Kingston's use of the five separate stories allows her to change voices, or to tell the stories from different points of view. She tells four of the five stories from the first-person point of view. Through her own narrative, Kingston can take a stand and report events the way she sees them, speaking out against social and racial injustice. The one story that Kingston tells in the third-person narrative gives her silent aunt, Moon Orchid, a voice. Moon Orchid, never able to adjust to American life, suffers from mental illness. Telling Moon Orchid's story enables Kingston to appease Moon Orchid's "displaced spirit."
The Woman Warrior, BookRags