Research Paper On Mulan

I am Malala is a heroic story about a young woman who stood up for what she wanted. This auto-biography is based on a teenager named Malala Yousafzi who stood up for girls education in her home country Pakistan. She also went against the Taliban because she didn't think it was right of what they were doing to her innocent village. When Malala was born very few people came to congratulate her parents because the birth of a girl is seen as a failure of the parents in her culture. She was born and raised in Sway Valley, Northeastern Pakistan. Swat Valley has beautiful scenery which attracts a lot of tourism until the Taliban took over the valley. Malala’s parents Ziauddin and Toor Pekai were very kind humble people from the mountain villages. Malala’s father was a very well educated man who grew up studying poetry and literature. He also started the Khushal School a three years before Malala was born. ”My father started the school three years before I was born, and he was a teacher, accountant, and principal—as well as a janitor, handyman, and chief mechanic.” (Chapter 1, Page 20) In Malala’s culture, girls are refused an education or even simply knowing how to read and write. Her father helped girls by starting the school and making a big influence on girls. Malala is truly a hero throughout this paper you will see how she changed everything.

It begins with “The Ordinary World”. This world is considered ordinary and is the original world that the hero exists in and often feels out of place in (Hamby). Mulan correlates directly to this element of The Hero’s Journey. Her “ordinary world” can be considered the time frame in which the ballad was written in, early China. The importance of the proper roles that men and women should take is important because it is what makes Mulan feel out of place in her world. “Mulan weaves, facing the door” (Frankel). The second line of the ballad establishes the proper role that women should take, correlating with the social normativity. This social norm is then questioned when Mulan breaks it by taking the next step in her

Mulan, a tale of adventure and honor, is not only an engaging film to watch, but it also contains an amazing amount of historical accuracy concerning religions in China. The film Mulan is historically accurate in its portrayal of Daoist ideas, the expected behavior of women according to Confucianism, and Confucian relationships.

It all begins with the call to adventure. Mulan hears her father being called to fight for the emperor in a war against the Huns.. Outraged as she was, she pleaded for her father to not be taken away, as he already fought for the emperor in the past. Her

China has a long and mysterious history of almost five thousand years. China can trace her culture back to a blend of small original tribes which have expanded until they became the great country we have today. Each rise and fall of a dynasty created new leaders, new laws, new rules, and usually new expansion. Chinese history is that of alternating periods of political unity and disunity. The rise and fall of many dynasties created a rocky path in Chinas

In the movie, Mulan, she is caught between having to stay at home and become a wife, which is her proper role in society or go fight in a war in her father’s name. After a while, they discovered that she had been a woman the whole time. I feel like they were more angry that she was a woman and fought better than most of the men there. They kicked her out, of course, and later saved them and the emperor, but was still shunned. Chi-Fu told Shang, “Tis a woman. She will never be worth anything.” This shows that Chi-Fu wants her to be a woman, just like he thought she should be. He even admitted that she would not be worth anything or be a impacting role in society. This shows even if she did risk

Prior to these circumstances happening, she is a “little girl of seven” (page 20). She is respectful, small (hence “little girl”) child with six siblings and as such she is probably considered insignificant or unassuming. She is only at the beginning of her journey toward full potential as a victorious warrior which comes to fruition afterward in her life. After Fa Mu Lan establishes herself as a strong, capable woman warrior who contrasts with the little girl she used to be, she marries, becomes a caring mother and “she is beautiful” (page 39). Fa Mu Lan has gone through three developmental stages now: child, warrior, and mother. Maxine Kingston uses these stages as a way to depict how she wishes she could be and also represents Fa Mu Lan’s dynamism as a

The role of women is China has changed a lot over the years. When we consider the position Chinese women held in ancient society, we find that they have come a long way to be where they are today.

Fa Mu Lan is a genuine woman warrior because she proves that Chinese women can be capable, and at the same time, fulfill the duties of a traditional Chinese woman. Hong Kingston is careful to point out that Fa Mu Lan is a warrior and a woman, not one or the other. By becoming a war hero, Fa Mu Lan has not given up being a woman. She “put[s] on [her] men’s clothes and armor

Mulan is an animated film that was released in 1998 from Disney during third wave feminism, which features an Asian woman protagonist. She is a Disney princess, but at first glance you wouldn’t think so. Mulan is introduced as a clumsy tomboy who did not think she would ever bring honor to her family. In order to accomplish said honor, she would have to by being the perfect bride, in accordance with the matchmaker. The film has a great amount of feminist ideals, however, it doesn’t leave out stereotypical gender roles and several examples of overdetermined ideologies. Patriarchy is very prevalent in this film, from the woman characters positions, down to the songs they sing throughout the film, patriarchy is a theme that cannot be missed. This paper will discuss how feminine and masculine stereotypes are conveyed in the film, how gender stereotypes are portrayed, and of the patriarchal themes included in the film.

There are a few women in this book. They all play an important role in the book. Back then, women weren’t allowed to fight in the war and they had many restriction. They were treated as below men. In this book, we can see that men needed women as much as women needed men. And we can see how a war can change both women and men. O’Brien has included them in the story to show the importance of women in a society and especially during a war time.

China has been a powerful empire for a remarkably long period of time, China has not always stayed the same though. Throughout its expansive history China has evolved in many ways while retaining many of its original values. Some examples of this can be found in the way China conducted its economy, its attitude towards openness to other ideas, and its methods of leadership. Specifically, there were vast amounts of change that took place between the warring states period in China and the Yuan dynasty, this is not to say though that some things did not stay the same.

Malala was raised in Mingora which is located in a district called Swat Valley approximately 100 miles from Afghanistan. Her family was poor. The birth of girl babies was not celebrated like boy babies were. At the time, most women were not educated. Malala’s father was a teacher and he decided to open a school to educate both boys and girls. He encouraged Malala to learn and become an educated woman. Before the Taliban arrived, Malala’s homeland was mostly peaceful with few problems. Malala was a top student at school. After the Taliban came, everything changed for the worse. Men were the dominant gender over women. Women had no rights. The Taliban recruited boys to join them. They also set up radio broadcasts to burn books, CDs

Maxine Hong Kingston’s novel The Woman Warrior is a series of narrations, vividly recalling stories she has heard throughout her life. These stories clearly depict the oppression of woman in Chinese society. Even though women in Chinese Society traditionally might be considered subservient to men, Kingston viewed them in a different light. She sees women as being equivalent to men, both strong and courageous.

As Mulan’s father is enlisted to fight in the war, Mulan rebels against her gender role and speaks out on the drafting of her injured father who would unquestionably die to protect his country. Noticeably having crossed a line, she is shamed for her outburst and is now determined more than ever to bring her family honor. Mulan sets off to fight under her family’s name portraying the male role of a man named Ping. Under this role, Mulan begins to find her true identity, which is not necessarily that of a man, but of a single individual who is strong-minded and brave. As she prepares for war, Mulan leaves behind a flower pin from her hair and this flower reoccurs throughout the film. The flower represents her leaving behind this societal view of femininity as she