8/16/10
pages 185- 200
After all of the candy she had eaten, Maya finally received two cavities in return. Momma had the bravery to go to the white dentist in Stamps and try to get Maya an appointment. With no luck Angelou tells the story of how her Grandmother received the money to take her to Texarkana. Although Maya's version is not very realistic, it illustrates to the reader what Angelou really thinks of Momma. How even after she has never laid a finger on an adult in a violent way, Maya still believed Momma was a strong enough person to drive a white dentist clear out of Stamps. Shortly after the dentist trip Momma decides to take the children to live with their mother. Momma had realized that Stamps might be too segregated of a place when Bailey had come home shaking one night. After seeing a dead black man being pulled out of a lake and a white man smiling because of it. Bailey simply wanted to know why whites hated his race so very much." What did we do wrong?" Bailey had asked and "Nothing at all " was the reply.
pages 185- 200
After all of the candy she had eaten, Maya finally received two cavities in return. Momma had the bravery to go to the white dentist in Stamps and try to get Maya an appointment. With no luck Angelou tells the story of how her Grandmother received the money to take her to Texarkana. Although Maya's version is not very realistic, it illustrates to the reader what Angelou really thinks of Momma. How even after she has never laid a finger on an adult in a violent way, Maya still believed Momma was a strong enough person to drive a white dentist clear out of Stamps. Shortly after the dentist trip Momma decides to take the children to live with their mother. Momma had realized that Stamps might be too segregated of a place when Bailey had come home shaking one night. After seeing a dead black man being pulled out of a lake and a white man smiling because of it. Bailey simply wanted to know why whites hated his race so very much." What did we do wrong?" Bailey had asked and "Nothing at all " was the reply.
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