The Woman Warrior: "Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe"
Use your book to complete the following think writes. Get a few quotations for each question.
1. Reflect on the scene where Maxine tries to tell her mother her list of 200 things. Pull out at least 2 quotations and reflect on them. What does this reveal about Maxine and her mother? Why does she want to confess all these things? Pay particular attention to the final outburst.
2. Reflect on the ending of Kingston's autobiography. What does the story of Ts'ai Yen and the barbarian reed pipe have to do with the rest of the book? Why do you think Kingston ends with this story? Think about the final sentence of the book.