The Author of The Woman Warrior

We are discussing the Woman Warrior in class. The story so far doesn't talk about the author directly; instead it is written about the aunt. A question our teacher asked us is "What does Maxine's description and imagination about her aunt say about her."
One image I get from the author is that she is a very open person. When she writes about her aunt, she does so in a very open manner, she tells her mysterious man "I think I'm pregnant" even when she knows that it is a troublesome and potentially dangerous sentence to say.
Another quote that gives me an idea of the author is that she is informed about the Chinese traditions and culture. "On nights when my mother and father talked about their life back home sometimes they mentioned an 'outcast table'… In a commensal tradition, where food is precious, the powerful older people made wrongdoers eat alone."