![]() ![]() In much of her life, she never fully understood what would happen. Her baby inspired her, and afterward suffering didn’t mean much to her.įinally, one of her life’s true adversities was doubt. She felt there wasn’t a reason for intimacy, but when she gave birth, she changed her mind. ![]() Freeman nine years before, I had had no pain of entry to endure, and because of the absence of romantic involvement neither of us felt much had happened.” (Angelou, p.282) In this quote, Maya explains that the rape changed her, and that what her body gave was not enough for “the mind of the violator.” Later in her life would she turn back to ths experience and assume the rape was the reason why she couldn’t experience sexual love, such as when she seduced a young man: Maya accepted for the guarantee of Bailey’s safety. Freeman threatened Maya that if she told anyone about this crime he would kill Bailey. (Angelou, p.78)īefore this horrible tragedy, Mr. The child gives, because the body can, and the mind of the violator cannot. The act of rape on an eight-year-old body is a matter of the needle giving because the camel can’t. A breaking and entering when even the senses are torn apart. She experienced suffering first-hand when Mr. She didn’t care about the pay, but knowing she could get something as a black woman even though a white tried to stop her seemed like a personal win.Īnother adversity in her life was suffering. Upon asking for a job as a trolley driver, she was rejected by the white secretary because she was black, but persistence and hope eventually paid off when she finally was accepted and hired. But after living “underneath” the white man, Maya Angelou could not tolerate it any longer. It was a great adversity for her from a young age on to understand that people did not accept the her color and race. She’s been so influenced by the way people look towards blacks that she feels extremely self-concious. It is an unneccessary insult.” (Angelou, Preface) She knew that being black wasn’t a good thing during her time, and that knowing she was black made her feel worse. Early in her life was Maya greatly exposed to bigotry: “If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat.
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