Ghosts in "The Woman's Warrior"

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Chinese-American authors have played a very influential role in highlighting the atrocities of their native culture and in illustrating the problems that immigrants encounter when they move to the United States. The paper looks at the writings of Maxine Hong Kingston who termed all her problems and various cultural, ethnic and cultural obstacles as "Ghosts" in her novel, "The Woman Warrior." This paper delves deeper into the subject of ghosts and explains what ghosts represented in this novel.

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"Immigration can be a painful and to a certain extent puzzling experience for those who leave behind a culture which was starkly different from the one they encountered upon immigration. We have heard and read numerous tales of immigration and related problems but Chinese people have probably been the most vocal about their experience in the United States. There have been numerous books on the subject and some of them have left an indelible impression on reader's mind. One such book was written by Maxine Hong Kingston in 1976 titled "The woman warrior." In this novel, which is part fiction and part autobiography, author has described her experience as an immigrant in the United States with reference to her native culture and its restrictions."

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