“My aunt haunts me--her ghost drawn to me because now, after fifty years of neglect, I alone devote pages of paper to her, though not origamied into houses and clothes” (16).
What is ghost?
100
redemption
What purpose does reconstructing Kingston's aunt story serve?
100
genre that is alive
What is postmodernism?
200
cuts Kingston's tongue
Who is Brave Orchid?
200
conflict between Chinese and American culture
What is identity?
200
"'You must not tell anyone,'my mother said, 'what I am about to tell you'" (3).
What is storytelling?
200
Vietnam
What country did she want to conduct her communal experiment in?
200
undermines author's authority
What is metafiction?
300
trains Kingston in the mountain
Who is the old man?
300
bringing in the unreal
What is the desire to fly out the window?
300
Fa Mu Lan inspires Kingston
What is warrior?
300
using the term woman warrior
What mistakes did she make in writing her book that she regretted later?
300
"People who can comfort the dead can also chase after them to hurt them further."
What is irony?
400
asserts independence
Who is Kingston?
400
dark humor
What is chaos with hysterical laughter?
400
aunt gave silent birth
What is voice?
400
women not destroyed by war
Why does she include the story of Fa Mun Lan?
400
combine subjects and genres not previously deemed appropriate for literature