The Woman Warrior

In The Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong has ambivalent sentiments about being a Chinese female. In the Chinese culture daughters are treated as a liability and that made her wish she was a boy when she was younger. The way her parents and other Chinese people speak about girls is one of the reasons that she seems to at sometimes resent the Chinese culture. However, she really seems to identify with the figure of the women warrior. As a kid she was told the story of Fa Mulan and to wants to be like her…

degraded by their own kin or by the society they grew up in. Women were expected to live what their parents want them to be or what the society wants and expects them to do. There are a lot of similarities and differences between the novels Sula and Woman Warrior, but one of the most evident similarities and differences are the cultural expectations, illustration, and portrayal…

degraded by their own kin or by the society they grew up in. Women are expected to live what their parents want them to be or what the society wants and expects them to do. There are a lot of similarities and differences between the novels Sula and Woman Warrior, but one of the most evident similarity and differences are the cultural expectations, illustration, and portrayal of…

‘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 mother, fictive characters from…

learn. In The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts, Maxine Hong Kingston is trapped between two identities, to be an obedient housewife or a woman warrior that shatters those cultural expectations. Growing up, Kingston is surrounded by the individualistic and nationalistic nature of the United States but is constantly insulted for being the, “weaker sex.” However, Brave Orchid, Kingston’s mother, contradicts those cultural traditions by sharing inspiring tales of woman warriors like…

The Woman Warrior One of the main points throughout the piece is the fear that Moon Orchid experiences. When Moon Orchid moved to Los Angeles with her sister Brave Orchid she begins to have delusions about Mexicans trying to kill her. She becomes so paranoid by “Mexicans” to the point of feeling she is being followed everywhere. To be more specific, she describes in detail what would happen to her if Mexicans find her. She states that they would put her into a plane, fly them to Washington D.C…

Alondra Sanchez Mrs.Jarrell AP English III 16 November 2016 Insanity in The Woman Warrior When we hear the word insanity, we tend to adhere a state of pity for whoever is living with it. Many people are set aside or seen differently because they somehow adopted this state of mind. Maxine Hong Kingston depicts the struggles of several women that managed to live through this in: The Woman Warrior. Through symbolism, conflict, and characterization, Kingston establishes a clear picture of when…

Kingston thinks her mother prepares her with the legends of solid women that she could develop into. That is what made Kingston feel that she can be a warrior woman; it is not impossible. In Kingston’s fantasy, she started to follow a bird up into the mounts until she passed by a shelter of an old couples, they wanted her to become a perfect warrior so they started to train her. Despite of, her training she was living alone for years on the mounts of the white tigers, she did not eat for days…

The memoirs Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen and The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston reflect on experiences in the authors’ lives that have impacted their transition into womanhood. Kaysen has borderline personality disorder and recounts her struggle with mental illness during the time she spends at a mental institution when she was 18 years old. Kingston is Chinese-American and she reflects on her battles with her cultural identity in her…

non-traditional role of warrior. This figure that challenges traditional role models had been a source of inspiration for many young Chinese girls. Inspired 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…