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Writing Assignment #4: Close Reading of The Woman Warrior

(Identification of work and two-to-three sentence summary)

Story 1 passage

"No-Name Woman"

Analysis

"No-Name woman "is one of The Lady

Warrior's most often anthologized sections

since it encapsulates so many of the

remaining themes of the text: the mystery

and complexities of" talk-story, "the role of

women in conventional Chinese culture, and

the challenge of growing up as a Chinese-

American." The plight of the aunt of

Kingston, a woman who gives into a risky

sexual ambition and then is thrown out by

her village, is comparable to the plight of

Kingston herself, who tries to make sense of

the old rituals and practices in a radically

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different land, which she knows only from

her mother.

Kingston brings up a variety of dichotomies

and contradictions to demonstrate this

struggle: between private and public, frivolity

and duty, the desire for speech of the person

and the need for power by government. She

portrays an impression of an oppressive,

tightly organized culture in which individuals

were practically unable to have private lives,

as she imagines what the old world of China

was like. "In such an universe, Kingston 's

aunt represents the worst sort of

transgressor, one whose private lusts, made

public by her illegitimate infant, disturbed

the societal structure and challenged the

very life of the community. Anything had to

be accomplished for the sake of the well-

being of the family or town. What Kingston

called" the Required. In periods of plenty,

Kingston says, adultery may have been "just a

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Last Name Page# First Name Last Name Professor Name Course Name Date (day month year) Writing Assignment #4: Close Reading of The Woman Warrior (Identification of work and two-to-three sentence summary) Story 1 passage Analysis "No-Name Woman" "No-Name woman "is one of The Lady Warrior's most often anthologized sections since it encapsulates so many of the remaining themes of the text: the mystery and complexities of" talk-story, "the role of women in conventional Chinese culture, and the challenge of growing up as a ChineseAmerican." The plight of the aunt of Kingston, a woman who gives into a risky sexual ambition and then is thrown out by her village, is comparable to the plight of Kingston herself, who tries to make sense of the old rituals and practices in a radically Last Name Page# different land, which she knows only from her mother. Kingston brings up a variety of dichotomies and contradictions to demonstrate this struggle: between private and public, frivolity and duty, the desire for speech of the person and the need for power by government. She portrays an impression of an oppressive, tightly organized culture in which individuals were practically unable to have private lives, as she imagines what the old world of China was like. "In such an universe, Kingston 's aunt represents the worst sort of transgressor, one whose private lusts, made public by her illegitimate infant, disturbed the societal structure and challenged the very life of the community. Anyt ...
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