Maxine Hong Kingston
1. Kingston calls her novel a memoir, but it is not a typical autobiography. What do you expect to learn from reading someone’s memoir or autobiography?
2. What do you know of Chinese culture? Mention any beliefs that you associate with the Chinese relating to religion, gender, values, and philosophy.
3. Are stories important? Think of a way that a story (any type: written, oral, true, fiction, etc.) has impacted your life. Briefly mention the story and how it influenced you.
4. When someone is born in the United States, but has parents who were born in another country, is that person American or Blank-American (i.e. Chinese-American, Mexican-American, Italian-American, etc.)? Does it make a difference?