Peaceful Warrior

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…

In The Women Warrior, other literary element that would explain the theme of this novel is figurative language like a metaphor. The author explains briefly of a metaphor mentioned when she was little of what Chinese people think of a girls in general. Maxine is a little girl who told her mom she got straight A’s and her mother simply did not care and wanted to tell her a story about a woman named Fa Mu Lan who was a woman warrior and saved her own village in China. Maxine…

the memoir, envisionments of various reoccurring, paradoxical female figures: primarily Brave Orchid, The No Name Woman, and Fa Mu Lan, serve as “talk-story” teachings that are all fundamental in Kingston’s development to becoming an actual “woman warrior”.…

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…

Kingston struggles to express her ideas and beliefs rationally because she never had 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…

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…

When people listen to the word ‘autobiography’, they instantly expect a book which deals with the life story of the author. They believe that it must be a book of nonfiction. However, The Woman Warrior – Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts written by Maxine Hong Kingston is different than other autobiographies. First of all, it is an autobiography by a Chinese American woman. Then, she included lots of fantastic elements. Moreover, the protagonist of her autobiography is not only her, but her…

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…

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.”…