Marguerite is in awe of Mrs. Flowers because she sees Mrs. Flowers as larger than life. b) Mrs. Flowers remains a pillar of the
community by keeping up with how all of the children are doing in school. c) Momma has no idea what Mrs. Flowers wants to talk to Marguerite about. d) Mrs. Flowers doesn’t care if her books get dirty.
Marguerite was the young girl in Maya Angelou's <em>I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings</em>, which is an autobiographical account of her life. Marguerite learns from the women in her life on how to fully accept her identity as a black woman while at the same time making a life of her own. One of these women is Mrs. Bertha Flowers.
The very first description of Mrs. Flowers says it all for us. Maya states Mrs. Flowers <em>"had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest weather, and on the Arkansas summer days it seemed she had a private breeze which swirled around, cooling her"</em>. As we read along, Maya again declared that <em>"
she was one of the few gentlewomen I have ever known, and has remained throughout my life the measure of what a human being can be"</em>. These statements show how our narrator is in owe of the woman.
