Maxine Hong Kingston

of Maxine Hong Kingston’s memoir, The Woman Warrior, concludes with the chapter titled, “A Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe.” In this chapter, Kingston retells the story of her frustrations with her mother and the silent girl growing up and concludes with a story about the mythical poetess Ts’ai Yen. Combining both her mother’s talk-story about Kingston’s grandmother, who believed her family could succumb to no harm so long as they continued to attend plays, and the story of Ts’ai Yen, Kingston…

the author writes in literature has a purpose and it should be accounted for no matter what. The author of the book is a Chinese woman whose name is Maxine Hong Kingston and her book is a memoir. This book is essentially about the author’s life in America and she uses elements of literature throughout her book to explain events that occurred. Kingston uses many literary elements such as conflict, figurative language, diction, symbols, and irony to express women not being treated equally compared…

In the Chapter “No Name Woman” from the novel The Woman Warrior, author Maxine Hong Kingston discusses the stories she discovered about her aunt who passed away. Kingston discovered much about her aunt through her previous relationships. “No Name Woman” starts off by explaining how her aunt was pregnant due to rape. Kingston explains how their home village was raided and how the raid was planned once her aunt to the man “I think I am pregnant.” Her husband and the following man that she dated…

traditional roles, while Americans value individuality. In the novel Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston, the protagonist, Maxine, struggles to adapt to the surrounding American culture as she grows up in a family that follows traditional Chinese culture. The clashing of cultures causes Maxine to question her identity and struggle to make a platform from which she can speak up and show her true personality. Kingston informs the reader of Maxine’s struggle to find herself…

Maxine Hong Kingston shows that one can form an identity through silence in The Woman Warrior; Kingston develops this theme through different stories her mother tells her. Throughout The Woman Warrior, Kingston slowly finds her own identity by examining heavily weighted talk-stories, stories containing the mores and values of society through many generations. These stories are relayed to Kingston through her mother, Brave Orchid. Convinced by her mother’s stories, Kingston grew up believing, “we…

unable to grasp what their purpose is- sometimes straying so far that their choices lead to their downfalls. In the tragic play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, and two essays, “No Name Woman” by Maxine Hong Kingston and “Once More to the Lake” by E.B. White, the authors use rhetorical strategies and…

descent constitute the largest immigrant population worldwide, and their rate of migration continues to accelerate, with a large portion settling in North America, Western Europe, and Australia” (qtd. in Ho 45). The authors, Gene Luen Yang and Maxine Hong Kingston, are able to illustrate and reveal this struggle through The Shadow Hero and “No Name Woman,” respectively, via their usage of appropriate literary styles and themes. Gene Luen Yang’s The Shadow Hero is an origin story of a superhero…

than using first person or third person, she uses second person point of view. This type of literary technique allows the readers to vividly see through the lens of narrator themselves. Similar to the unique use of voice in Johnson’s short story, Maxine Hong Kingston’s “No Name Women” uses the literary technique of plot structure in a unique way that switches the reader from present to past. The story is about…

to only recognize how vile it is and question if I should be seen as a monster instead. Ceasing one’s power of voice robs their culture, individuality, and past. Maxine Hong Kingston, Gloria Anzaldua, Sandra Cisneros, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, women of different cultures and pasts, share their experiences of the power of voice. Kingston shares a memoir, “No Name Woman” illustrating a woman’s, her unheeding aunt, eternal struggles as she may not be spoken of, only to be a dishonor with her…

by this legend, Maxine Hong Kingston narrates the powerful memories that she recalls of growing up in a Chinese-American family. In her book The Warrior Woman-White Tigers she tells how her story of Fa Mu Lan has symbolized the power of warrior women. Similarly to the classic legend of Fa Mu Lan, Kingston’s story describes the ideal of a woman who serves to her country as a soldier without leaving her traditional woman role model behind. In the chapter “White Tigers”, Kingston remembers her…