In White Tigers, Maxine Hong Kingston grows up hearing about women warriors and grows to adore them, particularly the story of Fa Mu Lan, in which the plot consisted of “the girl who took her father’s place in battle” (Kingston 20). The story then follows the Kingston’s fantasy journey to corner’s of the globe, and then she proceeds to endure intense warfare training. She then gets married and gives birth to a son, but continues to act as a man as she rises to become the leader of the Chinese army of peasants. Even with a baby under her armor, she leads the Chinese to seek revenge on the murderers for their killing of all the sons in her hometown, which results in a victory for the Chinese against a giant. The story closes as the narrator contrasts her disappointing American reality to her fantasy life she created.
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