The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston is a collection of memoirs, a blend of Kingston's autobiography with Chinese folklore. The book is divided into five interconnected chapters: No Name Woman, White Tigers, Shaman, At the Western Palace, and A Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe. There are three characters in No Name Woman: Kingston, Kingston's mother, and Kingston's aunt. This section begins with Kingston's mother telling the story of her aunt and her shameful past in which her aunt took part in an adulterous affair and openly expressed her sexuality, then Kingston's interpretation of this story and more late what the story ultimately means for Kingston: the act of the family completely forgetting this aunt. In White Tigers he tells the myth of Fa Mu Lan. It begins with Kingston telling Fa Mu Lan's story of her mother and her training where an elderly couple trains Fa Mu Lan to be a warrior for fifteen years, then Fa Mu Lan's role as the main warrior and wife where replaces his father in battle and seeks revenge and finally Kingston's comparison of Fa Mu Lan's life to his own. In Shaman, Kingston tells his mother's story of when his mother was a student and doctor. It starts with Kingston's mother at the To Keung School of Midwifery, then his mother, Brave Orchid, returns to her village and finally Kingston's mother tells Kingston about her life in America and how she tells Kingston that every person is a " ghost". . At the Western Palace, he talks about Kingston's memories of his elderly mother and his mother's sister, Beautiful Orchid. It begins with Brave Orchid meeting her sister Lovely Orchid at the airport after not seeing each other for 30 years, then welcoming... middle of paper... perspectives that make it quite difficult for a reader to see the progression of the autobiography and the Kingston's growth progression from little girl to woman. However, growth is evident in the narrative and one can see the many facets of Kingston: his cruelty, his adolescent rebellion, his meekness and his strength. She grows from a little girl who couldn't speak for herself in school to a woman who can express her opinion on paper. She grows from a little girl who hid from the story her mother told her to a woman who accepts the dark cracks of her past. Kingston has grown in her book from a person who has suffered under scrutiny and conflicting values ​​and customs to a woman who has found her identity and composed beautiful prose about her legacy. Works Cited Kingston, Maxine Hong. The warrior woman: memories of a childhood among ghosts. New York: Knopf, 1976.