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This essay is about the Nickel and Dimed book that was written by Barbara Ehrenreich. Here is a quote found from the book, “Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation...none was more alarming than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men.” Nickel and Dimed was published in May 2001. The following is cited after this paragraph, “Barbara has written many other books that have awards. She is the author of twelve books, including the New York Times bestseller The Worst Years of Our Lives, as well as Blood Rites and Fear of Falling, which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award.” (Back cover of the Nickel and Dimed online book by Barbara Ehrenreich) In the book Nickel and Dimed the author decided to attempt a test to figure out if it is possible to live on minimum wage. The author had gone through quite a few tests with the different jobs she has had the opportunity to work with. She also worked in different locations to determine if location had an effect and a role to play on determining survivability on minimum wage. The author sets three rules for herself to…

A popular book that started Braudy’s reputation for his knowledge of the popular culture, Hollywood Cinema, and and American zeitgeist of the 1950’s. "An exciting, entertaining exploration of films.... [Braudy] attempts to understand rather than promulgate rules and categories, and somehow to keep the criteria of enjoyment in some meaningful connection with the criteria of judgment." - Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times. Along with the publication of his book, Braudy was a part of the publication…

into Dartmouth College. She majored in English and Creative Writings. Louise also took courses in Native American studies. This program was headed by her soon to be husband, Michael Anthony Dorris that later committed suicide. It was till 1976 when she finally graduated. In 1979, Louise then earns her Master of Arts degree in writing from John Hopkins University. After this, she begins her writing career as a poet and Jacklight would soon be published in 1984. Jacklight was a book of blank verse…

Maxine Hong Kingston shows that one can form an identity by breaking silence in The Woman Warrior; Kingston develops this theme through different talk-stories stories her mother tells her. Throughout The Woman Warrior, Kingston gradually finds her own identity by examining heavily weighted talk-stories. Through these stories told to her by her mother and her aunt, she is able to express a part of her which her own experiences cannot explain as a Chinese-American female. Convinced by her mother’s…

The book sectioned into five chapters, where each portrays a woman figure along with talk-stories: Kingston’s long-dead aunt in “No Name Woman”; female warrior Fa Mu Lan in “White Tigers”; Brave Orchid, Kingston’s mother in “Shaman”; Moon Orchid, Kingston’s aunt in “At the Western Palace”; Kingston herself at last. The chapters integrated the series of talk-stories with the narrator’s inner self feeling the ache of being split between the two cultures, to show her growth and development of…

In the memoir The Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston writes about her experiences as a Chinese American growing up in the United States. Although the value of women differ in China and America, they are still seen as inferior in both counties. Kingston shows her enmity toward the way females are viewed in Chinese culture through the use of talk stories, comparison, and personal experiences. Kingston incorporates the use of talk-stories into her writing as a technique to show how society views…

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…

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 Kingston’s stories comes from talk-stories that her mother shares with her. The first story is called the “No-Name Woman.” The character is the author’s aunt who kills both herself and her baby by jumping down the family well. The aunt was never brought up in…

Clair Rosengren Honors Global Literature - Block 3 Ann Skemp-Cook 12 October 2015 The Self Discovery of A Woman Warrior In Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of A Girlhood Among Ghosts, Kingston searches for her identity as an individual, separate from her family’s traditional Chinese culture. Throughout her memoir Kingston incorporates the stories her mother told her in her as a young girl, such as Fa Mu Lan and No Name Woman, with the purpose of solidifying her identity as a…

masterpiece of literature that must be read. “…It has become a contemporary classic, taught in thousands of high school and college classes every year” (Row, 1). Although I may think this others, of course, also have oppositions. Opposed ideas like: the Chinese culture was portrayed negatively, the pressures of ghost seemed excessive, or that the novel had too much taking place. Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinions and many people have different thoughts about the novel. Each reader…