The autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou is about her life experiences growing up. Maya is a strong willed, stubborn, outspoken, intelligent girl. The fact that she is an African American girl, growing up in the 30’s makes her mature and become more tolerant of confrontations in her life. Maya Angelou faces many hardships throughout her life, including ridicule, rape, and racism and still manages to overcome them all. Throughout …showed first 75 words of 1409 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1409 total…racism for all angles of society. But all of these were overcome by Mayas strong willed, stubborn, outspoken, intelligent personality. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Bibliography 1. Gunther E. Rothenberg, The Art of Warfare in the Age on Napoleon, First Midland Book Edition, 1980. 2. Larry H. Addington, The Patterns of War though the 18th Century, Library of Congress, 1990. 3. Parker, W.T, Three Napoleonic Battles., Duke University Press, Durham, N.C 1944. 4. Chandler, D.G The Campaigns of Napoleon, Macmillan New York, 1966.