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A 4 page research paper that has 2 sections. The first section compares the tradition of slavery in China, as described by Kingston's mother, with slavery in the history of St. Thomas. The writer speculates on how this makes the student researching this topic feel. The second section offers a short essay on the mother/daughter conflict portrayed in "Shaman," which is part of Kingston's book Warrior Woman. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Thomas (in the U.S. Virgin Islands), might feel a deep affinity for the forces of oppression against which the women in Kingstons short stories have to cope. Particularly, as St.
Thomas, along with rest of the Western Hemisphere, was a site were people of African descent suffered under the yoke of slavery for centuries, the references to slavery may seem
particularly poignant to the student. This writer can imagine that references to slavery and the attitude of Kingstons mother would make the student reader angry and increase identification with Kingston.
Kingstons mother, Brave Orchid, seems to take slavery for granted as a logical and useful thing. Her appreciation of her former slave suggests that she saw nothing inherently wrong with
this awful institution. In fact, Brave Orchid discusses slavery very pragmatically, in terms of dollars and cents. In China, Kingstons mother paid fifty dollars for a slave because the
girl was sixteen years old and had already possessed useful skills. Younger children were cheaper because of their inexperience. Eight-year-olds cost around twenty dollars; two-year-olds were just five dollars and
"Babies were free" (Kingston 83). It seems so strange to modern mentalities to evaluate human worth in terms of money and to think that people actually regard other people as
property rather than fellow human beings. Tourist information on St. Thomas indicates that St. Thomas Market Square is today a "bustling produce marketplace," but that this is also the
site of the West Indies busiest eighteenth century slave market (St. Thomas). While neither China or St. Thomas practices slavery today, this writer can imagine that this legacy conjures deeply
felt emotions in the student researching this topic. In writing a personal essay on this topic, the student may, therefore, wish to discuss her emotions on this topic. This
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