The Woman Warrior
The most important theme that really stood out to me was the talk stories.
The whole book mainly deals with the talk stories. The second theme that I felt
that had a major impact in this book was ghost. Ghosts have an impact because
the stories that are told about them that affect the kids resulting in their isolation
from society. These themes are very important in The Woman Warrior because
they help the narrator’s life and unite the stories of the book.
Talk stories to me, seem to have a major impact in the lives of Chinese
people. These talk stories teaches the children valuable lessons; each different
from each culture. The talk stories make the children fear or learn from the
mistakes or triumphs of the characters in the talk stories. These stories have
major impacts on the main character of The Woman Warrior. She learns what to
fear, like ghosts, and having a child without being married and also learned to
stand up to what she feared or believed in.
The story of the aunt is the first talk story we learn about in this book. The
aunt who had a child before marriage was treated as a outcast. This teaches the
girl not just to avoid getting pregnant before marriage, but to avoid embarrassing
the whole family. This story though, grows weaker for the girl as she rebel at
what her mother wants her to be. She tries to be the best she can be and looks
for her mother’s praise but all she got was “you’re too ugly” or “you talk like a
duck”. She starts to question these stories as these talk stories become very
confusing in the life of the girl.
The second talk story was clearly still in the mind of the girl when she grew
up. The story was about Fa Mu Lan who joined the army as a girl to rise up to be
a hero when female weren’t allowed in the army. This is good story that really
matched up to what the girl represented when she grew up. Fa Mu Lan went
against the rules of being a woman in China and triumphed to be one of the
greatest heroes of China. The girl decided to be like Fa Mu Lan and break
tradition by rebelling against her mother.
Ghosts seems to be very important in the story of this book. Ghosts plays
a major part because of the way they are used as to isolate the children or to
make them stand up against a foe.
The book is narrated from the first person perspectives of three women: Skeeter,Aibleen and Minny.The twenty two year old Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan is the daughter of a prominent white family who has just graduated and wants to pursure her career as a writer but it’s 1960s and her mother will not be happy if she doesn’t have a ring on her finger. She has been brought up by black maids since she was young, and longs to find out why her much-loved maid, Constantine, has disappeared.Aibleen is a black,wise maid who is raising her seventeenth white child.She dedicates all her work time to Miss.Leeflot,while trying to heal the scars left by her own son’s death.Minny,Aibleen’s best frend is short,fat and the sassiest women in Mississippi.She is the best cook but she cannot mind her tongue resulting having being fired from nineteen jobs. Stockett’s characters are strong, sometimes bold, yet sometimes silent. She adds humor and fun, as well as danger and intrigue in the novel. She has done a great job writing from the point of view of numerous characters. All three of them had their own chapter.Every character has a personality, goals, and a backstory.
...Kingston opinion towards her aunt. It is evident that she no longer believes that her aunt is a kind individual, but believes that she is an evil spirit who does not mean her well.
can potentially hinder their growth as an individual. If they are constantly hearing the negative
When it comes to combat assignments and the needs of the military, men take precedence over all other considerations, including career prospects of female service members. Female military members have been encouraged to pursue opportunities and career enhancement within the armed forces, which limit them only to the needs and good of the service due to women being not as “similarly situated” as their male counterparts when it comes to strength or aggressiveness, and are not able to handle combat situations.
One of the first themes that comes to mind when one reads this book is the
During WWII, the initial acceptance of woman in the military was controversial because they were deciding whether just needed more people, whether they should be an official part of the services, and whether they could perform the jobs. Most people were concerned that women would obstruct the view of American culture because they would be considered “masculine”. By 1944, women proved to be effective in helping during the war. Some were even trained to shoot guns next to the men. In 1994 the DOD (Department of Defense) created a policy that prevented women from combat with their male colleagues. They also could not be assigned to units below the brigade level, whose number one objective is combat on ground. Over the years women have showed that they are physically, mentally, and emotionally able to keep up with men in the military.
Over a span of several decades, Wu Zetian inalterably changed life in China for woman as well the clergy and the poor. By doing so, she left a perpetual footprint on China’s long history that transcends the mere fact that she was the first woman to rule the “Red Dragon”.
This story has a lot of other things in it besides the mother-daughter bond, Wbut how the
Children from ages 1-16 still face child abuse, and the pessimistic thing is that when children grow the scaring stays and follows them like a ghost of the past. Some, they grow up and have a family of their own and have kids, but the only issues are that they have
The major themes of the book are directly related to the themes which John Demos uses to tell this story. The storyline moves on though the evolution of one theme to the next. The function of these major sections is to allow the reader to relate to John Williams overall state of mind as the story unfold. By implementing these major themes into his work, John Demos make it possible for the reader to fully understand the story from beginning to end.
she was pretty and that was everything” (225). This captivation with herself along with the constant looking in the mirrors and thinking her mother was only pestering her all the time because her mother’s own good looks were long gone by now (225) shows a sign of immaturity because she believes everything revolves around whether or not someo...
influence all her life and struggles to accept her true identity. Through the story you can
Women have been in the military, or associated with combat for decades. “The most famous example of the ability of a woman to not only be involved in combat but to lead forces is that of Joan of Arc's legendary battles leading the French army when she was just a teenager.”(Gerber 1) Women have been involved in espionage and even posed as male soldiers during the Civil War. Conflicts such as, WWI, WWII, Panama, and as recent as our current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan women have served with distinction in many ways. In our most recent conflict, over 100 military women have given the ultimate sacrifice. Today with changes in our society and the global environment in which we live two controversial arguments arise concerning women in combat. Basically the debate whether or not women should be allowed to participate in direct combat or not. As our society and cultural beliefs change so does what we except as social norms. Both sides of this argument bring many reasons for and against allowing women to participate in direct combat. Taking into account both views of this controversy it will show, that not only a social change has occurred, but the dynamics of the battlefield has in fact already placed female service members into direct combat.
order of her father. She does as her father says regardless of how it could affect her own
They receive poor grades in school and they become bullies. These children become dependent and they have a very poor relationship with their parents because they are scared of them. Works Cited • "Authoritative Parenting" - "The Authoritative Parenting" 2014. The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'. The Iloveindia website.