Two-part Reading Response: " I know why the caged bird sings"

Plot:
Maya and Bailey are simblings. They have been rejected and abadoned by their parents since Maya was 3 years old and Bailey 4. They went to live with their grandmother, Annie Henderson. Maya has always been judged by others.
 * When she was reciting a poem in church and was unable to finish it, people started making fun of her.
 * When their father took both of them to live with their mother, Vivian, their mother's live-in boyfriend molested Maya sexually and raped her.
 * At her eighth grade graduation, a white speaker said that black students were expected to become only atheletes or servants.
 * When she got a rotten tooth, her grandmother took her to the only dentist in Stamps, who insulted her saying that he would rather place his hand in a dogs mouth than in hers.
Despite this, Maya was supported by Bailey, grandmother and Bertha Flowers who gave her books of poetry that helped her to regain her voice.
When her mother married with Daddy Clidell, she went to live with them and spent the summer with her stepfather. But his girlfriend cut her in a fight. She run away and lived with a stray group of teenagers for a month.
At 16 she hid her pregnancy from her parents for 8 months and graduated from high school.
It ended when Maya bagan feeling confident as a mother to her newborn son.
Comment:
If we look throught the title we can understand that 'the caged bird' is the symbol that Maya Angelou has used to symbolize herself and other people like her.
She has always been segregating from others because of her skin color (what nowadays is called racism). 'The caged bird' refers to the lack of freedom, that means black people have not the right to choose even for their lifes. They don't deserve to be servered, too, but they must serve.
Example 1: When white speaker said that black students were expected to become only athletes or servants.
Example 2: When the dentist said he wojld rather place his hand in a dog's mouth than hers.
The group of words 'the caged bird sings' means that even though they have not any right, this is still not enought to stop them from rising their voices against the injustices like Maya Angelou did.
Even though she was tormented when she was young, she found the way to deal with everyone, and to become independent from others.