Women Writers
Dr. Ramirez
Amy Tan's Kitchen God's Wife,
Chapters 21-26
1. Write for 10-15 minutes on how
Winnie is like her mother.
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Both run from their marriages
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Both want something different from
tradition and what society deems acceptable
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Both make difficult choices about their
children/pregnancies
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Winnie recalls the forbidden stories
of her youth and realizes that they punish women who follow their hearts;
but she is a good girl and still gets punished; her mother, on the other
hand, could be happy in leaving her family and duty
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Both follow their own minds and assert
themselves
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Both become role models or sources
of inspiration
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Both become subjects of wild speculation
2. Presentation
3. Library research on scholarly
articles and works.