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Amy Colquist Analysis #1 Still I Rise
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Amy Colquist Analysis #1 Still I Rise
Theme
- Strength and endurance
- Overcoming opression
- Hope
- Determination
- Don's allow others to silence you/ make yourself heard
Autobiographical Elements
- Rising from "a history rooted in pain"
- About African American oppression, which Angelou was very involved in during her life
Character Development
- Character is a black person being opressed by whites
- Shows clear anger and defiance
- Oppressed both literally and metaphorically
- Appears to be having an argument/ conflict
- Assertive
- Confident
- Determined
- Strong
Writing Style
- Narrator
- Narrator is addressing white oppressors of black slaves
- Narrator shows a negative view towards them
- 1st person
- Written from the perspective of an African American woman
- Narrator is addressing white oppressors of black slaves
- Figurative Language
- Questions
- Similes
- Metaphors
- Word Choice
- "bitter, twisted lies"
- broken
- soulful cries
- haughtness
- "You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise."
- Narrator
Symbols
- "black ocean"- ocean represents strength and power
- diamonds- beautiful but also strong