"No Name Woman": A Clash of Two Cultures Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior presents the struggles of a Chinese-American woman growing up as she attempts to reconcile two cultures. ... The chapter "No Name Woman" is a perfectly illustrated example of the woman's place in traditional Chinese society, and how it differs from that in America. ... The aunt was a woman whose husband went of to work in America. ... Kingston's mother says; "To be a woman, to have a daughter in starvation time, was a waste enough" (6). ... In other words, she didn't have any rights to ...

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In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the protagonist, Okonkwo, who is determined not to be like his lazy and indigent father, doesn't understand that he can be kind and yet still be successful as warrior and farmer. ... He was referred to as "agbala" (Pg. 13), one who resembles the weakness of a woman, and has no property. ... You can be a strong warrior and a farmer without being a hostile person. ...

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The god who created China in mythology was a woman who was as powerful as Zeus; "Nuwa is the goddess who separated the heaven from the earth, creating the Divine Land [China]," (Foster). ... Just like the Chinese, Greek men were known as warriors. ... Some men tried very hard to take a woman's hand in marriage, " Atalanta drove all suitors from her, saying "Unless you beat me in a foot race, I am a wife for no man. ...

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Even though there were few Spartans, there well trained warriors were feared by other city-states. ... The man was often married in his thirties and the woman was in her teens. ... If a woman had a child, she could be a little relaxed because the man was then less likely to divorce her. Athenians shunned a divorced woman. ...

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If a woman decided not to marry and remain single, she would be laughed at and the community would feel sorry for her. ... Napoleon's personality regarding his belief as a savior, lawmaker, warrior, was all used to make him more powerful. ...

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