The short excerpt that I read from the memoir, Woman Warrior depicted the autobiography of Maxine Hong Kingston, as well as some of the old Chinese folktales that she grew up with. It showed us a clear picture of what her life was like throughout her years.
At a very early age, Kingston already had to put up with the constant gender discrimination that she got from both the people that she calls her family and the society that she lives in. She would continually hear hurtful stuff like, “Feeding girls is like feeding cowbirds” or “There’s no profit in raising girls. Better to raise geese than girls.” This continued to the point that it made Kingston, her sister and every girl want to become a boy. But she had to look past this ordeal so she could deal with other problems like, poverty and imperialism. She took it upon herself to avenge her family; she struggled to take back her family’s farm from Chinese communists, and her family’s laundry in New York.
The courage and drive of Maxine Hong Kingston is very inspiring. I find it very endearing that she was willing to look past the sufferings she got from her own family in order to help them. She showed home much she yearned to get the love and acceptance from her family and society. In a way, she became a true woman warrior because she was able to let her ideographs to be heard, not thru violence or killing but thru words.
At a very early age, Kingston already had to put up with the constant gender discrimination that she got from both the people that she calls her family and the society that she lives in. She would continually hear hurtful stuff like, “Feeding girls is like feeding cowbirds” or “There’s no profit in raising girls. Better to raise geese than girls.” This continued to the point that it made Kingston, her sister and every girl want to become a boy. But she had to look past this ordeal so she could deal with other problems like, poverty and imperialism. She took it upon herself to avenge her family; she struggled to take back her family’s farm from Chinese communists, and her family’s laundry in New York.
The courage and drive of Maxine Hong Kingston is very inspiring. I find it very endearing that she was willing to look past the sufferings she got from her own family in order to help them. She showed home much she yearned to get the love and acceptance from her family and society. In a way, she became a true woman warrior because she was able to let her ideographs to be heard, not thru violence or killing but thru words.
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