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As is common with minority children, they worn-out(a) ab out of their childhood living with their grandparents. Both women also experienced subjugation by their parents and grandparents, who are the first contact with other people that children have. fifty-fifty though bloody shames mother and grannie spoke the Lakota language, they refused to teach it to Mary. They told her that speaking Indian would except hold you back, turn you the wrong way (Crow Dog 22). They cute Mary to have a white mans education (Crow Dog 22). In contrast, Maya was denied a white mans education, not only by the dominant culture but also by her grandmother. Maya attended the Lafayette County Training School, which was the school for blacks. In addition, Mayas grandmother forbade her from reading books by white authors. This restriction is exemplified in the following portrayal Bail... ...e barriers blocking their chosen path and achieve the power to unravel their lives as they see fit. Works Cited Angelou, Maya. I Know wherefore The Caged Bird Sings. reinvigorated York Bantam, 1993. Crow Dog, Mary. Lakota Woman. New York HarperPerennial, 1991. Draper, James P., ed., et al. coeval literary Criticism, Vol. 77. Detroit Gale investigate Inc., 1993. Mahtowin, Mary Crow Dog Real Life Hero. New Directions for Women, Vol. 21, No.2, March-April, 1992, p. 28. Narins, Brigham, and Deborah A. Stanley, eds., et al. Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 93. Detroit Gale Research Inc., 1996. ONeale, Sondra. Reconstruction of the Composite Self New Images of drear Women in Maya Angelous Continuing Autobiography. Black Women Writers (1950-1980) A Critical Evaluation, edited by Mari Evans, backbone Press/Doubleday, 1984, pp. 25-37. Quest for Self-Determination in I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and LakQuest for Self-Determination in I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and Lakota Woman During their growing up years, children struggle to find their personal place in society. It is difficult for children to find their place when t hey are given numerous advantages, but when a child is oppressed by their parents or grandparents, males in their life, and the dominant culture, the road to achieving self-identity is fraught with enormous obstacles to overcome. Maya Angelous I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and Mary Crow Dogs Lakota Woman depict the two womens triumph over formidable social obstacles and their struggle to achieve a sense of identity and self-acceptance (Draper 1). Both women grew up in segregated societies Mary Crow Dog on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and Maya Angelou in the black community of Stamps, Arkansas. As is common with minority children, they spent most of their childhood living with their grandparents. Both women also experienced oppression by their parents and grandparents, who are the first contact with other people that children have. Even though Marys mother and grandmother spoke the Lakota language, they refused to teach it to Mary. They told her that speak ing Indian would only hold you back, turn you the wrong way (Crow Dog 22). They wanted Mary to have a white mans education (Crow Dog 22). In contrast, Maya was denied a white mans education, not only by the dominant culture but also by her grandmother. Maya attended the Lafayette County Training School, which was the school for blacks. In addition, Mayas grandmother forbade her from reading books by white authors. This restriction is exemplified in the following passage Bail... ...e barriers blocking their chosen path and achieve the power to lead their lives as they see fit. Works Cited Angelou, Maya. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. New York Bantam, 1993. Crow Dog, Mary. Lakota Woman. New York HarperPerennial, 1991. Draper, James P., ed., et al. Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 77. Detroit Gale Research Inc., 1993. Mahtowin, Mary Crow Dog Real Life Hero. New Directions for Women, Vol. 21, No.2, March-April, 1992, p. 28. Narins, Brigham, and Deborah A. Stanley, eds., et a l. Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 93. Detroit Gale Research Inc., 1996. ONeale, Sondra. Reconstruction of the Composite Self New Images of Black Women in Maya Angelous Continuing Autobiography. Black Women Writers (1950-1980) A Critical Evaluation, edited by Mari Evans, Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1984, pp. 25-37.