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Storytelling has helped humankind evolve into a wiser species by
allowing those with enough attentiveness and intelligence to learn from the
mistakes of their predecessors. The Chinese culture, like many others world
wide, base their beliefs largely on stories passed down from generation to
generation. Because stories are told and retold, alterations and even new
versions appear. Such is the case in " Fa Mu Lan," for more than one version is
known to exist to this day. Many times the changes in a story are to put its
message on a certain level for an individual to understand. If the change is to
keep the message updated with society, the version would be a modernized one.
These stories affect the stories with a flavor of their own personal character.
In The Woman Warrior Maxine Hong Kingston utilizes stories told to her by her
mother as a device to introduce readers to some aspect of her life. Kingston's
mother pass down to her the wisdom she has acquired from her......

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