I Wonder Why

negative aspect, individuals strongly influence people from their degrading words. Many times, men and women nonchalantly state opinions society has formed, not considering their meaning. Angelou states, “But I personally had never heard it before. Never heard the words, despite the thousands of times I had sung them” (Angelou, 2015, p.188). Angelou during this statement refers to the Negro National Anthem. People proclaim statements, ideas, and opinions often based on the norms society has created. Even

my life was a cage - has been about getting an education. My dream was attend a medical university. I graduated high school in Ukraine and after school, I got married and I didn’t have the choice to study. My mom said at that time, “I have money only on one event-wedding or university”, my choice was a wedding because my husband didn’t want me to wait so long because he was almost thirty and I was only seventeen. He was scared to lose

“One of the hardest decisions you'll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder.” - Ziad K. Abdelnour. Why are decisions difficult to make? Are decisions the two paths that will lead us down to our future? Are they like an answer choice on a test, that we feel the need to stress about whether we choose the right or wrong decision? Perhaps people should realize that making decisions can lead us to embark on new life changing journeys.We need to learn that we should not fear making

Be brave; Rise above failure “Being brave is knowing that when you fail, you don’t fail forever.”-Lana Del Rey Being brave when you know you might fail might be considered winning in its own way. Is being brave standing up to that bully or is being brave as simple as talking to your crush? When you fail on something you have to rise above it and look on the brighter side. Is failure something to frown upon or is it something to rise against? Maybe failure is not getting a perfect score on a test

self-worth. At first, Angelou did not understand the foreboding which presented itself, but as the assembly commenced a knowledge of oppression unveiled itself in her mind. Referring to the beginning of the assembly Angelou states, “Finding my seat at last, I was overcome with a presentiment of worse things to come. Something unrehearsed, unplanned, was going to happen, and we were going to be made to look bad.” (Angelou, 2016, para. 30) When referring to the “presentiment of worse things to come” Angelou

Coretta Scott King was an activist who had a major impact on those around her. For Coretta’s funeral, her sister, Maya Angelou wrote Coretta’s eulogy. The eulogy first mentions Coretta’s passion as a peaceful activist who wanted to right the wrongs in the world. The eulogy progresses by explaining her background as an African- American woman who was born in a small town and loved everyone and everything no matter their difference in this world. Maya then describes her experiences of exchanging phone

book “letter to my daughter” even though she had no daughters herself. This essay was written for thousands of women out there to embrace them and show them how she gained wisdom throughout her life, although many women saw her as a mother figure. “I have learnt to accept my responsibility and to forgive myself first, then apologise to anyone injured by my misreckoning.” Maya Angelou states that self-love, self-respect

Yudiria Tapia 09/13/17 Section 70041:M&W12:15-1:40 Professor Anderson Maya Angelou jyy I. Maya Angelou was born in the State of Louis, Missouri on April 4, 1928 growing up in the time of discrimination and also racism. Although, she had to deal with reality of a racial society she continued to focus on things she cherished the most in her personal life such as her spiritual faith, and she admires her Grandmother and her family

I have had the sincere pleasure of being a colleague and friend of Kimberly Perry for well over 21 years. Our career paths started early on as fellow Real estate agents. Kim, as I call her is a dear friend and business constituent of many years. She has always been quite the innovator and always looking for different ways to offer services which would stand out from the crowd. Whether it be to offer a different perspective on something most may have found mundane or be attentive to what a client

Wonderful Lady was composed by Maya Angelou Stanza 1: "Marvels Lady" begins with a savage strike on speculations. She happily reports that neither one of the shes has a hourglass figure, nor she has an enchanting face.Her achievement without essential female attributes astounds pretty women and they much of the time need to know the puzzle of her . She duplicates her puzzle saying that it originates from her trust, the way she expands her arms, the way she walks, the rhythm of her hips what's more