The Woman Warrior Essay -- Warrior

The Woman Warrior Maxine Hong capital of Jamaicas The Woman Warrior discusses her and her mother undismayed Orchids relationship. On the surface, the two of them seem very various however when one looks downstairs the surface they ar very similar. An example of how they superfici altogethery seem different is the incident at the drug store when capital of Jamaica is mortified at what her mother makes her do. Yet, the ways that they act towards others and themselves exemplifies their similarities at a deeper level. capital of Jamaica gains many an(prenominal) things from her mother and becomes who she is because of hardy Orchid, Rather than denying or suppressing the deeply embedded ambivalence her mother arouses in her, Kingston unrelentingly evokes the powerful presence of her mother, arduously and often painfully exploring her difficulties in identifying with and yet separating from her (Quinby, 136). Throughout Maxine Hong Kingstons autobiography Kingston disapp roves of numerous of her mothers qualities however begins to behave in the same manner. One of the near apparent ways that young Kingston and Brave Orchid are similar is the way they insist that people do as they say. Brave Orchid sends for her sister Moon Orchid to come to America from mainland China. When she arrives, Brave Orchid tells Moon Orchid that she must go and face her husband even though Moon Orchid does not want to, How move he marry somebody else when he has you? How can you sit at that place so calmly? He wouldve let you stay in China forever. I had to send for your daughter, and I had to send for you (Kingston, 125). Brave Orchid does not allow Moon Orchid to leave without confronting her husband and makes her see that this all is for her well being. When Kingston enc... ...o their past and culture, which was before a huge solvent between them. They are aware of their certain differences and know that they can only when go to show how comparable they are in other areas, Kingston eventually sees the similarities between herself and her mother (Ling, 179). Works Cited Cheung, King-Kok. Articulate Silences. Ithaca Cornell University Press, 1993. Ho, Wendy. In Her Mothers menage The Politics of Asian American Mother- Daughter Writing. Walnut Creek AltaMira Press, 1999. Huntley, E.D. Maxine Hong Kingston A faultfinding Companion. Westport, Greenwood Press, 2001. Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior. New York Random House, 1976. Ling, Amy, Lee Quinby, etal. Critical Essays on Maxine Hong Kingston. New York G.K. Hall and Company, 1998.