"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 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. After the class discussion, when I (finally) read the whole thing, I changed my mind about my thoughts on this book because I started reading it more I began to like it better and I was more into the book.
             I didn't like that Marguerite and Bailey were sent to Momma's because their parents couldn't take care of them because children should feel loved and wanted by their parents and a real family should stick together through thick and thin no matter what. In modern day, divorces are more common than ever before, and it effects the children deeply. This book reminded me of a scared and lonely, helpless child who was raped by someone she trusted and didn't know that it was wrong at the time. What happened in this book was very realistic because many children are sexually abused and raped in this day in age and racism is still going on today.
             My least favorite character was Mr. Freeman because he sexual abused and raped young Marguerite, when she didn't know that he was doing something very wrong to her at the time. One thing I've noticed about the author's style is that she expresses what the characters are feeling and how they try to deal with certain situations. I agree with the writer about how racism is an ongoing problem in the world and people should just accept it and deal with it respectively and that rape and sexual abuse are also major factors today that can be very hard to deal with especially if it's a young victim.
             My favorite part of the book was when Maya started to open up to the world again and began by doing so by talking to Mrs. Bertha Flowers. I was confused by why Margaret and Bailey were sent back to stamps after the incident, with Marguerite...