Post #6

In the "Empowerment Through Mythological Imaginings in Woman Warrior" by Sue Ann Johnston, Johnston is really explaining how woman warriors are portrayed in different Chinese-American mythologies.  The used of direct quoting of different authors to compare and contrast is really helpful.  This lets the reader know where the information is from and it also gives the readers an opinion from the different authors, opens up how the reader might feel, agreeing or disagreeing to the idea.  Also this piece discusses a lot about the roles of a female and how females are basically the "woman warriors" because for a few hundred of year woman are looked down on, they are only slaves/prisoners to the males.  Chinese traditions support this idea that woman are only useful to marry off and are treated like slaves, they never have a say on things, the men were more superior and that women couldn't break free of these roles unless you are the few with enough courage and bravery.  The story of the white tigers, which was also mentioned in the reading piece, out of the man million females. Fa Mu Lan was able to break free from the traditional role of a woman and she learned to be cunning and strong, most importantly she became independent.  She broke free from the repetitive acts of tradition, and found herself along the journey.  The "White Tiger" is just one of the few myths that touch on this topic and help you visual the arguments on gentrification of Chinese or Chinese-American females.