What were some of maya angelou’s purposes in writing i know why the caged bird sings? check all that apply.
a. to tell about her childhood
b. to prompt readers to think about what growing up as an african american girl in c. poverty was like
d. to convince readers to move to stamps, arkansas
e. to explain why it is important for people to own general stores to honor an important woman in her life

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up