Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou’s first autobiography title is I know Why the Caged Bird Sings.  Angelous reasons why the caged bird sings is because it sings for freedom.  I believe this mirrors her own life, her being the bird, and even though people think that the bird is happy in it’s cage because it sings, it sings because it wants to be free.  I believe that when she wrote her poem, I know Why the Caged Bird Sings, she means the bird to represent oppressed people.  People of color, women, gays, people of different religions are all oppressed in America.  I fully understand what she was trying to convey in I know Why the Caged Bird Sings, having experienced some discrimination myself.

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    I believe talking about bad dreams does not give the dreams too much power.  I believe the more you talk about it, the more clearly you can understand them.  Talking about my fears or bad dreams make them seem not as bad, and it helps me overcome my fears.

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     I believe that dreams do tell the truth about us; things that we desire, things that we fear, things that we think about.  For me, my dreams reveal things that I desire, but know that would never come true, like flying with bird wings or fighting dragons.  I believe these sort of dreams can help feed one’s imagination, or come to new terms with one’s self.

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   I have been studying Japanese ever since I have entered high school, and can hold some simple conversations in this language.  As far as being comfortable, I am not that much… Since my Japanese is very broken, but I think I’m just embarrassed.  I want to be fluent in this language so I can better communicate with my friends, and to be able to talk with important figures in Isesaki, Japan.  I want to teach English in Springfield’s Sister City because I want to help strengthen the Isesaki-Springfield relationship.