Women Writers
Dr. Ramirez
Amy Tan's Kitchen God's Wife
Study Notes
for Chapters 1-11
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What prompts Winnie to tell her story
to Pearl?
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What function does storytelling serve
in the text?
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How do Winnie’s interpretations of
the past correspond with the multitude of selves in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando?
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Why is Winnie responsible for Peanut?
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Explain how Tan uses dichotomies in
the text. Pick one or two and talk about their significance.
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According to Winnie, how do marriages
take place in China? How does money go back and forth between families?
What kind of deal does she get?
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What happens to Winnie’s dowry and
how does this signify her place in the family?
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How do the Nine Fates relate to the
representation of luck and fate in the text?
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What is the significance of the Yin
and Yang story?
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Who is Wen Fu? Who does he appear to
be?