I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou begins I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings with a moment of public humiliation because it allows her to convey the sense of "displacement" she felt as a child. Through this scene, Angelou...

The book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou is filled with metaphors, similes, and personification.

Momma Johnson, who raised Maya and her brother Bailey, had a stand at the place where lumbermen and cotton gin workers met to go home. She later built a store for these workers in Stamps, Arkansas....

Maya makes working at the store an adventure through her vivid imagination and keen observation skills. She is fascinated by the variety of items and describes the store as a "Fun House of Things."...