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Is moon Orchid older than Brave Orchid?

Brave Orchid's sister, who arrives in the United States after spending years living in Hong Kong. Moon Orchid differs from her sister, who is only one year older than she, in that she is a rather passive personality and less independent.

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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 to heal the sicknesses of others and to destroy or scare away ghosts. She scares away an ape-man that runs loose in the village and fools ghosts that seek to prey on newborn babies.

Why is moon Orchid in America?

Brave Orchid's sister, Moon Orchid, is moving to America from Hong Kong. Brave Orchid has brought her sister to America for a reason, however: to help Moon Orchid reclaim her status, after thirty years of marriage, as the wife of a successful doctor in Los Angeles. How do you cite a woman warrior? Citation Data MLA. Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior : Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts. New York :Vintage Books, 1989. APA. Kingston, Maxine Hong. ( 1989). The woman warrior : memoirs of a girlhood among ghosts. Chicago. Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior : Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts.

How old is Fa Mu Lan when she could fight?

Fa Mu Lan, whose story is told through Kingston's first-person narrative, trains to become a warrior from the time she is seven years old, then leads an army of men-even pretending to be a man herself-against the forces of a corrupt baron and emperor. What is the theme of No-Name Woman? "No Name Woman" There is a theme here which we have come across before. That is, the theme of the gap between the children of the immigrants and the culture that they came from.

What is Brave Orchid?

Brave Orchid is a proud and intelligent woman who comes off as both gentle and cruel in equal parts. Her life in China as a doctor and a woman of almost magical powers is depicted in the book Shaman.

And another question, what does the dragon symbolize in the woman warrior?

The paradox which is the dragon is the paradox of Kingston's China of the mind. Oppression as a female within the Chinese culture, and the double oppression of race and gender within America, is only part of the truth. Also, why does brave orchid tell her daughter this story? Kingston's mom (Brave Orchid) tells her daughter the story about the no name aunt. She figures it is time to tell Kingston since she started menstruating and could potentially do the same kind of damage to the family reputation by getting pregnant. Brave Orchid tells Kingston never to speak of this aunt.

By Amby Masaya

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