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Around the globe, social expectations towards gender are seen everywhere; magazines, television shows, advertisements, movies, and in many other different places. Societal expectations in terms of gender can be defined as the general standards that male or female individuals within a society are expected to uphold by demonstrating such ideals through their behavior, attire, manners, lifestyle, and attitudes. No Name Woman by Maxine Kingston describes the story of a woman who was forced into…

In the short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, the author creates a conflict between a Chinese mother and her daughter. The relationship between the mother who wanted her daughter to be prodigy, and her daughter who refused to be prodigy is presented (43). She uses dialogue, irony, similes and metaphors to illustrate and set her writing. Tan’s main message that stands out in the story is parents-to-kids relationship, in this case mother-to-daughter relationship. With all the details given by the…

children, all with my original nose”(Dumas 163). This quote gives insight into Dumas’s view of herself: instead of giving into the pressure of changing herself, she realized that there was nothing wrong with how she looked, regardless of what other people said. Dumas remained true to herself and lived a full life in spite of the judgment she received. Parallelism is present in this quote when Dumas lists the accomplishments that weren’t hindered by her nose. The parallelism throughout Funny In…

Through various viewpoints, overlapping timelines and embellishments manifested by the author, Maxine Hong-Kingston is able to examine female roles and their assimilation into Chinese/Chinese-American society and culture; an extensive projection of Kingston’s intimate past and selfhood. Within this memoir, Kingston attempts to resolve the complexity of her own identity, being a Chinese-American, as she continuously discovers her cultural roots and sorts their placement within her own life. In…

The Women Warrior is a book by Maxine Hong Kingston. The Woman Warrior talks about stories about women. The theme of this story is about gender roles. It is gender roles, because it shouldn’t define who you are and what you can do. This memoir finds its way onto many women for the gender issues it raises, especially regarding the role of women in traditional Chinese society. The Women Warrior talks about stories of women. One of very few themes are gender roles. The story…

a teacher, which in turn makes her feel weak and powerless in comparison to the knowledge and self control of the Woman Warrior. While the Woman Warrior lives with the old people they teach her many lessons. One of those lessons is on self control and how to make the right decision that is beneficial to the majority of people. Kingston describes the Woman Warrior’s struggle to control her emotions when her loved ones are drafted, and get revenge on the Baron. She says,“I plunged my hand into…

Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior is an autobiography based on her childhood memories; even so, she uses techniques of characterization as if it is a fictional piece. She introduces memorable characters with unique personalities. These characters are the many people who have an impact on her childhood. After being introduced, Kingston fleshes them out through their dialogue and manner of speaking, and develops them through their interactions with others and changes to their surroundings.…

In the book Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston, Kingston 's mother Brave Orchid tells many stories about her past that she believes have lessons behind them, lessons that Kingston should learn from and can help shape her. Her mother wants Kingston to follow the role of a Chinese woman. Brave Orchid believes Kingston should learn something from the stories and in some cases not do what was done. While telling these stories she tells Kingston what she should know about them to shape her into…

The Woman Warrior Critique In The Woman Warrior, the author, Maxine Hong Kingston, uses stories that focus on five female characters. These stories are used to depict her experience as a Chinese-American and the cultural aspects of both her past and present. Kingston uses themes, motifs and talk-stories to deliver her purpose to the audience. Her use of literary or stylistic devices in the book reveal an in depth portrayal of Chinese-American society. Each of the female characters of…

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…