Questions

Tanner Zeolia

Questions

Angelou says, “There’s a world of difference between truth and fact.” What do you think she means by that? Do you think the same?

Honestly I will try my hardest to answer that but no promises. I think she means that fact is something that could be wrong and truth is something that could be right and what she might mean is that the truth might be shrouded by facts. Because if you think about it facts kind of dictates the truth, for example if someone says lizards are green then there not wrong and it’s still a fact but the truth is that lizards are a large assortment of colors and that kind of demonstrates my point. Do I think the same? Absolutely I think if something has facts than theirs always a truth as well.

Angelou mentions being told that “one can’t really learn after one is twenty-five.” Do you think the older you get the harder it is to try or learn new things? Or do you think being older means you’re more focused on what’s important and not distracted by things that keep you from learning?

I think in her case that being older can affect the way you learn but I don’t think it’s impossible to learn. For example if someone that is 70 is trying to learn a language, yeah it’s going to be hard but not impossible. Someone that is younger is more prone to learn quicker than someone who is clearly older.

After going through a major trauma at age seven, Angelou didn’t talk for almost five years. Could you live this way? Do you talk too much or too little? What could you learn if you listened more and spoke less? How could grow as a person by speaking more?

Well honestly what she did wasn’t surprising at the slightest. Could I live like this? Yes I actually did it once before and of course it didn’t last long it felt liberating. If I listened more I would learn more about what’s going on around me and if I spoke more I could grow as person because I could learn more about people.

What did Angelou say is the reason a caged bird sings? What does that mean? Do you agree or understand this idea?

The caged bird sings not because it wants to, it sings because it’s screaming to get out of the cage. That means sometimes were are caged by things in our lives and maybe our mind is longing for the chance to get out. Do I agree or understand? I definitely agree with this because its something for me that enlightens me and gives me a sense of understanding in that fact but the truth is that I don’t completely understand it like its meant to be understood but I do in fact respect the meaning and I feel like it makes sense how she worded it. In conclusion the cage bird is us and the cage is the hectic lives we live.