A plot summary of the autobiographical "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. The book describes sexism and racism Maya encountered during her childhood and adolescence.

Maya Angelou's book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is her autobiography about coming of age as a young black girl who had to overcome many obstances. Angelou wants to teach young people about how to persevere in the face of difficult life events.

This is an essay on the novel "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. This essay describes how Maya Angelou is able to make it through her difficult childhood with the love of her brother Bailey.

Symbolism and writing technique in Maya Angelou's poem, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

Essay discusses the main character in the book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou.

The three stanzas of the poem "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Paul Laurence Dunbar is related to the novel of the same name by Maya Angelou. The poem's caged bird analogy mirrors the stories Angelou tells in her book.

Essay discusses the cages that keep Maya Angelou down through out her life and how she breaks out of them in the end.

"Graduation" is an excerpt of the autobiographical book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, written by Maya Angelou. While the book is autobiographical in nature, this particular excerpt is much discussed amongst literary circles because of Angelou's use of both objective and subjective narration.

Examines Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." Explores the major theme of racism in the autobiographical story. Describes how Maya is the victim of both racism and ignorance.

Explores the importance of title in the Maya Angelou memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and the poem of the same name. Analyzes the poem. Compares Angelou's life to that of the caged bird in her poem.