Personal Perseverance in the Works of Maya Angelou what it means to be human...what makes us stumble and fumble and fall and somehow miraculously get back up and out of the darkness and into the light (Ebony 96). This theme is consistently illustrated in Angelou's highly acclaimed autobiographical works and poems such as I Know Why The Caged. Bird Sings, Gather Together in my Name, Still I Rise and Phenomenal Women. All of these books depict the true stories of Ms. Maya Angelou's tragedies and the terrible conditions she encountered in her youth. But in all of Angelou's novels. and poems, she escapes the night into the light, letting all the pain and shame thrive in a new life she has created. Maya Angelou's autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was the first autobiographical work she published and - her first bestseller. This autobiography left readers and critics amazed by his story and impressed by his writing techniques. "I know that not since the days of my childhood, when the people in books were more real than the people we saw every day, have I felt so moved" - (Baldwin, Reviews). In Angelou's autobiography, she recounts a youth filled with disappointment, frustration, and ultimately, hard-won sovereignty. Sent at the age of five to live with her grandmother in Arkansas, Angelou learned much from this exceptional woman and the close-knit community there. The very essence of these lessons carried her through the trials and struggles she endured later in life, including a tragic rape while visiting her mother in St. Louis... ... middle of paper ...... the works provide powerful insight into the evolution of black women in the 20th century. Maya Angelou is living proof that through hard work and personal perseverance, anything is possible.Works CitedReferences:Angelou, Maya. Gather together in My Name. New York: Random House, 1974.___________.I know why the caged bird sings. New York: Random House, 1973.___________.Phenomenal Women.New York: Random House, 1978.___________.Still I Rise. New York: Random House, 1978. Rolle, Esther “Down in the Delta.” Ebony February 14, 1999, 96. "James Baldwin and John O.Killans Reviews Of Black Authors Works" http://www.cc.ukans.edu/~afs/afssite.html (June 3, 1999) "Maya Angelou the author "http://res3.geocites.com/SoHo/Nook/7118/MA.html (June 3, 1999)"Maya Angelou" http://www.ask geeves.com./ (June 3 1999)

Essay / Personal Perseverance in the Works of Maya Angelou what it means to be human...what makes us stumble and fumble and fall and somehow miraculously get back up and out of the darkness and into the light (Ebony 96). This theme is consistently illustrated in Angelou's highly acclaimed autobiographical works and poems such as I Know Why The Caged. Bird Sings, Gather Together in my Name, Still I Rise and Phenomenal Women. All of these books depict the true stories of Ms. Maya Angelou's tragedies and the terrible conditions she encountered in her youth. But in all of Angelou's novels. and poems, she escapes the night into the light, letting all the pain and shame thrive in a new life she has created. Maya Angelou's autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was the first autobiographical work she published and - her first bestseller. This autobiography left readers and critics amazed by his story and impressed by his writing techniques. "I know that not since the days of my childhood, when the people in books were more real than the people we saw every day, have I felt so moved" - (Baldwin, Reviews). In Angelou's autobiography, she recounts a youth filled with disappointment, frustration, and ultimately, hard-won sovereignty. Sent at the age of five to live with her grandmother in Arkansas, Angelou learned much from this exceptional woman and the close-knit community there. The very essence of these lessons carried her through the trials and struggles she endured later in life, including a tragic rape while visiting her mother in St. Louis... ... middle of paper ...... the works provide powerful insight into the evolution of black women in the 20th century. Maya Angelou is living proof that through hard work and personal perseverance, anything is possible.Works CitedReferences:Angelou, Maya. Gather together in My Name. New York: Random House, 1974.___________.I know why the caged bird sings. New York: Random House, 1973.___________.Phenomenal Women.New York: Random House, 1978.___________.Still I Rise. New York: Random House, 1978. Rolle, Esther “Down in the Delta.” Ebony February 14, 1999, 96. "James Baldwin and John O.Killans Reviews Of Black Authors Works" http://www.cc.ukans.edu/~afs/afssite.html (June 3, 1999) "Maya Angelou the author "http://res3.geocites.com/SoHo/Nook/7118/MA.html (June 3, 1999)"Maya Angelou" http://www.ask geeves.com./ (June 3 1999)

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