Category: Book I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

Displacement, a Theme in Maya Angelou´s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings The feeling of displacement leaves a painful hole in one’s heart. Whether a person is a male or female, white or black, lives in the North or South, or young or old, displacement takes a toll on their character and personality. Maya…

We first see the main characters – Maya and Bailey – as toddlers, alone in a train car without any adult care. Their parents divorced and just sent kids to their grandmother, not caring too much about them reaching the destination point alive and well. The kids, of course, blame themselves for being neglected.They are…