No Name Women, an essay written by Maxine Hong Kingston talks about Kingston's family background, more specifically her aunt. In the beginning of the essay, Kingston recalls her mother telling her that she had an aunt she didn't know about. This aunt was considered a traitor to their family because she wasn’t faithful to her husband. Her love affair ended with her becoming pregnant, this caused the villagers to storm the families home. The aunt made it out of the house and to a pigsty where she was forced to give birth. After she gave birth to the child, she decided to throw herself and her child down a well, to save themselves from further torment by the villagers.
This story greatly influenced Kingston's childhood. It made her live in fear
This story greatly influenced Kingston's childhood. It made her live in fear