Memoirs of a Ghirlhood among Ghosts

Abstract

Maxine Hong Kingston’s memoir, The Woman Warrior, delves into the intricacies of Chinese American identity, familial bonds, and the potency of narratives. Kingston explores issues of gender roles, cultural assimilation, and the quest for self-definition while drawing on her personal experiences. Brave Orchid, Kingston’s mother tells story to here daughter about an aunt on her father’s side of the family. While her husband is working in America, this aunt whom Kingston refers to as No Name Woman of Kingston aunt because the family never says her real name becomes pregnant. In Women Warrior the Maxine Hong Kingston the author wants to make an history by having here” no name aunt” life real incident which happened in chinese culture.