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What does the rabbit do for Fa Mu Lan when she is in the mountains of the White Tigers?

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. At Kingston's hungriest moment, a rabbit jumps into the fire to sacrifice himself to appease her hunger.

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Also, what do the children take away from brave orchid's stories about ghosts?

When Brave Orchid returns to her village, she is treated like a magician or shaman, with an amazing ability both to heal the sicknesses of others and to destroy or scare away ghosts. She fools ghosts that seek to prey on newborn babies and scares away an "ape-man" that runs loose in the village. Is Brave Orchid a good mother? Kingston's mother, whose "talk-stories" about Chinese life and traditions haunt Kingston like ghosts from another world. Brave Orchid is a proud and intelligent woman who comes off as both gentle and cruel in equal parts in the memoir.

Subsequently, what is the significance of the pigsty in no name woman?

Giving birth in the pigsty was both an acknowledgement of her wrongdoing and of the notion that she had sullied the family's reputation. However, No Name Woman would not deny her love for the child she was not allowed to have.

By Sim Gatta

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