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Title: Struggle of Identity
Review: The Woman Warrior is a compelling and intense narrative, depicting the struggles of a young Chinese-American girl trying to establish her identity in America. Maxine Hong Kingston takes her readers on a twisting journey through her struggles with perception, tradition, and alienation. Maxine fights to define herself in a country that has already "etched words onto her back," while attempting to understand the only thing that binds her immigrant-family together: their tradition preserved through her mother's "Talk Story." As Maxine learns to distinguish the truth from the stories, she becomes empowered to fight the "ghosts" that haunt and alienate her and comes to grips with her identity, heritage, and relationship with her mother.
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