The Women of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Color Purple The women in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Color Purple have been raped and forced to live life harshly as African Americans during the time when civil rights for many people of the United States of America was still very much a dream. The novel, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou, is an …showed first 75 words of 1725 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1725 total…bad. Even though the two novels, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Color Purple are from two different authors, they are very similar. Both novels tell the life of African American women and how they have to overcome racism, negative things people thought about them, and their traumatic childhood. The stories of Maya and Celie are something that cannot be forgotten. The two novels are outstanding and should be recommended to everyone.