Chelly Perez 12 April 2001 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya endures many trials as she moves from place to place, but whenever she finds herself back in Stamps she knows she is home. Growing up in the rural segregated south, Maya encounters many obstacles such as prejudice and racism. Stacked upon all her other problems Maya copes by not allowing these negative influences to keep her caged. She is very much not free to …showed first 75 words of 629 total…

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