Similarities Between The Long Walk Home And I Know The Caged Bird Sings

In the movie “ The long walk home “ and the poem “ I know the caged bird sings“ they have their differences but in some ways they are similar. They are both about being trapped and feeling like they can’t do anything that others that are free can do . The poem “ I know the caged bird sings“ was written by a lady named Maya Angelou who had a rough childhood and would never like to speak , it took her a while to get used to peoples company . She was not only a remarkable woman who not only survived multiple wars , but has accomplished living in the great depression . She wrote her poem based on the information she new and grew up around meaning she wrote a sad poem about people being trapped because they feel they aren’t able to be freely as others that can . The long walk home is another example of how it was like to be in the years where black and whites couldn’t get along . There was always conflict between the whites and blacks , whites had more rights and that made the blacks feel as if they were trapped and that was so wrong so Maya Angelou's poem speaks on both of the behalfs of how it was like living in the great depression .

They’ve both known what it felt like to feel as if they were trapped to do similar things that the whites had gotten to do . It was wrong and upsetting . They were both these strong , independent women who were tired of how they were being treated as if they were nothing . Odessa was such a great love and caring mother who even cared for the whites , well the whites who respected her anyway . She was such a great nanny to the white family and gotten really close with the children she was even taking care of