After much thought, I finally decided to write my blog on the first topic off of the prompt list. In the poem "Be Nobody's Darling" by Alice Walker it states that in order for an individual to truly be free he/she must first become an outcast. This idea means that for a person to shine in their own way and be who they really are it is way easier when you don'e have a group to follow and almost be like them instead of yourself. This is only possible when a person gets rejected from the so called society and most people will be happier this way because they are able to go past societies molds of peolple and be an individual.
Maxine Hong Kingston would absolutely disagree with Walker's perspective on outcast hood. in her short story "No Name Woman" the outcast does not feel free or like an individual like the poem portrayed the outcast to feel. The women must act in a way that the Chinese culture accepts and when she does not follow the traditions other people take action. There were many awful things done to her that no one should be proud of and she was an outcast that lives a horrible life because of her actions. So it is very clear that Maxine Hong Kingston's view of an outcast is very different from Alice Walker's view.
Jaime Wallace, Post #1
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