Discuss child and adolescent development, including such issues as race, emotional development, and the difficulty of self-examination and exhuming painful memories.
I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings Moral Development, Values and Religion: Discuss Maya’s thoughts about her grandmother’s religious beliefs. Why is the church so important to Momma? Throughout the book, Maya struggles with feelings that she is “bad” and “sinful,” as her thoughts echo the admonitions of her strict religious upbringing. What does she […]