Both Uses of
paralysis
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- It meant that he had seen or heard of something so ugly or frightening that he was paralyzed as a result.†
p. 195.9 *
- Terror did not engulf me wholly, but crawled along my mind like a tedious paralysis.†
p. 235.8
Definition:
loss of the ability to move the body or a part of it
or:
inability to act or make a decision
or:
inability to act or make a decision