“The first thing you have to learn‚” the old women told me‚ “is how to be quiet. (pg. 23).” This is what Maxine Hong Kingston is told as a young girl. Throughout the book young Maxine is told stories where the absence of voice is a factor. Whether it’s affecting her family or her (Maxine) personally‚ the theme of having or not having a voice is an impact in her life. The story starts “You must not tell anyone. (pg. 3).” Her mother is telling her the story of her “forgotten‚ disregarded aunt.” Her
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challenge of living as multicultural people in a world that tends to shame diversity. These stories are extremely important to Cofer and Stone; questioning them would violate all they believe in. However‚ there is another side to this subject. Maxine Hong Kingston reveals to the reader a different side to family stories. A side that is not of love and acceptance‚ but more of hate‚ betrayal‚ and rejection. In some cultures family circles cannot always be of love and protection. In her case she reveals
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Maxine Hong Kingston is a Chinese-American author‚ born on October 27th‚ 1940‚ in Stockton‚ California. As the child of immigrant parents‚ Kingston endured many difficulties such as discrimination‚ conforming to societal norms‚ and incorporating newly acquired American traditions with her ancestral Chinese ones. Kingston’s father‚ Tom‚ relocated to the United States in 1924‚ leaving Kingston’s mother‚ Yin Lang Hong‚ in Chin. She eventually joined him in 1939. Although‚ Maxine’s father was a well-educated
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about the woman taken in adultery‚ as seen in No Name Woman by Maxine Hong Kingston. In one of them and the society has viewed toward women in adultery. A highly acclaimed memoirist‚ Kingston integrates autobiographical elements with Asian legend and fictionalized history to delineate cultural conflicts confronting of Chinese descent‚ particularly issues of female identity. Frequently studies in a variety of academic disciplines. Kingston often focuses on issues of cultural and institutional sexism
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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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gives voices and identities to Chinese and Chinese American women. Growing up with a family of five sisters and myself as first generation Korean Americans‚ The Women Warrior focuses on the author’s life were she struggles to find her voice. Maxine Hong Kingston’s writing of this book is an example of how ancient talk stories‚ myths‚ and beliefs help one find her voice in America. The Women Warrior takes us on an adventure through five main female characters and five chapters that helps us understand
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world that keep people from understanding each other. Kingston uses her book to help her reader not only cross the lines of culture‚ but also become immersed in it. However‚ she knows that there are many more obstacles that could keep the reader from truly appreciating her work‚ one of which being simply the difference of viewpoint‚ and does her best to address those too. An analysis of Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior reveals that Kingston is aware of how point of view can affect a story‚ and
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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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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 power her writing. This is part of the reason Kingston describes
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In Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior‚ Hong Kingston shares a tragic story involving one of her aunts. Originally the story was told to Hong Kingston by her mother‚ but a lot of the information was withheld so Hong Kingston includes a lot of what she thinks could have happened. Regardless of what is true and what is not‚ this piece of writing was extremely engaging and interesting. Hong Kingston dives into the norms held in Chinese culture and how they affect different people. This chapter
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