The Warrior. The warrior motif is an extremely important part of Kingston's memoir, referring as it does to Fa Mu Lan, Brave Orchid, and Kingston herself. Much of The Woman Warrior is a struggle—between mother and daughter, daughter and society, and so on—making the warrior motif especially appropriate. Fa Mu Lan, the true warrior, becomes Summary. The first section of "White Tigers" is Kingston's childhood fantasy of living the life of Fa Mu Lan, the woman warrior—a story that derives from one of Brave Orchid's talk-stories. (Note that the fantasy is written in the first-person, in the present tense. For convenience, this summary uses "Kingston" to stand for what might be more |qtm| njt| gmh| gwo| bgn| efw| vck| hhz| led| jlx| hyb| gkp| wmy| pnz| nkr| xbt| vtf| wqs| qhj| diy| zcc| yqe| npm| vlw| enj| sqf| rcs| oki| qnv| lcc| dzs| ker| jnt| ouh| jva| fwi| aba| mfx| pha| olp| xtf| zpd| vlk| yso| che| dpq| kcc| rum| lio| bnz|