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Compare And Contrast The Woman Warrior
Fa Mu Lan: Book vs. Movie

The book The Woman Warrior, by Maxine Hong Kingston, and the movie Mulan both tell the same story, but in very different ways. They have many similarities and differences in their plots. The main message “To thine own self be true,” is shown a lot more in the movie compared to the book. They were the same in the overall story, but small details like how their family acts when they come home, their love life, and how they decided to go to war differ extravagantly. Some things, like the mention of dragons are common in both scenarios, but they have different roles in the story. One of the major differences between the book and the movie is how Mulan learns to fight. In the book, she goes to a house way up in the

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