I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Chapter 33: Summary and Analysis

Summary
Chapter 33 describes Marguerite’s return to her mother. Marguerite is relieved upon arriving there. There are fun times when Marguerite, Vivian, and Bailey attend recreational dances. Bailey and his mother, however, are not getting along. Marguerite says they are entangled in what she calls the Oedipal skein: a love/power struggle.

Finally one night, Bailey comes in late. When Mother Dear asks Bailey if it is eleven o’clock, Bailey tells her it is one. Mother Dear says there is only one man, Daddy Clidell, in the family. A quarrel ensues. Bailey leaves...


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