Woman Warrior

Each chapter focuses on a woman that affects Kingston's life, and in most cases depicts how that woman relates to the male-dominated society around her. However, it is often not the men themselves who are most oppressive in the memoir, but rather the power of tradition as carried through women Woman warrior is your typical story about a heroine saving other even though their own lives are at risk. She fights about what she believes in. During the time girls/woman were treated like slaves to the men. Much of The Woman Warrior is a struggle is between mother and daughter, daughter and society, and so on. It makes the warrior motif especially appropriate. Fa Mu Lan, the true warrior, becomes the standard by which Kingston measures herself. Though in some ways Kingston comes up wanting comparing herself to the mythical female warrior, she discovers that the very act of writing is both a battle and a victory. Brave Orchid at times a warrior, at times an inspiration to her daughter, and at times a bitter enemy.