Chinatown in 1960s as reflected in The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of A Girlhood
Among Ghosts written by Maxine Hong Kingston.
B. Scope of the Study
This research will be limited on the Chinese American society in Stockton Chinatown in 1960s -especially Chinese American women, as in the novel women
become the protagonist- although the Chinese American in general will also be discussed. Chinese American women got a unique experience, which need to be
explained in a particular place. That is about their life in China and the traditional views following them and their later life in America as Chinese American women,
which completely brings difference to their later experience. All limitation is done in order to get the accurate data in analyzing and answering the problem formulation.
C. Problem Formulation
After learning the data gathered and reading the novel as the data source, there are found two problems by the researcher. The problems are:
1. What were the reasons of Chinese American second generation in Stockton Chinatown in 1960s to change their characters?
2. What were the new characters of Chinese American second generation in Stockton Chinatown in 1960s?
D. Objectives of The Study
This research will be done in order: 1. To investigate what the reasons of Chinese American second generation in
Stockton Chinatown in 1960s to change their characters. 2. To inform what the new characters of Chinese American second generation in
Stockton Chinatown in 1960s were.
E. Significance of the Study
The researcher hopes that this research will: 1. Give some information about the new characters of the second generations of
Chinese American, especially the new characters of Chinese American women.
2. Give a contribution to other researchers, who want to arrange a thesis and dig deeper on the same novel as this research.
3. Give a contribution to American studies about the Chinese American as one of the national character builder.
F. Research Methodology
