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 I didn't think this book could be so intresting. This book is based on her real life experences. She lived a really cruel life, but it did get better. All the stuff she went through when she was so young. She was rapped. She ended up not talking to anyone for five years because she believed it was her fault all of this stuff happend. Her mom helped her get her life on track when they moved to California. Then she ran away for a month and lived with homeless teens. Then later she came back. Her and her brother have a strong bond with each other. When she was 16 she found out she was pregant. I could never imagin being pregant at 16, but she made it. She had a son. She didn't tell her mom or stepdad until eight months after she found out she was pregant. This book really shows you about life and racsim, and I learned alot from reading this. I think Maya Angelou is an amazing and creative writer. She is really inspiring.

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-Christina Haldiman

J.Burnett: Does anyone understand the theme to this book so far cause im struggling to understand it?

Ahsan Ford I wanted to share with you all that I felt like Maya's Easter Dress in the book was a symbol that stuck out to me. I feel like in our society today we deal with the same kind of thing that Maya was dealing with. The dress symbolized that she wanted acceptance through transformation, and I feel like people today who have esteem and confidence issues do the same thing. They buy things that they don't need, but feel they look nicest in and they think this will make people accept them. Alot of times that's not even the case. Maya felt like that dress would make her beautiful, as do people now about there clothes. But like Maya, they later realize that they don't need that really expensive or elaborate "dress" to make them beautiful, because they already are.