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    A Warrior’s Triumph The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston presents the story of a girl trapped between the cultures of her surrounding environment and that which her mother and family have forced upon her. Knowing only the Chinese way of life‚ this girl’s mother attempts to familiarize her daughter‚ whom is also the narrator‚ with the history of their family. The mother shares this heritage through the use of stories in hopes the narrator will be prepared for her ultimate return to China

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    Current Situation Build-A-Bear workshop stores were first established in 1996 by Maxine Clark whose influence came from former CEO of May Department Stores who had stated‚ “Retailing is entertainment and the store is a stage - when customers are happy‚ they spend more money” ( Dess‚ c261). Build-A-Bear’s intentions were to differentiate themselves by giving people the feeling of bringing their teddy bear to life. You could give it a heart‚ a name‚ a wardrobe and many other personal touches. Build-A-Bear

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    the society paved from matriarchal to patriarchal‚ the status of women decreased as time goes. In the Woman Warrior and Waylaid‚ Maxine Hong Kingston and Ed Lin both agree that women in China have been treated badly‚ because they are an inferior gender and have to be obedient‚ but authors have drastically different views on the status of women in the American society. Maxine Hong Kingston argues that after coming to the United States‚ Chinese women have lowered their statuses‚ because the isolations

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    Lit Analysis Paragraph In The Woman Warrior‚ Kingston describes the power of the "Sitting Ghost" and it’s ability to absorb Brave Orchid’s energy‚ in order to describe how women in the Chinese society are unable to have a voice due to pressure to fit society’s standards. In this section of the novel Brave Orchid has decided to stand up to a ghost that all her classmates are talking about. Little does she know that this ghost represents more. In Chinese society‚ Women must meet the standards such

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    Theme and Conflict in The Woman Warrior Because of the friction surrounding many cultures‚ women around the world are denied certain rights. Not only are women ridiculed for behaviors‚ but victimized for maintaining their personal viewpoints. Some women succumb to the frequent coercion; others resist the temptation to capitulate. This eventually leads to various conflicts involving the questioning of self-identity and the constant pressure of society. To begin with‚ Max Hong Kingston introduces

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    “Indian Woman” by Jeanette Armstrong “Indian Woman” by Jeanette Armstrong is a moving poem about the struggles a first nations woman has had to face throughout the past few hundred years. One can really see how the narrator’s perspective changes from the beginning where she sees herself as this “savage” woman only capable of giving birth‚ to the end where she states just how amazing she is and gives life to tribes. Not to mention‚ she sounds mad in the beginning compared to the end where she seems

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    The Woman Warrior‚ Memoirs of a girlhood among ghosts‚ combines myths with autobiography in order to explore Kingston’s identify formation in relation to her mother and female relatives. Kingston uses the first person to narrate five distinct short stories. Each of them contains a central female character. The unique feature of this book is the rearrangement of the traditional Chinese myths‚ legend of Fa Mu Lan and Ts’ai Yen. The combination of fact and fiction and the combination of reality and

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    In Ain’t I A Woman‚ Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack tell Sojourner Truth’s story‚ beginning with her birth and childhood. The book then begins going into detail about her as she grows up‚ her birth name being Isabella to her master‚ and Bella to her parents. After dealing with her mother and fathers’ death‚ being sold from one person to another‚ Isabella is then married to a older slave named Tom‚ whose first wife was taken away from him and sold. It was a forced marriage‚ but they

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    With Maxine Tynes’ poem Reach out and Touch‚ the title suggests that the poem literally is about a person reaching out and touching objects or people. Tynes suggests that the more mature generation should reach out and help others more often‚ and maybe touching someone’s heart should be all worth it. The first 6 lines of Tynes’ poem‚ describes how the curiosity of a child. Line number 6 "to see if it comes off" proves that the child’s intentions were purely curiosity. The use of "electric" in line

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