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A 5 page paper which
examines Maya Angelou’s “Graduation” and Langston Hughes’ “Salvation” as they relate
to the importance of education and finding one’s identity. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAidmaya.rtf
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stories which illustrate a sort of coming of age, in terms of further defining ones identity. One of the institutions, or elements, in life that help people develop and find
their identity involves the issue of education. This education can be formal, or simply a lesson about life. The following paper examines Angelous story and then examines Hughes story as
they involve education in the development of identity. Angelou In Angelous story we have Margaret who is "excited about a day that" she considers "special" and "important. Margarets big
day revolves around her graduation from the eighth grade at the Lafayette County Training School. Margaret and her entire family are so proud of her accomplishments and achievements" and she
feels "high aspirations for the future and high hopes of all her goals being attainable" (Childhood Experiences Teach Important Lessons). We see Margaret bragging: "My work alone had awarded me
a top place and I was going to be one of the first called in the graduating ceremonies. On the classroom blackboard, as well as on the bulletin board in
the auditorium, there were blue stars and white stars and red stars. No absences, no tardiness, and my academic work was among the best of the year. I could say
the preamble to the Constitution even faster than Bailey" (Angelou). In essence, we see Margaret excited and bearing no feelings that anything could go wrong with such a
wonderful event and wonderful day. However, her vision is confused with the presence and speech of Mr. Edward Donleavy. "Donleavy, a white male from Texarkana, conveyed the idea to Margaret
that the white kids were going to have a chance to become Galileos and Madame Curies and Edisons and Gauguins, and our boys (the girls werent even in on it)
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