I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Abridged Audio Edition)

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Summary: posting for Deseante Jones
Review: This was a great book. I recommend this novel to anyone who likes to red in gerneral. It pin points the views of many different generations, especially a young blk girl growing up in the south. It also shows the many deprivations of blks. And lastly the racist experiences that blks had to face as well as the trials + tribulations.

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Summary: Great book
Review: I think this book is great because it relates to teenagers today. some teenagers are ignorant to the world today and don't know the consequences to anything. also i know how important church and naming are in this book. I also realized how bad segregation was back then.

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Summary: Garbage
Review: This book sucked... It is boring as hell. I would NOT reccomend this book to anyone. Please never pick this book up if you see it. If you do see this book anywhere in sight burn it.

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Summary: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Review: This novel incorporates numerous issues that Maya had to deal with as African-American women during times of segregation. Maya deals with issues like racism, naming, sexual abuse, and acceptance. Maya learns a great deal about herself and finds herself in this novel. She learns to accept herself as an individual and as an African-American woman. I would recommend this novel to any person who wants to find themselves and needs help accepting themselves. People can learn from Maya's experiences in this novel.

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Review: I know why the cage bird sing written by Maya ANgelou is an example of the social life of the author and african amwricans confronting lessons not yet known. as well it reveals how "black confronted their everyday life. This book reveals the truth major themes of racism. She deals with alot of harshipds and segreagation but never put your self down that is what she learn and as well as myself. NO matter if we are black or white we will always be a youth.

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Summary: "Review On I Knowed Why The Caged Bird Sings"
Review: I know why the caged Bird Sing written by Maya Angelou is an example of the social life of the author and african americans confronting lessons not yet known. It reveals how "black" confronted their everyday life. This book reveals the truth major themes of "racism". Also it shows how racism and segregation played a major impact in her life. No matter who we are black or white we all should be united as a youth.

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Summary: Daena A.k.A *Dae*Dae* Truman high school
Review: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was a very interesting book. It allows you to understand the events and things that African Americans had to go through in the South. Also, it was basically an autobiography of Maya Angelou's life. The book takes you through twists and turns that Maya went through. It allows you to see how Maya went from being a child to being a strong black woman. It explains anything you might have wanted to know about Maya Angelou. It seems as if the book brings to life the events that occurred. It makes you feel as if you were right there next to Maya. I would recommend this to book to anyone who likes to read and is trying to find themselves.

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Summary: A Good book
Review: " I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"is an autobiography of Mya Angelou. She speaks of her life, going through trials and heartaches. A major theme in this novel is racism. During Maya's childhood, she is looked upon as a lower class,black girl. She feels that blacks should stand up to the whites and shows this feeling in many ways. I would recommend this book to any generation. I think anyone can relate to it and be affected by it in some way.

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Summary: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Review: Two African American siblings, Marguerite and Bailey Johnson, were sent after birth to be raised in Stamps, Arkansas with their grandmother (Momma) and Uncle Willie. Growing up, they seldom heard from their parents and continued their everyday routines of helping with Momma's store, going to school, attending church, meeting new friends, and dealing with the discrimination that constantly haunted their race. Angelou writes, "People in Stamps used to say that the whites in our town were so prejudice that a Negro couldn't buy a vanilla ice cream". Times were starting to get harder in Stamps with the harassment from the whites and discrimination extending to the point where the dentist wouldn't even help Marguerite's cavities. This prompted Momma's decision to send Bailey and Marguerite to try living with their parents who were now willing to take care of them and who lived in a safer area. Because of their mother and father's separation they stayed with their mother in St. Louis, only to return home shortly after, when Marguerite was raped by Mr. Freeman, mother's boyfriend. Time was all that was needed and eventually, the children were back living with their mother who was now living in California, like their father. Moving there brought good and bad into Bailey and Marguerite's life. Their mother was very supportive, and the city life was astonishing. However, Marguerite dealt with being only one of three African Americans in her school, she ran into trouble trying to find a job as a streetcar driver, and Bailey began drifting away from her. On her visit to see her father and his girlfriend she witnessed her drunken father at a party in Mexico and his girlfriend attacked Marguerite out of jealousy, leading Marguerite to run away. Settling down in this new environment of the city life was no piece of cake compared to the peaceful country landscape of Stamps. Through the many struggles of life, more changes laid ahead for Marguerite and Bailey. Marguerite became pregnant (a baby to call her own is just what she wanted), and Bailey decided what he needed was to start a life of his own. Marguerite and Bailey Johnson had grown up.
Maya Angelou had a creative way of telling a childhood story. She writes, "And my seven year old world humpty dumptied never to be put back together again". The reader can get a strong understanding for what it was like for an African American in those times and dealing with the discrimination. At times it felt like you were right there guiding Marguerite through her struggles, with the use of descriptive vocabulary and dialogue. Angelou's remembrance of her past is remarkable and she walks her readers through every enjoyable, heartwarming, and sad clip of her young life. She expresses her own opinions and feelings throughout the book giving its readers a clearer picture. All in all, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was well written and inspirational.
Along with these exceptional traits, there are a few weaknesses of Angelou's memoir. There was no specific plot to the novel and no particular theme either. The theme is whatever you interpret it to be. The flow of the book is quite fast paced with choppy transitions. Because the book is constantly changing scenarios, the stories lack precise details that could enhance the components of the book much more; therefore, a clearer focus on Maya Angelou's pieces of her childhood would be more beneficial.
Although I was intimidated at first by this memoir because my first thought was that it was going to be too boring, after the first few chapters I realized I was looking forward to reading the next! No doubt, this book does keep you interested with its many varieties of stories that take you on an emotional ride between happiness and sadness. I would particularly recommend this book to readers who enjoy a book that isn't dragged out, likes to read challenging terms and vocabulary, and reading about the overall ups and downs of an African American struggling to find a place in society. Maya Angelou is by far, an extraordinary writer and her life is one that is never to be forgotten!

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Summary: Naming
Review: This novel has many major themes. A major theme that i felt intreeved by was naming. Maya felt strong about that. There were many occasions in which the whites, who represented the rich and prosperous, felt they had the right to change the names of the "blacks". Maya felt that was stealing her identity and it is.
I would recommend this novel to anyone, but one special group that i feel this novel would do really good for are the young adults. Maya suffers through many experiences we can actually learn from.