell Baker's Growing Up. Contrasting Baker's poor but conventional youth with the horrific experiences suffered by Angelou, the paper concludes that it is possible to begin at very different places in the continuum of life, and grow into wise, healthy, and stable people through very different paths. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Russange.wps

Maya Angelou / Angelou's Own Life As Depicted in Her Books
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This 5 page research paper examines the life and work of African-American author and poet Maya Angelou. Specifically discussed are how the hardships of her life are reflected in her books, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Singin' and Swingin' , Makin' Merry Like Christmas, and Heart of a Woman. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Mayang.wps

Maya Angelou's 'I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings' / Social Stratification
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The concept is demonstrated as it applies to Maya Angelou's 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' in this 6 page analysis. Social class is looked at as it existed in 1930's America, which is the focus of the book,-- and compared with the vanishing social class differentiations of today. Book is the only source used.
Filename: Cagestra.wps

Maya Angelou/ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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A 3 page analysis of Angelou's autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which is a complex work that not only details the events of Angelou's girlhood, but also illustrates the sociological structures that were in place in the South at that time to keep African-Americans 'in their place,' which is to say subservient to white interests. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 99caged.rtf

Maya Angelou/All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
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A 5 page analysis of All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou, which is the fifth volume in her serial autobiography. This volume is an account of Angelou's experiences in Ghana in the early 1960s. This narrative relates how Angelou found a job teaching at the University of Ghana and began working as an editor. While the narrative naturally includes the details of where Angelou worked, and the major details of her life, the motivating force behind the book is how Angelou worked to relate emotionally to Ghana and her African heritage. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 99agcnts.rtf

Searching for Identity Through Ralph Waldo Emerson:
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This five-page-paper discusses the search for identity by the narrator in the classic tale 'Invisible Man' by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: CWinvisa.wps

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