Page "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Paragraph 42

< blockquote class =" toccolours " style =" text-align: left ; width: 25 %; float: right ; padding: 10px 15px 10px 15px ; display: table ;"> It should be clear, however, that this portrayal of rape is hardly titillating or " pornographic.

" It raises issues of trust, truth and lie, love, the naturalness of a child's craving for human contact, language and understanding, and the confusion engendered by the power disparities that necessarily exist between children and adults.