Maya Angelou’s "graduation": Advocating Cultural Power

Malik Williams

Woolbert

English 363

6 May, 2016

Maya Angelou’s "Graduation": Advocating Cultural Power

The request of character is both a philosophical and a mental inquiry. Personality is not just involved the attributes that make people remarkable, additionally incorporates outer recognitions that characterize gatherings of individuals together. It gives people a novel feeling of self, furthermore fits the utilization of names and generalizations. I trust character is a basic piece of human presence. It makes social orders and recognizes society. It gives people a feeling of group and self-esteem. I have a character that nobody else can possess. It is an impression of my past and the establishment for my future. Each choice I make turns into a piece of my personality. Be that as it may, similar to all people, I tend to alter my opinion as often as possible.

My personality is changing. I think this is regular for all people. I trust that all individuals experience changes and moves in character. I once knew a Navy SEAL that would tell stories of the missions that he did while in the administration. He frequently remarked on the reality of how effortlessly he and his confidants could joke and convey typical discussion just minutes subsequent to having killed different fighters. The emotional change from a stalking executing machine to a "decent ol' drinking mate" was bewildering. Maya Angelou depicts in her exposition "Graduation" a sudden movement in personality that she encountered. Amid her eighth grade initiation service, she turned out to be agonizingly mindful of the partiality and generalizations that frequent her race. She additionally understood the historical backdrop of this conduct and the hindrances that she confronts when she heard the words to the Negro National Anthem "surprisingly" (Angelou 38). I think it is basic to experience minutes in life that essentially change personality. I trust the most well-known movement in character is the development procedure.

I've generally been genuinely prudent, yet inside the most recent four years I have developed fundamentally and adjusted my character fittingly. My needs have moved and my states of mind have changed. I am basically an alternate individual. This change happened when I chose to come back to class to complete my four year college education. I was holding down a full-time position, however as a general rule I was attempting to perform the employment of two individuals. It was an exclusive appear, and I was it. I was the professional and manager all moved into one. I felt I was being neither remunerated nor perceived for my exertion. I was as a rule conspicuously oppressed in light of the fact that I didn't have a higher education. I was fit for taking care of a supervisory position, yet upper administration did not concur. I need to concede that I am angry about the entire circumstance, however I realize that I am in an ideal situation with the choice to complete my instruction. Since I started school, I have no more fretted about drinking mass amounts of liquor in endeavors to fit in with my associates. I have discovered better things in life to appreciate and have gotten to be certain with my capacities and myself.

Since I have accomplished a specific level of solace, I have again achieved a defining moment in my life. After effective finish of the fall semester I will graduate. I never imagined graduation as a period of disarray and dread, yet now that it is drawing nearer I am uncertain of what to do next. I need to set new objectives and face new difficulties. Presently I should do a reversal to "this present reality" and land a position and work for whatever remains of my life. This doesn't sound speaking to me by any means. I need to accomplish something uncommon. I need to travel and see the world and experience distinctive individuals and spots. I once had a reasonable thought of what I needed to do and where I needed to go, yet now I am unverifiable of what's on the horizon for me. I imagined that doing a reversal to work and making (more) cash would fulfill me, yet now I am having misgivings. I prefer not to be a casualty of the run of the mill school senior apprehension of the obscure, however I should now depend upon my experience and information to serve me well.

Beyond any doubt I feel more established and more astute at this point. Related knowledge has formed my present point of view of the world. Thus, it likewise shapes my character and my future. My memory assumes a key part in holding this point of view. Recalling and gaining from all circumstances is a piece of growing up. John Kotre states that memory comprises of "the stories we let ourselves know about ourselves" (147). This is the undeniable key to the inner personality I have about myself. I realize what I resemble and what I am fit for doing, however I would figure that a great many people have a fairly diverse perspective of me. My companions, family, and even outsiders force an outer character upon me. The outside character that I have is totally remote to me.