Themes
You may write me down in history / With your bitter, twisted lies, / You may trod me in the very dirt / But still, like dust, I'll rise.
— Maya Angelou
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Angelou answers slander and mistreatment with defiance. Even if they rewrite her story and grind her down, she will lift herself back up. Dust becomes the metaphor: trampled, yet light and impossible to keep down.
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