Summary Of Still I Rise By Maya Angelou

Studying each area of knowledge without studying the ways of knowing could be considered meaningless, as each area of knowledge can be said to be intricately embedded with countless ways of knowing, all relating to each other in some respect. Thus, it is important to appreciate the ways of knowing that accompany each area of knowledge. Two areas of knowledge which have several associated ways of knowing are art and ethics. Though there are several ways of knowing associated with art as an area of knowledge, emotion, perception and language are the predominant ways of knowing in this area. For ethics, the ways of knowing which stand out the most are perception, rationalism and faith. However, though these areas of knowledge seem to have apparent

Art can be considered to serve as catalyst or catharsis to evoke some response or emotion in the audience. Art is intended to inspire, educate, provoke, expose social issues, satirize and compel action and change. Using the poem “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou as an example, the integration of ways of knowing can be seen. This poem possesses all of the characteristics of a piece of art. Angelou had an intent while in the process of writing this poem, however, through reading the poem, what this intent truly is can vary between readers – one’s perception of the poem influences what the reader believes is the true intent of the poem, and thus perception is a large part of interpreting art. However, no matter which way it is interpreted, it is clear that much emotion, as well as the use of deliberate language had been used in the creation of Angelou’s poem. Also, though it is evident that this poem has a certain quality, the extent of the quality of the poem is dependent on the perception of those who are critiquing

Examples of this are in the areas of math and the human sciences. For instance, when I am in math class solving a calculus problem there is a right answer and a wrong answer. I must start with what I am given, use the standard workings I have been taught, and get the answer deemed correct by my teacher. Therefore, no ways of knowing are used while I am understanding the way this calculus problem works – no different perspectives can make the problem seem different, emotion or faith cannot impact the problem set on paper, and I cannot imagine my own solution to the problem. Therefore, it can be argued that mathematics as an area of knowledge does not integrate the ways of