Maya Angelou/ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Abstract: 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.

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Subcatagory: African-American Literature

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