... the villagers are connected and responsible for one another's lives. Chapter Two: White Tigers Summary The first section of "White Tigers" is Kingston's childhood fantasy of living the life of Fa Mu Lan, the woman warrior "a story that derives from one of Brave Orchid's talk-stories. ( ... his ears"; a daughter with the "unlucky mark" of a curled lip; a second son who is "thick- headed"; a third son who is an "inaccessible cliff"; and a bratty sister, the "raging bellows." These less than complimentary descriptions are all, we presume, given to Moon Orchid by her sister, Brave Orchid. I...

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