Prologue: Perspective

In the prologue of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, in Marguerite's dreams she sees herself as a beautiful white girl with blond hair and blue eyes. When in real life she has black hair, a big space between her teeth, broad shoulders, and skinny legs. In Marguerite's words "Wouldn't they be surprised when one day i woke out of my black ugly dream, and my real hair which was long and blond, would take the place of the kinky mass that my momma wouldn't let me straighten?"