The whole book mainly deals with the talk stories. The second theme that I felt

that had a major impact in this book was ghost. Ghosts have an impact because

the stories that are told about them that affect the kids resulting in their isolation

from society. These themes are very important in The Woman Warrior because

they help the narrator's life and unite the stories of the book.

Talk stories to me, seem to have a major impact in the lives of Chinese

people. These talk stories teaches the children valuable lessons; each different

from each culture. The talk stories make the children fear or learn from the

mistakes or triumphs of the characters in the talk stories. These stories have

major impacts on the main character of The Woman Warrior. She learns what to

fear, like ghosts, and having a child without being married and also learned to

stand up to what she feared or believed in.

The story of the aunt is the first talk story we learn

make them stand up against a foe. The mother told the children that in America,

what her mother wants her to be. She tries to be the best she can be and looks

from other people and not to have any contact of any sort with them. They

would stand up to this fat ghost and how she beat the ghost this one night when

up. The story was about Fa Mu Lan who joined the army as a girl to rise up to be

ghost. It also helped the book maintain its unity because each of the stories are

The story "Shaman" in the book was a talk story which involved ghosts.

The mother showed how brilliant she was in school and how she didn't fear

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