Truman Capote, the American author who penned perhaps the first nonfiction novel in 1965, In Cold Blood, once said that the “first essential of the nonfiction novel” is that “there is a timeless quality about the cause and events,” meaning that the text’s characters, events, and other literary qualities stand the test of time and are just as relevant to readers decades later as they are on the date the text was published.

Consider Capote's assertion and how it relates to Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Then construct a multi-paragraph essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies the notion that Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings exhibits this "timeless quality."

Support your argument with specific details from Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and from your reading, observation, or experience.

Remember that a paragraph consists of at least eight sentences, if not more.