graduation synopsis

Cameron Cruise Mr. Neuburger Eng. Comp 101 6 February 2013 Synopsis “Graduation” This story by Maya Angelou is the story of her 8th grade graduation and how a member of the white community gave a speech at the beginning of it and brought down the excitement that was in the air. She starts by describing the excitement of soon to be graduates from all grades, and continues on describing her own excitement. Then she tells about the speech that the guest speaker had made and how it gave her the feeling that her fate had already been decided because she was an African American. Following that speech one of the valedictorian members of her class also presented a speech that had touched her soul, one that made her realize a new perspective on a familiar song to her. It made her not only proud to be graduating but also proud to be an African American.