1. We can see the story in our mind when she describes the colors and names of all the animals that we know. When she describes the bird screams, the thud of turtles swimming in the boiling water and their shells hitting the side of the pot, you can almost hear these sounds too. She uses the sense of smell when describing the smell of the dismembered skunk. The sense of taste is described when the author writes about the monkey story. She also writes about taste when she said, “If it tastes good, it’s bad for you,” and “If it tastes bad, it’s good for you.” I think the visual description of how the monkey was brought to the table, clamped to the table and how they removed his skull while still alive was the most effective description of them all.
2. It almost sounds like the Maxine Hong Kingston’s mother was very creative and made up stories to tell her children. Who has catfish in their bathtub? The food that the Chinese eat is so strange and weird that Kingston would rather eat plastic than eat the food.
3. This was probably the biggest fantasy or make-believe story and she describes it at length to create a picture in our minds, because we would never see it that way if she didn’t.
4. She uses personification when talking about the “tender plant with flowers like white stars hiding under the leaves…” She also uses it when talking when he mother used tobacco leeks and “grasses swimming.” Kingston also uses similes, “as tall as the washing machine” and “The curtain flaps closed like merciful black wings.”
5. I think Kingston wanted to grab the reader’s attention by opening up with a lengthy catalog of foods. I know it catch my attention and made me want to know more. I also think that by describing such revolting food, the reader also agrees that they would rather eat plastic.
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