A short literary analysis of Maxine Kingston’s classic “No Name Woman” As part of the first generation of Chinese-Americans‚ Maxine Hong Kingston writes about her struggle to distinguish her cultural identity through an impartial analysis of her aunt’s denied existence. In “No Name Woman‚” a chapter in her written memoirs‚ Kingston analyzes the possible reasons behind her disavowed aunt’s dishonorable pregnancy and her village’s subsequent raid upon her household. And with a bold statement
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poorly and viewed worthless compared to men. Those that committed adultery were tortured and persecuted publicly‚ just like Maxine Hong Kingston’s aunt in her story “No Name Woman.” The aunt was pregnant‚ had her house raided by angry villagers‚ birthed her baby in a muddy pigsty‚ and then committed suicide by jumping into the family well with her newborn. In the essay‚ Kingston incorporated three different genres that worked together to describe the way she felt about her aunt. The first is nonfiction
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a girl becomes an adult. In the woman warrior‚ it seemed as if the story was a bit more of an autobiographical account than Persepolis. The life that Marji had to deal with was filled with many tough times. Compared to the Woman Warrior‚ I believe that the situations Marji had to deal with helped her to be able to better describe just how she evolved emotionally. One of the themes that seem to be present in the class in general is one of oppression. Both Kingston and Marji had to deal with this
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CV2016-2242 Maxine McKinney‚ et al. : Plaintiffs‚ : JUDGE: R. PERSIE : vs. : : PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR : SUMMARY DISPOSITION Huntington County School District‚ et al. : WITH MEMORANDUM AND Defendants. : AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT : Plaintiffs‚ Maxine McKinney and James McKinney‚ personally and as father of Maxine McKinney (hereinafter “Plaintiffs”)‚ by and through its undersigned counsel‚ hereby moves this Court to grant summary disposition in favor of Maxine McKinney
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Wallpaper” and “No Name Woman” “The Yellow Wallpaper” tells the story of the narrator’s personal battle with after-birth depression and the disastrous rest cure treatment she received. Living during the restrictive Victorian period‚ the narrator experienced firsthand the frustrating limitations placed on women in her era‚ many of whom were victimized by society’s complete misunderstanding of postpartum depression and other psychological infirmities. On the other hand‚ “No Name Woman” tells the story
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Missing‚ written by Catherine MacPhail is about a girl named Maxine who looks for her brother‚ Derek who was believed to be dead after his disappearance. The time is in the middle of spring because most of the characters seem more active than chilly or sleepy. The cemetery is described as windy and warm‚ and the school is putting in tsunamis of homework each day. Most of these settings seem off but they do support the time. There is an arcade kind of like Station 300‚ the cemetery‚ the house‚ and
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identity if that makes sense. We claim what we say is our identity. Whether it’s being a part of a certain ethnicity‚ cultural backgrounds‚ or religions. Part of our identity is where we come from‚ our heritage. It’s who we are. In “No Name Woman”‚ the author Kingston tells of one of her families most hidden secrets. She never knew she had an aunt until her mother told her after several years. Her aunt‚ had gotten pregnant at a young age and committed suicide because her family disowned her and she
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FRAILTY‚ THY NAME IS WOMEN Frailty is defined as being fragile‚ foible‚ and having a moral weakness (Oxford Dictionary). At one point during the play Hamlet‚ Hamlet states‚ "Frailty‚ thy name is women" (i.ii.146)‚ generalizing that all women are frail. During the period Hamlet was written‚ the society was patriarchal‚ therefore‚ the women were very dependent on the men‚ and were unable to exist independently. Through their submissiveness Gertrude and Ophelia are treated as marionettes‚ who are
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Maxine Kumin Maxine Kumin‚ who experienced many different views of the world through travel‚ feels the most comfortable in New Hampshire‚ her rural home. In any area that she travels‚ she always makes a similarity to her home‚ as expressed in her poems. In her poem‚ "The Long Approach"‚ she is driving in her Saab hatchback from Scranton to her farm in New Hampshire. She also discusses her plane ride back from Orlando to New Hampshire the week before. Throughout the poem she makes references
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Speaking with Names In the beginning of this article‚ the first point that is mostly stressed is ethnographers. He tries to emphasize that they’re study points should be more than just a language. He believes that in order to understand they’re custom and traditions they need to take into consideration the land in which they live in. Here are a couple examples of what he says about it. “In other words‚ one must acknowledge that local understandings of external realities are fashioned from local
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