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Chapter Summary Of Kingston's 'Warrior'

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A defiant one—a warrior, in every sense of the word! Kingston wants her journey, being raised traditionally a “slave” by her parents, she wants to become a warrior. In the beginning of the chapter she describes how a woman could become a warrior and fight for their family, but then I feel as if she stops and looks at her surroundings and asks, “Where are these warriors?” and “why didn’t my aunt fight back?”. The author explains that maybe women were so dangerous that they must have been “bound,” or enslaved to the duties for their husbands. Towards the end of the story the author is taking a stand against everything that is traditionally “woman duties.” There must have been a constant battle between Fa Mu Lan’s chant in her head and her

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