Maya Angelou's I Know Why Caged Bird Sings illustrates how an innocent
and naive girl growing up in the midst of the Great Depression overcomes life's
many obstacles and becomes the powerful and influential woman she is today.
Maya is a world renowned author, teacher, speaker, actress, and mother. Through
this autobiographical piece, Maya's use of figurative language and allusion
compounds her thoughts, as she depicts how one can supersede the expected
barriers and soar to new heights..
In chapters 14 and 15 of the book, Maya's usage of figurative language
conveys her struggle to speak. Through a tragic rape by her mother's boyfriend,
Maya is scared for life and is led to believe that the very sound of her voice
is lethal, consequently, she conceives a six year silence that, not knowing then,
could limit her opportunities and convert her fate. After returning from St.
Louis and entering Stamps, Maya entered her six year......
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