I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Amyr Smith https://padlet.com/amyrsmith/921lmcrph7ns Family Ties of The Johnson/Henderson/Baxter Family en-us 2017-10-30 16:59:22 UTC 2025-10-31 16:36:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pictureland.png Signpost(Tough Question): amyrsmith https://padlet.com/amyrsmith/921lmcrph7ns/wish/201829651 "Would they have to break Mr.Freeman's arms to get him loose?"
Anchor Question: What does this question make me wonder about?
Response: This question makes me wonder about how Mr.Freeman was mistreating Maya and if he is really dying in her arms.

]]> 2017-10-30 17:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/amyrsmith/921lmcrph7ns/wish/201829651 Character Development: noahsmith4 https://padlet.com/amyrsmith/921lmcrph7ns/wish/201829732 The "powhitetrash" girls were aping and mocking the grandmother. Grandmother had later won the battle and Maya had realized that grandmother had never quit and it had showed Maya how to fight for your own and how to know what is right from wrong. It developed Maya into a more grown and thoughtful person in many dfferent ways during the novel.

]]> 2017-10-30 17:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/amyrsmith/921lmcrph7ns/wish/201829732 Summary Paragraph: amyrsmith https://padlet.com/amyrsmith/921lmcrph7ns/wish/201833998 These themes are important to the novel because they are all  included heavily in the novel and they describe the type of way how everything was during the 1930s-1960s time period and how things were getting better throughout the novel and worse throughout the novel.]]> 2017-10-30 17:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/amyrsmith/921lmcrph7ns/wish/201833998 Racial Moments: amyrsmith https://padlet.com/amyrsmith/921lmcrph7ns/wish/201970980 There are a lot of racial moments throughout the novle such as during the graduation when the Negro kids had sung the Negro National Anthem because the whites had said something disrespectful about the blacks being able to just be really good "athletes" and not get as many opportunities or jobs as the whites.]]> 2017-10-31 00:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/amyrsmith/921lmcrph7ns/wish/201970980 Tone: amyrsmith https://padlet.com/amyrsmith/921lmcrph7ns/wish/201971724 Notice how the tone is different in the novel and how it is uncomforting, devastating, emotional to happypassionate, hopeful and faithful,etc. The tone shifts at different parts of the novel which shows how the author(Maya Angelou) had felt during these horrible experiences in the novel.]]> 2017-10-31 00:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/amyrsmith/921lmcrph7ns/wish/201971724 Foreshadowing: amyrsmith https://padlet.com/amyrsmith/921lmcrph7ns/wish/201972297 The opening scene in the church foreshadows the struggles Maya will have to overcome in life. When she cannot recite the poem and flees the church while crying and peeing, Angelou notes her fear of the people laughing at her and her sense of inferiority and dispalcemnet even among other blacks. She also leaves the church laughing which also foreshadows her ultimate success.]]> 2017-10-31 00:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/amyrsmith/921lmcrph7ns/wish/201972297