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In this essay, I decided not to summarize Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior since we have already done that by posting our weekly responses and since it is an open essay; also it might seem too boring for you to read the same thing again. Instead, I wanted to write more on particular subjects that Kingston had talked in the interviews. Watching the video of Kingston’s interview with Josephine Reed at F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference in 2011, gave me deeper understanding and insight

Thesis: The similarities of coming of age tales and how women grow up and are shaped by love, sex, and marriage. (OR MOTHER HOOD AND COMING OF AGE) The Woman Warrior: Insincere standard being help up out of obligation, but hid the fact that her mother loved her from the start. Kingston in The Woman Warrior is largely figuring out what it means for her to be a Chinese-American women by way of considering the lives of great Chinese women before her: her nameless aunt, her mother Brave Orchid, the

In her novel Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston provides insight on the struggle that growing up with dual heritage presents in the understanding of one’s identity. Kingston recalls feelings of frustration when faced with the high expectations she felt she needed to live up to as the daughter of immigrants, who constantly talk-story to her about fantastical and idealized Chinese figures. Kingston, in the face of these expectations, feels conflicted on whether she should strive for success in her

In “No Name Woman”, Maxine Hong Kingston discusses a story her mother shared with her. It is about Kingston’s aunt who, while her husband was in America, became pregnant and committed suicide the day of her illegitimate child’s birth. Also included in the story is a raid, undertaken by neighbors and other villagers, on the aunt’s family and home. In order to fully understand the story, it is necessary to know the historical context. Taking place in 1920s China, the instability, importance of the

In The Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston uses talk-stories to illustrate the necessity of finding one’s voice or identity when trapped between the expectations of two clashing cultures. In “No Name Woman,” Kingston has difficulty with sorting fact from fiction in her mother’s talk-stories, and “[separating] what is peculiar to childhood, to poverty, insanities, one family, [her] mother who marked [her] growing with stories, from(...) Chinese tradition and [the] movies” (5-6). Kingston grows up

Week Three Sample Paper #2 Quality Award GM588 Purpose and Background The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is a trade association whose mission is to enhance the climate for the housing and building industry. A top goal for the NAHB is to provide and expand opportunities for all potential home buyers to have safe, affordable and decent housing. The NAHB also works with federal agencies on regulations affecting the housing industry in areas such as mortgage finance, codes, energy

ATTs use of Total Quality Management The following is an attempt to analyze AT&T's use of Total Quality Management throughout its organization. Since AT&T is an elaborately enormous corporation I will focus my study to AT&T Power Systems/Lucent Technologies. This division of AT&T has been the industry standard for excellence since TQM was first introduced to the company. AT&T Power Systems has become one the world's most dynamic companies because of its use of TQM. I will provide a brief

prose writing. He wrote four books which taught the reader how to read, appreciate, and how he wrote poetry. His first two books written in 1999 are Responsive Reading and How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry. The later of the two was a national bestseller and “’ a product of a lifetime of passionate reflection’” (Edward Hirsch poets.org 1) by the poet Garrett Hongo. Hirsch’s third book, The Demon and the Angel: Searching for the Source of Artistic Inspiration, was written in 2002, and

several praised works, Maxine Hong Kingston has been deemed a noteworthy American writer since her first book debuted. Her unique style and interesting blend of myth and truth in memoir form garnered her international attention and won her several awards. Kingston’s works have put heavy emphasis on her family history and her experiences as a Chinese-American, so it is no surprise that she has been received well by many and misunderstood by others at the same time. A discussion on one of her most popular

Literary Elements of Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. She was a writer and civil rights activist best known for her 1969 memoir, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” As a young child Angelou witnessed her parents’ divorce and she and her brother were sent to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. While in Arkansas, she constantly experienced racism and discrimination, and she was able to translate the emotions that she felt, into