ABSTRACT
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts is Maxine Hong Kingston’s successful attempt at presenting her personal experiences, growing up as a first generation Chinese American in California. The theme of finding one’s own personal voice is the central aim of Kingston in her memoir The Woman Warrior. Throughout the text she made various references to her physical and emotional struggle to find her voice by exploring the silence of the women in her family and in Chinese culture. The lack of a chronological order in The Woman Warrior helps to construct a more interesting and engaging narrative. The Woman Warrior is tale of a Chinese American who conveys her life story through Chinese myths, stories about her mother, aunt and other members of her family along with sketchy details of her childhood in California that shaped her identity. The writing of The Woman Warrior was Kingston’s way of reconciling with her cultural roots and exploring her past.
