Other Books with Similarities

This book, the Woman Warrior, has many connections to other books. Perhaps if one found this book interesting, they would find these other stories interesting, too. A book that has major connections to Woman Warrior is The Joy Luck Club. These books both focus on the Chinese culture and the discriminations toward woman in said culture. Another book that is similar to this book is Life of Pi, however it is not as obvious. Both of the main characters become stranded in an area, for the girl a forest and for Pi a boat, and have to learn survival strategies. Both characters also hallucinate, become very hungry, and have the help of an animal friend. The girl in the forest is saved by a rabbit when it sacrifices itself to her for meat, Pi is saved by the tiger in the boat that leads him to safety. Also, Woman Warrior is similar to Things Fall Apart as both deal with an important aspect of both cultures: Gender. In Woman Warrior it is obvious that women are not seen equally in the fact that Kingston's own family insults her. In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo beats his wife (he has many, also showing little respect for the female sex) and makes many demeaning remarks about the gender, saying they are good-for-nothing. In both stories, women are seen as workers and son bearers. These stories are all very close and certainly have similar qualities.