Storytelling

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her book, especially the stories her mother told her. The story of
"Fa Mu Lan", for example, teaches women to strive to be the best they can be.
It is a story about a woman warrior who takes place of her father in battle and
returns in victory as a heroine. It evidently shows that her mother tells this
story with her sincerest hopes and passions for her. Her mother wishes her to
become more than what it was hope for . Even though woman in old China only
grow up to be wives and slaves, she hopes and even dilutions of grandeurs for
her daughters thrive in their hearts. Story-telling has been an essential part
of their childhood.
Maxine Hong Kingston was told that her aunt who committed adultery and
brought shame, bad luck along with destruction to her family. She committed
suicide because she could not face their families not tell who the father of the
children is. The shame brought about by the incident was too much for her to
bare. The story was told to ...

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