Like an Eagle in the Sky Literature Essay
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I realized that I would have to put up with the petty thoughts and deeds of those wanting to drag me down to their level; envious classmates, spiteful instructors and the system itself, if I wanted to succeed, much like Angelou in "Still I Rise". All I had in my favour to prove all my detractors wrong, to rise above this contemptible hatefulness, was a fierce determination to succeed, and I was sure that, " With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise" (Angelou 10 - 12).