Maxine Kingston's Literature

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This paper examines how Kingston's work is considered to be an important contribution on the feminist front as well as that of Asian literature. It analyzes "The Woman Warrior", which demonstrates the struggle experienced as a Chinese-American growing up in America as well as focusing on other issues such as success and mother-daughter relationships.

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"The Woman Warrior is formed from what many critics like to call fiction and fact and memory and imagination (Lauter 2094). The book examines the "difficulties in Kingston's development as a woman and as a Chinese-American" (2094). Because of it's nature and style, the book demonstrates how stories can "shape character and behavior" (2094). These stories are important because Kingston is able to develop her own sense of self by writing them. Kingston is able to learn from each character's circumstance and is able to develop her own strength of character."

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