MAYA ANGELOU REFLECTION
-WRITERS DREAMING-

1.) "We talked about the title of Maya Angelou's first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. What did Angelou say is the reason a caged bird sings? What does that mean? Do you agree with or understand that idea?

        "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" This allegory is describing how the caged person speaks of freedom. How some people how do not feel they have a voice, she speaks out in freedom for them. I do agree one hundred percent with her because some people do not actually have a voice, and cannot speak of the freedom, and speak out about issues they feel is necessary. I believe Maya Angelou is a very powerful woman, and after many years and struggles of trying to get her voice heard, she is finally being heard, and singing for the caged birds that can't.

8.) "Angelou says, "There's a world of difference between the truth and the fact." What do you think she means by that? Do you think the same?"

        I think what she means by, "There's a world of difference between the truth and the fact" is that many facts can not speak peoples true opinion, let alone the real truth. Truths are not necessarily facts and facts are not necessarily true, however, this does not mean that they cannot coexist.  Maya didn't always agree with feminism and racial issues, but some were facts. She didn't always agree on the facts, believing they sometimes weren't always the truth.

11.) "Angelou mentions being told that "One can't really learn after one is twenty-five." Do you think the older you get the harder it is to try or learn new things? Or do you think being older means you're more focused on what is important and not distracted by things that keep you from learning?"

        I believe it is harder to learn things after you are 25. Growing up, around people who are also growing up and learning new things can sometimes cause you make decisions you might not make after you are mature, but you definitely learn some life lessons from that. When you are older, I believe you are focused on the real world at that point, and doing things to only benefit yourself, bot to hurt others.

5.) "After going through a major trauma at age seven, Angelou didn't talk for almost five years. Could you live this way? Do you talk too much or too little? What could you learn if you listened more and spoke less? How could you grow as a person by speaking more?"
     
       Living completely silent for 5 years would be so hard. Speaking is our biggest way of communicating, and we really wouldn't be able to get a lot done nowadays without it. With being silent, you would have to start being able to communicate through sight, and or body language. If i listened more, I would learn that I am in fact not always right, and sometimes people I talk over might have something very valuable to say. It would be a long five years, but a huge lesson to learn indeed.