I Wonder Why

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

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou contains a plethora of life lessons Maya learned while growing up, some of which that can pertain to my own life. On page 275, Maya states, “I knew her well enough to know that if I committed almost any crime and told her the truth about it she not only wouldn’t disown me but would give me her protection.” This quote is relating to Maya’s mother, who values honesty and considers it to be a desirable quality to have. My own mother has always been nothing

In an excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou’s tone and syntax reveal the final hopes African American’s have for a better life. In Joe Louis’s intense boxing scene, the strength African American’s have will be proven by his victory. Maya and the rest of the black community are extremely anxious during the fight, since it is a make it or break it situation. Maya Angelou’s tone displays a desperation for change they will only get if Joe Louis wins. Her negative tone acknowledges

Stephen Butterfield, a critic of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing by Maya Angelou, encompasses the gravity of motherhood and the impact it holds on a child through a single statement: "Continuity is achieved by the contact of mother and child, the sense of life begetting life that happens automatically in spite of all confusion—perhaps also because of it" (213). Marguerite Johnson, the protagonist in Angelou’s literary autobiography, experiences a consistent yet changing motherly connection—with her