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In “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” Marguerite is like the caged bird in the poem “The Caged Bird” because she feels
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...trapped, silenced, and longing for freedom.
She becomes physically mute after the trauma of sexual abuse and emotionally confined by racism, poverty, and lack of agency in Stamps. Like the caged bird, Marguerite is kept from expressing herself freely, yet she still yearns to sing — ultimately reclaiming her voice through language, memory, and writing.
She becomes physically mute after the trauma of sexual abuse and emotionally confined by racism, poverty, and lack of agency in Stamps. Like the caged bird, Marguerite is kept from expressing herself freely, yet she still yearns to sing — ultimately reclaiming her voice through language, memory, and writing.
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