https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a research paper en-us 2019-02-22 14:32:02 UTC 2019-04-15 01:44:49 UTC hello@padlet.com gabriela_g20 https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/334144744 Maya not only looks for self-acceptance by herself, but also wither brother, Bailey. In the beginning of the novel both Maya and Bailey must look for an accepting family, their grandmother and uncle (Smith).]]> 2019-02-22 14:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/334144744 gabriela_g20 https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/334147805 “The child, father to the woman, opens the caged door and allows the fully-developed woman to fly out. Now she feels the control of her sexual identity as well as of her social identity” (Smith)

The birth of Maya's son, Guy, allows Maya to fully develop into a woman since she is able to find her social and sexual identity. ]]> 2019-02-22 14:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/334147805 gabriela_g20 https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/334152076 “In failing to call her by her name, a symbol of identity and individuality, of uniqueness, Mrs. Cullinan fails to respect her humanity” (Smith)

Maya has a lost sense of self identity, and her name is one of her only sources of self identity. Without her name, Maya has no sense of self identity and humanity.]]> 2019-02-22 14:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/334152076 gabriela_g20 https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/334154853 “They travel through life desperately in search of a home, some place where they can escape the shadow of loneliness, of solitude, of outsider-ness.” (Smith)

Both Maya and Bailey, throughout the novel, look for racial and self-acceptance. ]]> 2019-02-22 14:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/334154853 gabriela_g20 https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/334157054 “The black girl child is trapped within the cage of her own diminished self-image around which interlock the bars of natural and social forces” (Smith

Racism in the South diminishes Maya's self image which traps Maya in a low self image. Racism also restricts Maya socially. ]]> 2019-02-22 14:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/334157054 gabriela_g20 https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/334164240 “In the opening pages of the book, Maya suffered from a strong case of racial self-hatred, fantasizing that she was "really white," with "light-blue eyes" and "long and blond" hair. At that point, Maya entirely separates her sense of self from her sense of race, and this is part of her identity crisis, since she refuses to accept being who she is and hankers after a foreign identity that is a compound of received ideas of white feminine beauty.” (Walker)

From the beginning of the story, Maya struggles with her identity due to the ideas of white feminine beauty. The ideas of white feminine beauty cause her to reject her identity as an African American and causes her to have strong racial self-hatred. ]]> 2019-02-22 15:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/334164240 gabriela_g20 https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/335376974 Maya shows her lack of self -esteem and significance when she describes all her physical features as flaws. The rejection of her physical identity was caused by the absence of a mother and a father (Hagen).]]> 2019-02-26 14:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/335376974 gabriela_g20 https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/335381849 In Angelou's writing and poetry common themes of African American autobiography, such as, repeated triumphs over obstacles, a search for identity, and the value of literacy and learning can be found (Hagen).]]> 2019-02-26 14:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/335381849 gabriela_g20 https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/335389840 Through her autobiographies, Angelou shows her progress towards self-discovery as she connects what she has learned through life and her growth to her self-discovery (Hagen).]]> 2019-02-26 14:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/335389840 gabriela_g20 https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/335404766 The attention and respect Mrs. Flowers gives Maya gives her self-confidence to accept her identity. The respect gives Maya her humanity that the racism in Arkansas has taken away from her (Walker).]]> 2019-02-26 15:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gabriela_g20/1mlnjjdl757a/wish/335404766