I know why the caged bird sings conflict

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Subject
Humanities

Question Description
Imagine you are trying to help someone decide if they should read this book. You want to give them the main idea of the book in a simplified format. For this assignment, you will be creating an overview of your book.

Create your overview in a word processing program and upload when you are done. Use headings to designate the different parts of the document. Keep in mind, using SparkNotes or any other similar resource to complete this assignment is cheating.

Your assignment will be in the form of an essay and will include the following headers:

Introduction: Under this header you will include the title of the book, the author, biographical information about the author, and information about the book such as publication date, awards received, etc. This should be at least one 6 sentence paragraph.

Summary: Under this header you will provide a two paragraph (6 sentences each) summary of the story. This summary should keep the ideas and facts in a logical order, should not repeat information, should not include unimportant or minor details, and should be a summary in your own words.

Setting: Under this header you will write at least one paragraph (6 sentences each) explaining the setting of the story and one paragraph (6 sentences each) explaining how the setting impacted the plot or theme of the story.

Point of View: Under this heading, you will write at least one paragraph (6 sentences each) evaluating the point of view.

Conflicts: You will write at least one paragraph (6 sentences each) describing the external conflicts in the story and one paragraph (6 sentences each) describing the internal conflicts in the story.

Theme: You will write at least two paragraphs providing a possible theme for the story. Your paragraph should include at least one piece to textual evidence that supports your claim about the theme.

Context: You will write at least three research-based paragraphs (6 sentences each) explaining the influences of cultural mores or an historical event on the plot, character development, or theme of the novel.

Works Cited: You should have at least four sources cited appropriately according to MLA formatting. One source will be your text and at least three will be research you have conducted for the Context section.