This book was very interesting to say the least. When I first started reading it all I could think was here we go again another story that jumps around. But to my surprise it was not all that bad and yet interesting. Her use of symbolism and myths plus the vivid detail in the story made it easier for me to follow. I also found some of it to be a bit humorous like jumping over walls from a prone position and the ape like man. The image of the Jack Links Sasquatch popped in my head and the movie Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon as well. Slightly farfetched but a funny diversion from the truth. I liked her imagination in this book because at times it did seem a little dry but stories of grandeur made it a good read. The Chinese culture at that time was very hard to live due in part to communism. Being man and women during this period was tough and to survive it was an accomplishment. So we can believe that the women were sold as slaves and that the men were forced to fight. One part I did question was when the girl was asking her mom about telling her that she had cut her tongue. Had she really did that or did the mother want her to think that so she would behave. I think the mother saw herself in her child and knew she was going to be a handful to deal with. So it was better to control her at a young age than let her be a free spirit. I liked this book better than Beloved but not more than The Indian Killer.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The Woman Warrior
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I liked the way the story was told. I didn't like the stories that were being told too much but I could see how the author was bringing some ideas together throught the novel. It did give me perspective on being a women in time f war. Like you said, the communist nation was a terrible place to be. The men sent off to war and the women had to stay home. The first story about her aunt commiting suicide because she had slept with a man and become pregnant was hard to imagine. It is a total cultural shift that the townspeople would not gether around her and the child with support but rather drove her to death. It was definatly not as good as Indian Killer but nothing could be as terrible as Beloved.
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