"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" By Maya Angelo

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelo is a story about a young girl who learns from her mistakes and grows into a woman. The poem, Sympathy, by Paul Laurence Dunbar depicts things that tell me why Maya Angelo is a caged bird. After reading both the book and poem, it is clear to me that Maya Angelo is a caged bird because she is a black woman growing up in a world dominated by the suppressing whites.
The fact that Maya is black is the greatest aspect in telling why she is a caged bird. From the beginning when Maya encounters the nasty, poor white girls, anyone can tell that Maya fe…