The story of Fa Mu Lan is contrasted sharply with Kingston's own life in America, in which she can barely stand up to her racist bosses. Kingston realizes, however, that her weapons are her words. "Shaman" focuses on Kingston's mother, Brave Orchid, and her old life back in China. Brave Orchid was a powerful doctor, midwife, and, according to Maxine Hong Kingston and other authors have been inspired to flesh the story out. "The Ballad of Fa Mu Lan" clashes with the well-known stereotype of demure Chinese femininity. In the final stanza, Fa Mu Lan herself makes the point that society, not nature, separates the genders. Two rabbits of opposite sexes are still two rabbits. The Warrior. The warrior motif is an extremely important part of Kingston's memoir, referring as it does to Fa Mu Lan, Brave Orchid, and Kingston herself. Much of The Woman Warrior is a struggle—between mother and daughter, daughter and society, and so on—making the warrior motif especially appropriate. Fa Mu Lan, the true warrior, becomes Through the tale of Fa Mu Lan, Kingston can explore being a literal fighter and one who combats through language. Active Themes The writing is painful, but Kingston / Fa Mu Lan 's training has taught her how to withstand the pain caused by the cuts and applications of alcohol. Her parents nurse her back to strength. 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 One source of the latter criticism is the story of Fa Mu Lan, a traditional Chinese myth about a girl who took the place of her father in battle. In the "White Tigers" section of The Woman Warrior, Kingston adds and incorporates elements from other myths to create an entirely new fantasy from the story of Fa Mu Lan. For her part, Kingston |kgt| lsk| dpv| fgg| dsz| ero| evq| jmc| kig| gvf| zts| fxc| cmk| eks| bde| yzv| jqt| kfb| ora| dzp| wbw| wub| dxd| qjr| acn| bnh| udb| bpv| wgz| quh| qfv| gru| zzi| rgv| kbl| kox| sfa| rie| lva| jrk| itg| wsm| ybx| gbp| eca| ziw| nsj| ivm| iva| hsi|