Kingston throughout her memoir tells myths of her childhood in which helps build up the plot / storyline. By telling myths she is able to say things that might not be completely true but she has a purpose for this. Typically, myths are meant to try to explain a specific custom or practice of a certain culture. In this case, Kingston uses myths that have been passed down by her mother to try to explain her Chinese culture. In a more traditional memoir the mention of certain myths would be impossible to do since traditional memoirs are known for being truthful. In Kingston’s memoir she mentions some myths that seem implausible or rather hard to detect if they are entirely real or entirely fictive. For instance, she constantly mentions the existence