The book opens with a nervous little negro girls who has to read a poem in church in an awful dress. She then goes into how one day she'll wake up from this dark nightmare by an evil witch and be pretty and white. The book then takes you into the adventures of growing up black and female in the south and having to learn you are "lesser".
" 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. It is an
unnecessary insult."
Maya autobiography about growing up gave great insight on the basis of self loathing, So the majority of the book she is younger than 16 with helps the reader grow with her. The naivety and stunning brilliance of child are seen and is always a great tactic whenever explaining social stigma's because they question. They get a new perspective at life and they beautiful thing about coming of age novels you get to explore all the different perspectives and persuasions through the googles of youth.
I loved it. This adventure enticed with an original insight on life growing up and facing discrimination and the odds. I found myself routing for Angelou every step of the way and feel in love with the surrounding characters, Momma, Bailey etc. Though based on life decades ago it relates up to now not losing any charm, magic or excitement. This is truly a great read.
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