Many research papers discuss the importance of family. This topic can bleed into various types of papers that range from sociology, psychology and even English literature. The importance of family can be a theme within a literary work or it can be studied as a scientific fact. The importance of family is for many writers what marks their writing, characterizing their themes and driving the narratives. This is especially true of two African American writers, Maya Angelou , and Antwone Quenton Fisher. Angelou’s growing-up years were marked by the tumult and upheaval of moving across the country numerous times to live with relatives and with the tragedy of being raped at age eight. The man was later brutally murdered by vigilantes seeking justice in a system that did not deal with blacks equitably. Maya’s family was both the source of much of the tumult as well as the source of her stability and love. Her writings, both poetry , and prose reflect her connection to family a...