Comparison of two cultures in "The Lottery and No Name Woman
Shirley Jackson in her work, The Lottery and Maxine Hong Kingston in her work, No Name Woman both demonstrate the impact of culture. This essay will show the power of culture through violence with cruelty, the role of woman, and sacrificial death.
First we see both ways of the....
Maxine Hong Kingston
Teaching Lessons the Ghostly Way
In Maxine Hong Kingstons short story, Family Ghosts, a mother uses ghost stories to teach her children valuable lessons. Each story is derived from ancient Chinese legends of Sit Dom Kuei. These ghost stories teach her children valuable life lessons through....
Women Warrior
Woman Warrior
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston has many topics, one of the major ones being Kingstons struggle to find her own identity within two different cultures. Ive chosen this passage to demonstrate Kingstons struggle.
I live now where there are Chinese and Japanese,....