I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Religion Quotes Page 1
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| Quote #1 "Our Father, thank you for letting me see this New Day. Thank you that you didn't allow the bed I lay on last night to be my cooling board, nor my blanket my winding sheet. Guide my feet this day along the straight and narrow, and help me to put a bridle on my tongue. Bless this house, and everybody in it. Thank you, in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ, Amen." (1.11) |
Momma is pretty serious about this religion thing. She prays, she goes to church, she memorizes Bible verses—the whole shebang. But does she instill these values into Maya?
| Quote #2 It seemed that the peace of a day's ending was an assurance that the covenant God made with children, Negroes and the crippled was still in effect. (3.5) |
Religion can definitely be a comfort for the disadvantaged. Even if no one else does, God loves people who are not white, able-bodied adults.
| Quote #3 Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaking need for an unshakable God. My pretty Black brother was my Kingdom Come. (4.18) |
So Maya has a religion all her own. What is the God that Maya describes here? Does it have anything to do with Momma's religion?
