Quotes
Which story is this quote from? “In China, your father had a sister who killed herself.”
What is “No Name Woman” by Maxine Hong Kingston
What are the experiences that rooted Kingston’s work as a first-generation Chinese American?
What is, growing up in Stockton, California, with immigrant parents who faced cultural clashes and discrimination, and navigating the complexities of her dual identity?
What does Kingston’s Mother tell her before sharing the story about Kingston’s aunt?
“You must not tell anyone”
Where does the story open in Eudora Welty's “Petrified Man”?
What is A beauty Parlor?
What degree does Joy have?
What is Philosophy
Who is this quote referring to? “Carrying the baby . . . shows loving.”
What is Kingston’s aunt in “No Name Woman”
How did Welty’s upbringing in Jackson, Mississippi influence her writing style and themes?
What is culture and social dynamics?
What do the other villagers do to Kingston’s aunt and mother?
What is They ransack the family’s farm and steal things from inside the house
What is Billy Boy doing in the beauty shop?
What is Leota is watching Billy Boy while his mom is at work?
What similarity does Manley and Hulga have?
What is they both have a heart condition
Who is being described in this quote?“He was a tall gaunt hatless youth who had called yesterday to sell them a Bible.”
What is Manley Pointer
What awards and honors did Welty receive for her contributions to literature, and how did they impact her career?
What is the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
What is the table that Kingston’s parents refer to while she is growing up that is an old Chinese tradition?
What is The “Outcast Table”
Where does Mrs. Pike find the ad for the wanted man?
What is in a newspaper in Leota’s living room?
How did Joy lose her leg?
What is a hunting accident/leg was blown off
Who is being described in this quote? “So . . . she’s very observant, a good judge of character, cute as a minute . . .”
What is Mrs. Pike
How does “No Name Woman” reflect Kingston’s exploration of gender and ethnicity?
What is highlighting the oppressive cultural expectations placed on women in traditional Chinese society, and the struggle to reconcile these with her own identity as a Chinese American?
How is the unnamed woman punished even in death by her Family?
What is both the lack of acknowledgment and ancestor worship are meant to punish the unnamed woman in the afterlife by making her lonesome and a beggar because in Chinese your family is supposed to provide for you in the afterlife?
Describe Leota and Mrs. Pike’s husbands
What is lazy, passive, and do not work?
What are the names of Mrs. Freeman’s two daughters?
What is Carramae and Glynese
What is being described in this quote? “She had arrived at it first purely on the basis of its ugly sound and then the full genius of its fitness had struck her.”
What is Hulga’s name
How did studying at the Iowa Writers' Workshop shape O'Connor's literary style?
What is by honing her craft through rigorous writing practice and critical feedback, while exposing her to diverse literary influences and techniques that enriched her distinctive Southern Gothic style?
What does Kingston say Chinese people are very scared of?
What is people who died by drowning?
What reason does Mrs.Pike give for not recognizing Mr. Petrie at the Freakshow?
What is the “that white powder all over his face.”?
Manly Porter was __ out of __ children?
What is 6 and 12