Title
Document Type
Freshman Seminar Essay
Publication Date
1991
Excerpt
In Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, running away means freedom. Our views of running away have changed drastically, making the book appear somewhat dated. If to Maya Angelou running away seems like taking a little vacation, then to us it might well be taking a horrible permanent vacation. That she would be homeless crosses Angelou's mind only briefly. She spends days admiring the streets, arcades, and library. When she comes up with a place to spend the night, a relatively clean car with no wheels, her biggest fear is that rats might sneak in through the floorboards and eat off her nose. If only the runaways of today had problems like this to deal with.
Recommended Citation
Matusak, Apryl, "Today's Runaways (1991)" (1991). The Valpo Core Reader. 365.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/365