Caged Bird Essay

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The anguish of imprisonment is indeed a hard thing to take. Especially when others are free to make it’s own choices, free to do what they wishes and to go where they will. “Caged Bird,” written by Maya Angelou, depicts the carefree life of a free bird and the incredible desire for freedom of the caged bird. The caged bird desperately wants to be let free but is denied, and the only option is to sing, laments for its lost freedom. The birds are personified in the lives of humans in emotions, physical imprisonment, and moral attachments. Freedom is the only way for the caged bird to achieve true happiness.

The free bird does not need to speak at all. It is content; it has all it wants and all it needs. The free bird looks forward to the small things in life because it regrets and desire nothing, “The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn,” All it wants is more wind to fly on and food to live, that’s all it needs. The world is filled with obstacle unseen dangers, but the caged bird is willing to endure them because it has its freedom. The caged bird is safe and well taken care of; it does not need to worry about food, predators, or the bitter elements. However, it is willing to give up that protection in return for freedom. Because life is a series of experiences, to do nothing day in and day out it to not live. It would rather take the chance of living in the dangerous world than being cooped up in a caged, “his wings are clipped and his feet are tied,” it can not go anywhere. “The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings for freedom,” the caged bird sings tirelessly for freedom. It is the only thing it desires, its only want, and its only hope. It wishes to be able to do what the free bird can.

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