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The Woman Warrior

The most important theme that really stood out to me was the talk stories.
The whole book mainly deals with the talk stories. The second theme that I felt
that had a major impact in this book was ghost. Ghosts have an impact because
the stories that are told about them that affect the kids resulting in their isolation
from society. These themes are very important in The Woman Warrior because
they help the narrator's life and unite the stories of the book.
Talk stories to me, seem to have a major impact in the lives of Chinese
people. These talk stories teaches the children valuable lessons; each different
from each culture. The talk stories make the children fear or learn from the
mistakes or triumphs of the characters in the talk stories. These stories have
major impacts on the main character of The Woman Warrior. She learns what to
fear, like ghosts, and having a child without being married and also learned to
stand up to what she feared or......

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