8/16/10
pages 104-132
In this reading I learn that part of Maya's school work is to learn how to cook in the kitchen and serve as a maid. This is extremely unfair to the black children because they have no choice as to what they would like to learn. The white people think that all they can do are a few easy jobs and nothing else. Maya goes to work for a white woman who is unable to bare children. Angelou finds this very sad and feels sorry for Mrs. Cullinan. However when Mrs. Cullinan begins to call her by the wrong name, Maya is so offended and enraged she breaks one of Mrs. Cullinan's favorite casserole dish and some of her favorite green cups on purpose. Although this is somewhat over the top for a wanting to quit the job, if I were Angelou, I would have done the same thing. I believe the way Mrs. Cullinan loved those dishes and cried when they were broken really showed how materialistic she was as a person.
pages 104-132
In this reading I learn that part of Maya's school work is to learn how to cook in the kitchen and serve as a maid. This is extremely unfair to the black children because they have no choice as to what they would like to learn. The white people think that all they can do are a few easy jobs and nothing else. Maya goes to work for a white woman who is unable to bare children. Angelou finds this very sad and feels sorry for Mrs. Cullinan. However when Mrs. Cullinan begins to call her by the wrong name, Maya is so offended and enraged she breaks one of Mrs. Cullinan's favorite casserole dish and some of her favorite green cups on purpose. Although this is somewhat over the top for a wanting to quit the job, if I were Angelou, I would have done the same thing. I believe the way Mrs. Cullinan loved those dishes and cried when they were broken really showed how materialistic she was as a person.
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