... encouraged to write from their own unique perspectives, and they are accustomed to reading from an individual perspective. Knowledge of the difference between American and Chinese views of the self does much to clarify Hong Kingston's habit of jumping back and forth between the point of view of such characters as the No Name Woman, Brave Orchid, Moon Orchid, Fa Mu Lan, and the protagonist herself. "I tell ... what I really think" Kingston does use the term "I" in parts of her novel, probably in an attempt to keep the story ... grounded and to incorporate her American style into the sto...

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