the family and could never be fully connected to her Chinese heritage. Although she is angry for the terrible punishment infl!
             icted on her aunt, she feels remorse for "telling on her" (16). This shows that the narrator does not only disapprove of the Chinese culture, but also feels sorry for those who must suffer in an eternity of exile.
             "White Tigers" brings readers into the creative imagination of the narrator. Here, she explains the pressure placed on Chinese girls to succeed. "When we Chinese girls listened to the adults talk-story, we learned that we failed if we grew up to be but wives or slaves" (19). These expectations increased when she was in the presence of "great power, [her] mother talking story" (20). In one particular situation, the narrator recalls her mother singing about Fa Mu Lan, the woman warrior. Although her mother expec
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