"I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" By: Maya Angelou § When I started reading I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, I thought that it was a little boring at first but I thought that it was about a young African-American girl who tells her troubles in life as she grows up. § I changed my mind about my thoughts on this book because I started reading it more I began to like it better and …showed first 75 words of 1346 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1346 total…books by this writer because it had to do with similar things that go on in our society. § I think the main thing the writer was trying to say is that rape is a very hard thing for a young child to deal with and they need to feel loved and wanted and not that they feel dirty to you. Also, that racism was hard on our society then and it still is sometimes today.