Introduction“The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghost” Maxine Hong Kingston is a critically acclaimed memoir published in 1975 that features her struggles and experiences during life as a girl in America as a Chinese immigrant girl. Finding the voice of silenced women is the underlying theme of “The Woman Warrior.” Through her memoir, Maxine Hong Kingston offers voiceless women a special language to find their identity. Kingston largely understands the lives of the Chinese American women she evidently knows. He tells the stories of his mother, Brave Orchid, his nameless aunt, No Name Woman, his aunt, Moon Orchid, and the warriors, Fa Mu Lan and Ts'ai Yen. It is a memoir of Kingston's childhood and a coming-of-age story. In her memoir, Kingston explores the relationship between daughter, motherhood, sisterhood, relationship with wife, pregnancy, child-rearing, and patriarchy. “The Woman Warrior” is not a traditional short story, but Kingston's childhood memories that transform her work into a collage. Maxine asks an unanswered question about how a Chinese-American can find their identity when immigrants hide and change their (mostly nameless) names in America. Chinese-American Women "The Woman Warrior" is the story of a Chinese girl's life and childhood experiences in California and shares stories of Chinese family and legends. “The Woman Warrior” is a beautifully written memoir by the author, Maxine Hong Kingston, but it is a biting truth about the enslaved lives of Chinese women. From her mother's stories she understands that only a courageous and astute woman can resist in the patriarchal Chinese society. Kingston presents the two worlds, one about life in China and the other about life in America. America is where his parents immigrated... middle of paper... Japanese immigration was illegal. Kingston presents the emotional and cathartic experience in “The Woman Warrior.” She feels marginalized by women's lack of voice in China's male-dominated society. Maxine asks an unanswered question about how a Chinese-American can find their identity when immigrants hide and change their (mostly nameless) names in America. Works CitedCheung, King-Kok. Articulated silences: Hisaye Yamamoto, Maxine Hong Kingston, Joy Kogawa. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1993. Print.Kingston, Maxine Hong. The warrior woman: memories of a childhood among ghosts. New York: Knopf, 1976. Print.Rishoi, Christy. From Girl to Woman: American Women's Coming-of-Age Stories. Albany: State U of New York, 2003. Print.Ya-Jie, Zhang. “A Chinese Woman's Response to Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior.” Melus 13.3/4 (1986): 103. Print.