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The caged bird metaphor also invokes the "supposed contradiction of the bird singing in the midst of its struggle". [124] Scholar Ernece B. Kelley calls Caged Bird a "gentle indictment of white American womanhood"; [ 128 ] Hagen expands it further, stating that the book is "a dismaying story of white dominance". [ 128 ]
Caged Bird has been categorized as an autobiography, but Angelou utilizes fiction-writing techniques such as dialogue, thematic development, and characterization. [1] She uses the first-person narrative voice customary with autobiographies, but also includes fiction-like elements, told from the perspective of a child that is "artfully recreated ...
Maya Angelou studied and began writing poetry at a young age, having "fallen in love with poetry in Stamps, Arkansas", [2] where she grew up and the setting of her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). At the age of eight, she was raped, as recounted in Caged Bird.
Caged Bird may refer to: Caged bird, a bird kept in a birdcage "Caged Bird", a song by Alicia Keys on her 2001 album Songs in A Minor "Caged Bird" (Wonderfalls), a 2004 episode of the TV dramedy Wonderfalls; The Caged Bird, a 1913 American silent short drama film "Caged Bird," a poem by Maya Angelou (not be confused with her memoir I Know Why ...
As a caged bird, cockatiels are second in popularity only to the budgerigar. [9] The cockatiel is the only member of the genus Nymphicus. It was previously unclear whether the cockatiel is a crested parakeet or small cockatoo; however, more recent molecular studies have assigned it to its own subfamily, Nymphicinae.
A birdcage (or bird cage) is a cage designed to house birds as pets. Antique (or antique-style) birdcages are often popular as collectors' items or as household decor but most are not suitable for housing live birds, being too small, improper shape, using unsafe materials or construction. [ 1 ]
A small, freely-moving projection on the anterior edge of the wing of modern birds (and a few non-avian dinosaurs)—a bird's "thumb"—the word is Latin and means 'winglet'; it is the diminutive of ala, meaning 'wing'. Alula typically bear three to five small flight feathers, with the exact number depending on the species.
Peckerwood is a term used as a racial epithet for white people, especially poor rural whites. [2] Originally an ethnic slur, the term has been embraced by a subculture related to prison gangs and outlaw motorcycle clubs.