Woman Warrior Identity Quotes

The Woman Warrior confronting the Baron and killing him as a woman, inspires Kingston to embrace her own female identity. Kingston recalls Fa Mu Lan’s intention to kill the Baron to avenge her village, but first reveals herself which inspires Kingston. Kingston state’s, “You’ve done this,’ I said, and ripped off my shirt to show him my back. ‘You are responsible for this.’ When I saw his startled eyes at my breasts, I slashed him across the face and on the second stroke cut off his head.” (Kingston 44). Fa Mu Lan kills the Baron and is discriminated in the process. When Fa Mu Lan notices the Barons startled eyes at the site of her breast, it shows how she is subtly being discriminated. He’s afraid of her before she reveals herself, but once she does he becomes shocked knowing that a woman could …show more content…
Likewise, Kingston uses labels to show the similarities between her and her people. Arguing, “The swordsman and I are not so dissimilar. May my people understand the resemblance soon so that I can return to them. What we have in common are the words at our backs … And I have so many words- ‘chink’ words and ‘gook’ words too-that they do not fit on my skin.” (Kingston 53) She wants her people to see that they are similar because of the words on there backs. When she says the swordsman and I aren't so dissimilar, it shows that she does see the difference between them, which is that it's primarily a “man's job.” This shows that she has accepted that she is a female. This is similar to when Fa Mu Lan reveals her female identity before killing the Baron, showing that she accepted being a female. This also shows that she is looking in the perspective of Fa Mu Lan. When she is comparing herself to something that is known for being a “man’s job”, but she says that they're not so