The Woman Warrior

was born, and then partly forced on her by her mother and the Chinatown, but Kingston finally realizes that she has the final say in her “choice” of identity (). In summary, silence and voice are both themes which can be easily found in The Woman Warrior. Oftentimes, they are regarded as binaries. The binary opposition silence and voice is closely related to power relations. Whereas the former one, according to Hunt, signifies weakness and inferiority, the latter one is linked to superiority…

In 1976, her first book and best known book, The Woman Warrior, was published and it even received the National Book Critics Award in 1976. The success she had gotten out of her first book lead to her retiring from teaching and dedicating her time in writing. Many of her books are about her personal experiences…

denial of expression women are condemned to in patriarchy and the cultural stranglehold the narrator must fight in order to express herself” (423). It is this cultural expectation that Kingston rebels against by telling her version of the unnamed woman. Schueller writes, “To articulate herself she must break through the numerous barriers that condemn her to voicelessness” (423). This liberation from the expectations placed on her has not only freed her but given her unnamed aunt a voice as well.…

In the Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kinston uncovers genuine China to pursuers through her accumulation of "talk-stories" from a Chinese mother to her little girl. Through her discussion stories, Brave Orchid broadens Chinese convention into the lives of her American kids and enhances their creative energy. While Brave Orchid's narrating is instructive and useful, it additionally emphasizes male centric and misanthropic messages of customary Chinese culture. In addition, as Brave Orchid does not…

however there is a lot of ambiguity in the specific scenes. Contrary to this ambiguity however, the painting by Mr. Kurtz in the manager’s office and the native warrior woman create clear boundaries as to the mentality of the two groups of people. The warrior woman appears to be the native people’s response to the white man’s…

Finding one's own personal voice is important to individual identity and helps against social injustices. The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston is a memoir that invites readers into the life of one Asian American writer. Kingston narrates the story of several women in her family, and how they are oppressed and silenced by Chinese culture. During the narration, Kingston provides her own voice for those women in the culture that did not have the opportunity to speak out for themselves.…

Conformity in Chinese and American Society Woman Warrior, written by Maxine Hong Kingston, focuses on the topic of conformity. Throughout the novel, Kingston is forced to conform to both Chinese traditions and American society. Her mother, Brave Orchid, pressures Kingston to conform to Chinese tradition, which is believed to keep her safe and make her a strong Chinese woman. However, Kingston, who is growing up in American society, is confronted with the new American beliefs, offering more…

Question 1) Who were the Samurai? The Samurai were the warrior class of Japan. Being a Samurai was the greatest honour most men could have. Their masters were the Daimyos and Shogun. Question 2) Who were the Daimyos? The Daimyos were warlords whose status was below the Shoguns but above the Samurai. The Daimyos were wealthy, and this wealth usually came from the taxes they collected from people of lower status to them. Part of the Daimyos wealth had to be shared with higher status warlords and…

faith, and courage. Although Knights and Samurai shared similarities in terms of fighting styles and philosophies, they differed in terms of armour and weaponry. Samurai were the warriors class of Japan and were tasked with protecting nobles and landowners. The Japanese ideology of Bushido, “The way of the warrior”, defined the samurai class. Samurai were instilled with a deep sense of honor, loyalty, justice and courage to one’s self, family, and country. This sense honor…

The Code for Warriors Is there a code that ancient samurai warriors followed in Japan? Most professions around the world abide by some code. For example, doctors follow the Hippocratic oath, lawyers have the professional code, and engineers follow the code of ethics. For example, the samurais of Japan also lived by a strict code of conduct called the Bushido Code. Many years ago in Japan, the country had an ethical system called Bushido. The Bushido was the code for the country’s samurais…