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The Women Warrior
Maxine Hong Kingston
One if the themes that are found in The Women Warrior is "the warrior" it is an extremely important part of Kingston's memoir, Much of The Woman Warrior is a strugglebetween mother and daughter, daughter and society, and so onmaking the warrior motif especially appropriate. Fa Mu Lan, the true warrior, becomes the standard by which Kingston measures herself. There are a number of instances, fictional or otherwise, when Brave Orchid fights battles, such as when she destroys the "sitting ghost" and when she threatens to hit Moon Orchid's husband. Much of Kingston's memoir is about trying to find a way to fight back: in "A Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe," she actually shows some fighting spirit herself in a vitriolic outburst against her mother. It is significant, however, that the chapter ends with Ts'ai Yen, who is both a warrior and a poetess. As much as Kingston might want to be a fierce warrior, she knows that her true power is in her word and song. The character that I relate myself most to Kingston's as you go though the book she takes on many different other character to find what she believes is the truth of the past. Also being from another country and trying to cope with the change with different cultures and values.
One if the themes that are found in The Women Warrior is "the warrior" it is an extremely important part of Kingston's memoir, Much of The Woman Warrior is a strugglebetween mother and daughter, daughter and society, and so onmaking the warrior motif especially appropriate. Fa Mu Lan, the true warrior, becomes the standard by which Kingston measures herself...