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Treyway

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Maya goes through hardships that make her better.

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Maya keeps the baby and the baby will always be there for her

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Maya lives in a time where her whole life is fueled by fear and she is scared of what can happen to her and her close family.

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“My toothache had quieted to solemn pain, Momma had obliterated the evil white man, and we were going on a trip to Texarkana, just the two of us.”

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Bailey is always there for Maya because they are best friends

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“Totally my possession, and I was afraid to touch him. Home from the hospital, I sat for hours by his bassinet and absorbed his mysterious perfection. His extremities were so dainty they appeared unfinished.”

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Maya lives in a bad time where people still don’t respect others rights but it makes her stronger even though she doesn’t see it in the beginning.

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Maya finally has a hold on her life and her new baby exemplifies what has happened to her and how she survived it.

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Momma try’s to get Maya into a white dentist

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Maya is put down all the time and treated like a second class citizen because of her skin color and it isn’t right.

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In the autobiography “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou, Maya is able to have complete power in her life due to the fact that she learns from her past events which then demonstrates that self power comes from growing from her own experiences.

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In the autobiography “I Know Why the Cage Brird Sings” by Maya Angelo due to Maya’s closest family members maya feels like she can encounter any evils that come her way in life

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Maya shows the representation of how she changed her life even through her hardships she elevated herself to be better than those she was put down by.

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“Momma told me to take the light and she reached for my hand. Her voice came from a high hill above me and in the dark my hand was enclosed in hers. I loved her with a rush.”

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“Everything was happening so fast I can't remember whether her action preceded her words, but I know that Mrs. Cullinan said, “Her name's Margaret, goddamn it, her name's Margaret!” And she threw a wedge of the broken plate at me.”

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“I was suddenly terrified. Suppose she laughed at us the way he did? What if she had other children now, whom she kept with her?”

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“Bailey was the greatest person in my world. And the fact that he was my brother, my only brother, and I had no sisters to share him with, was such good fortune that it made me want to live a Christian life just to show God that I was grateful”

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“I remember the sense of fear which filled my mouth with hot, dry air, and made my body light.”

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“Then the city acted in wartime like an intelligent woman under siege. She gave what she couldn't with safety withheld, and secured those things which lay in her reach.”

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“She greeted each class with “Good day, ladies and gentlemen.” I had never heard an adult speak with such respect to teenagers. (Adults usually believe that a show of honor diminishes their authority.)”

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“His nonchalance was meant to convey his authority and power over even dumb animals.”

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1. “Unlike the white high school, Lafayette County Training School distinguished itself by having neither lawn, nor hedges, nor tennis court, nor climbing ivy.”

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“We went to school and no family member questioned the output or quality of our work.”

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“Like many Southern Black children, he lived with his grandmother, who was as strict as Momma and as kind as she knew how to be.”

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“She said again, “Look at the baby.” I didn't hear sadness in her voice, and that helped me to break the bonds of terror. The baby was no longer in the center of the bed. At first I thought he had moved. But after closer investigation I found that I was lying on my stomach with my arm bent at a right angle”

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She feels as if she is no match for Mr. Freeman’s power over her

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White people had a great deal of power over the African Americans

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Scared of Mr. Freeman

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Scared to leave Bailey

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When the white girls were making fun of Momma

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When white clan comes looking for a black male to lynch

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Power can corrupt any mind