"The Women Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston, tells a story both fictional and real life. Starting off, Kingston tells a story, originally of Fa Mu Lan, of placing herself in a made up adventure. I this story, Kingston starts off as a woman who goes on an adventure to some mountains and meets these people. There she trains and learns to fight and interact with animals of the forest. While training, Kingston sees her husband and brother being taken away by a Chinese baron, and she decides that once she finishes training, she will go back to her hometown and get her family back. With the help of an army, Kingston is able to kill the baron and take down the communists that ruled China. However, the only way Kingston was able to lead the army and was respected and listened to by her soldiers, was by disguising herself as a man. Later, the story switches to real life where Kingston is actually in America. There, she got straight A's and had a good life, except for the fact that no one in her family or around her loved her. Even her own parents would say things like "there's no profit in raising girls. Better to raise geese than girls." In addition, when Kingston stood up to her racist boss, she was fired and kicked out. Through these experiences, Kingston learns that she will never get anywhere when trying to fight everything. The only way to get things done was to use words and influence others. This can be also seen in the fictional story, where Kingston was branded with the names of the people she was to avenge. She carried the revenge and hope of her family, and women in real life, on her back to fight against evil doers. Even though women now days still might not get the fair rights that they deserve, they still fight through their words, slowly changing the world around them.
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