White Tigers Lit Circle Post 2

This is my second Lit Circle post for White Tigers. I'm still the Philosopher King, so what I did was look for the themes as I read the chapter. I noticed that there was pretty much only one theme at the end of this Chapter. It was Sexism. Maxine suffered from many sexist remarks and events while she was growing up. Back in her time, people didn't respect woman. Even though Maxine got straight A's, her parents didn't care because she was a girl. She wasn't going to become a doctor or a businessman, so they didn't care how Maxine did in school. There was only one expectation of women back in her time. It was to become a wife or slave. Many people said that it was a waste of time to put any time into a girl. Someone in the book said, "Better to raise geese than girls (46)." As she grew up and went to college, Maxine learned that sexism isn't the only bad thing that existed all around the world. So does racism. All of the bosses she worked for are very racist. One uses the term, "nigger yellow" frequently. Another fires Maxine because she refuses to type invitations to a restaurant that is being picketed by groups that push racial equality. When she gets fired, she wants to kill him, like what Fa Mu Lan would do. I guess the what the end of this chapter is trying to say is that in Maxine's life, there are many bad people, like in the Fa Mu Lan story. She has to find a way to defeat them. But, instead of killing them, she has to beat them by using her words.