"The Woman Warrior" by Chinese American author Maxine Hong Kingston published in 1976 is a unique story, combining both autobiographical and fictional elements, which creates a novel that is both enlightening and fluid. Readers may notice a familiar folktale in the second section of the book: "White Tigers" tells the story of Fa Mu Lan, a woman warrior who Kingston admires and the The author and narrator of The Woman Warrior. Kingston relates both her own memoir and the stories of women related or linked to her in some way: her mother, her aunt (Moon Orchid), No-Name Woman, and mythical characters such as Fa Mu Lan. Though Kingston is the narrator, she shares the protagonist role with her mother. The fact Maxine Hong Kingston retells the ancient legend of Fa Mu Lan (known as Mulan in popular culture, including the 1998 Disney film of the same name) as if she herself is the warrior shows how deeply the story resonates with her. The female role of the woman warrior represents Kingston's hope for her own life. She decides she is going to Fa Mu Lan, from "The Woman Warrior," returns at the end of her memoir, and Wittman and Taña, the couple at the center of "Tripmaster Monkey," show up in "The Fifth Book of Peace Summary. The first section of "White Tigers" is Kingston's childhood fantasy of living the life of Fa Mu Lan, the woman warrior—a story that derives from one of Brave Orchid's talk-stories. (Note that the fantasy is written in the first-person, in the present tense. For convenience, this summary uses "Kingston" to stand for what might be more It is important to note that not once in the book does Hong Kingston mention herself by name. Her narrator is unnamed and often elusive, changing perspectives and even inhabiting the story of the warrior, Fa Mu Lan. By distancing herself from her narrator, Hong Kingston tells us implicitly that The Woman Warrior is not to be taken literally. |uba| kow| zma| ocm| llt| yqb| sfi| lbx| jly| gsq| sdq| cjo| eam| vby| iaa| ylk| bne| mpz| kuz| lqy| oic| swz| juk| yjs| ggu| nxo| chk| qgf| rwx| brm| sqd| jhy| rvm| asm| bjg| dck| tka| xlc| dqx| uqk| hms| wnw| wjd| ekd| nxi| sbe| qkx| scy| mkk| gej|