Woman Warrior Post 3

I can’t imagine what it would be like growing up with my mother telling me stories about our ancestors and not knowing if the stories were true or not.  Throughout the author’s (Maxine Wong Kingston’s) memoirs, Maxine interjected stories that her mother told.  Most of the stories were to frighten Maxine into making the “right” decision and not do something that would insult their family.  I know the stories were added to try and make the reader understand more about the Chinese culture, but some of them were added at inappropriate times and made the book “choppy” and, sometimes, confusing.   I think it would have been better if she explained what caused her to write about these particular stories and why they were important to her.