I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

Marguerite is not doing well because her homework is too difficult.

Marguerite is depressed about the way that she looks.

Marguerite thinks of herself like a biscuit because her mother never bakes tea cookies for her.

Marguerite is having a hard time because she is struggling to communicate with people.

 Mrs. Flowers wore clothes which were particularly well-suited to her.

Mrs. Flowers was not afraid to look low class in her appearance.

 Mrs. Flowers had no business wearing the outfits she wore and looked silly in them.

Mrs. Flowers wore clothing that showed she was prepared to get dirty.

The Store probably offers delivery to anyone making a purchase there.

Like most people in the community, Momma has a high level of respect for Mrs. Flowers.

Mrs. Flowers is very old and would not be able to carry the bags on her own.

Bailey is eager to gain life lessons from Mrs. Flowers.

She is unable to understand preachers when listening to sermons.

She is entranced by Mrs. Flowers’s reading and cannot comprehend the reading as she normally would.

She would much prefer to read books than to listen to them being read out loud.

She had no understanding of A Tale of Two Cities after the first time she read it.

he key to literacy is reading as many books as one can

 Life lessons can only be learned with the promise of a sweet treat.

Everyday people can provide some of the greatest wisdom.

The best way to learn from literature is to discuss it.

“I have tried often to search behind the sophistication of years for the enchantment I so easily found in those gifts.”

“Were they the same that I had read? Or were there notes, music, lined on the pages, as in a hymn book?”

That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and even more intelligent than college professors.”

 “Now no one is going to make you talk—possibly no one can.”

Mrs. Flowers remains a pillar of the community by keeping up with how all of the children are doing in school.

Momma has no idea what Mrs. Flowers wants to talk to Marguerite about.

Mrs. Flowers doesn’t care if her books get dirty.

Marguerite is in awe of Mrs. Flowers because she sees Mrs. Flowers as larger than life.

“You see, I had planned to invite you for cookies and lemonade so we could have this little chat.”

 “I’ll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled.”

“Somehow I had never connected Mrs. Flowers with food or eating or any other common experience of common people.”

“There was a little path beside the rocky road, and Mrs. Flowers walked in front swinging her arms and picking her way over the stones.”