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Identity Crisis Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior presents the struggles of a Chinese-American woman growing up as she attempts to reconcile two cultures, a female devaluing Chinese culture and influences by an American culture, while developing her own identity as a Chinese-American. Using William R. Schroeder's model of interpretation will help to define the struggles and complications experienced by Kingston as relevant to my interpretation. Schroeder’s model of interpretation presents eight interpretive elements: …

…her book, in the same manner as if she finally concludes her self studies. She may not feel as if she is a part of the American culture and found many of its aspects to be confusing and strange. And yet, as she was able to incorporate her own culture with the strange and “barbaric” one. She found her identity to be a mixture of cultures, as a Chinese-American female. And. “It translated well” (p.209).