Analysis Of No Name Women By Maxine Hong Kingston
The “No Name Women” by Maxine Hong Kingston was a very insightful and imaginative, yet nonfictional essay. Through a mother’s storytelling, with a life lesson to be learned, the narrator seeks knowledge of her Chinese culture through her parent’s wisdom, while trying to identify with her own identity of a first generation Chinese-American. I enjoyed how the essay transitioned from the narrator’s reality to that of the imagination.
Although I found the Chinese women to be the core and most powerful influences in their families, I experienced feelings of disbelieve that the same woman, great teachers to their daughters, could also be responsible for shaming and out casting one of their own to the point of suicide. They are powerful through
Although I found the Chinese women to be the core and most powerful influences in their families, I experienced feelings of disbelieve that the same woman, great teachers to their daughters, could also be responsible for shaming and out casting one of their own to the point of suicide. They are powerful through