The Woman Warrior v.s. Chinese Culture The Woman Warrior‚ written by Maxine Hong Kingston in 1976‚ depicts the stories of five women – Kingston’s “No-Name” aunt; a famous historical female warrior called “Fa Mu Lan”; Kingston’s mother‚ Brave Orchid; Kingston’s aunt‚ Moon Orchid; and Kingston herself. The book integrates Kingston’s lived experience as well as the spoken stories that Kingston’s mother told her‚ combining Chinese culture‚ myths‚ history and beliefs all together. The Woman Warrior
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Chapter 1: Conception: The Origin of a Story The origin of a story may come from a plethora of triggers in life such as a notebook‚ memory‚ or even pure intuition. In Kingston’s novel‚ The Woman Warrior‚ she primarily uses her memory to recall the legend of Fa Mu Lan‚ a Chinese girl who took her father’s place in battle illegally (21). Kingston uses this familiar Chinese story that leaves a “direct personal impression” on her and links it to her own imagination (Lanning and Macauley 3). This
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Brittany Tiano Ms. Wenzel WLS Tutorial 24 October 2012 Reality vs. Fantasy: Kingston’s use of Juxtaposition in The Woman Warrior In The Woman Warrior‚ Maxine Hong Kingston writes an honest memoir that focuses in on the lives of five woman; the most important being Kingston‚ and is told in 5 chapters. As a reader‚ we get a glimpse into the realities of life for many Chinese emigrants in America and their children. Kingston‚ who is the narrator in the book‚ creates an elaborate fantasy in
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The Power in Storytelling The idea of power takes an entirely new meaning in Maxine Hong Kingston’s memoir‚ The Woman Warrior. Rather than power insinuating a political or social advantage‚ power in Kingston’s writing relates to her recurrent childhood experiences of being told stories and listening to “talk-story” from her mother. The importance and impact that the stories have is stressed from the first page of the memoir until the last story‚ which demonstrates the way Kingston uses and displays
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The Woman Warrior is the memoir of Maxine Hong Kingston’s experience growing up as a first-generation Chinese American. In it‚ she tells the stories of several other women to reveal the struggles and issues that have affected her own life. In telling their stories‚ she is telling her own stories because Kingston herself is a compilation of all the women in her book. In The Woman Warrior‚ Kingston reveals the cultural conflicts that have affected her and how‚ ultimately‚ she is able to fight back
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The Most Complex Relationship In Breathe‚ Eyes‚ Memory‚ Tante Atie usually tells about the chunk of the sky and flower petals story to explain from where Sophie was born‚ but of course‚ Sophie is not an exception of nature. Like billions of girls all over the world‚ she was linked to her mother’s body by the placenta‚ and lived in the womb for nine months before being greeted by the world. When the placenta is removed – a girl and her mother do not share the same body any more‚ however
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"The bravest of individuals is one who obeys his or her conscience‚" was once stated by J.F Clarke‚ when this quote is broken down one may notice the amount of truth behind it. J.F Clarke ’s interpretation of braveness and conclusion on the topic of obeying their conscience is rather intelligent due to the belief of inner senses of what is right or wrong will lead to the right choices in life. Two examples of literature that strongly support this quote can be found in "Of Mice And Men" by John
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Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior novel‚ is a semi-autobiographical collection of short stories that chronicles her childhood in California. The main characters‚ Kingston‚ Brave Orchid‚ Moon Orchid‚ and an unnamed aunt‚ are all mentally and emotionally abused by the society in both America and China. Kingston is judged and ignore by the people at school because she is Chinese‚ and in turn blames her mother‚ Brave Orchid‚ for her problems. Moon Orchid moves to America with the help of her
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I believe the song‚ “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)”‚ is a great connection from song to text‚ between “The Joy Luck Club” and the song‚ because of the way it shows that if you try to solve a problem incorrectly it will cause that problem to get bigger. An example of this is in the scene‚ “Now everyone was standing up and shouting‚ and I heard my mother’s voice crying…If you take your daughter‚ she will become like you… And then with one shout this dark boiling soup spilled forward and fell all over
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Control Circles in Academia A Success Story in Nepal -Prof. Dinesh P. Chapapagain BACKGROUND Each year in the month of November‚ young students from different parts of Nepal eagerly look forward to participate in a national festival of Students’ Quality Circles (SQC). The annual three-day National Convention on Students’ Quality Circles is being held in this country since 2005. On the occasion‚ thousands of school children cheerfully present and share their respective quality circle case stories
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