I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
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Race, Inequality, and Identity
Sex, Gender and Sexuality
Language
Religion
Family
Home and Displacement
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Maya Angelou
Bailey Johnson
Momma (Annie Henderson)
Mother (Vivien Baxter)
Mr. Freeman
Dr. Lincoln
Tommy Valdon
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Momma’s Store
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Themes
All Themes
Race, Inequality, and Identity
Sex, Gender and Sexuality
Language
Religion
Family
Home and Displacement
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Maya Angelou
Bailey Johnson
Momma (Annie Henderson)
Mother (Vivien Baxter)
Mr. Freeman
Dr. Lincoln
Tommy Valdon
Symbols
All Symbols
Momma’s Store
The Train
Lit Devices
All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dramatic Irony
Genre
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Verbal Irony
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