Historical Background of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelous I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Caged Bird) is based on her life in the early ages. ... Caged Bird truly reflects the essence of Angelou’s struggle to overcome the restrictions that were placed upon her in a hostile environment. ... In Caged Bird, Angelou describes the insecure position of a black girl in the Southern America during the 1930s and 1940s. ... Consequently, she gets pregnant and gives birth to a son at the end of Caged Bird (Lupton 52). ... She cites the last line of Dunbar’s poem “Sympathy”, which is “I know why the caged bird sings,” for the title of her first autobiography (Bloom 2).