Chattahoochee River
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
I know why the caged birds sing 1-9
Maya explains how she feels in regards to her look and the idea of beauty. She in laughed at and feels humiliated in what is worse, this is at a place of worship where in gods house everyone is asposed to be accepted for who they are. She does not take pride in being African which is sad but due to the time period it makes sense. I pity her and her story because I feel even if she doesn't feel like she belongs because of her parents leaving her and people telling her she's not beautiful, it should never be okay to run out of a church crying. Later in the book when her dad comes back and she disregards as a stranger speaks a lot too because it shows the concept of "blood is thicker than water" is not true to her scenario.
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I too noticed the recurring theme throughout the book of physical beauty and the emphasis Maya placed on it. Not only in her own image, but also in how she viewed others. With almost every character introduced, she would comment on their physical attractiveness, especially when it came to her mother. She would describe in detail and with an almost obsession-like admiration on her mother's physical characteristics. I think she did this because of her insecurities.
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