"Chinese do not have to address children directly" (458-459).
The woman warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
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| Maxine Hong Kingston |
From The Norton's Book of Woman's Lives by Phyllis Ross
In this passage, Kingston endures such neglectful trauma from her family, which in turn causes her to be hard on herself. She was constantly surrounded by the unaprroval of her family members, making fun of things she can not change about herself, her appearance, and her voice. Chinese customs are a lot more strict than those in America. The Chinese were very secretive and liked to keep everything very structured, as Kingston's parents had engrained the words "don't tell" (455) in her brain. She had not wanted the life her mother wanted for her, which causes a division between the two. She wants to be free in America and attend university here and be able to freely express herself, just a few of the things she was not allowed to do in China.
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