In Chinese Cinderella‚ Adeline Yen Mah described her painful childhood and her difficult journey to reach her ultimate triumph over despair. Her family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her. When her father remarries to Niang‚ her half siblings are thoroughly spoiled while she and her siblings from their father’s first wife are subjected to rejection. Although she excels in her schoolwork‚ Adeline yearns the love‚ support and understanding of her family. Her life journey
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I have been reading Chinese Cinderella‚ an autobiography by Adeline Yen Mah. It is a touching story about the life of an unwanted daughter living with her grandparents‚ aunt‚ siblings and her horrid father and stepmother. Ever since her mother died due to her birth‚ all her siblings renamed her ‘bad luck charm’. All her life Adeline had been mistreated‚ unloved and never acknowledged. The issue I would like to discuss is about family relationships and its impact. Adeline was treated unfairly
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Chinese Cinderella is the autobiography of an unwanted daughter written by Adeline Yen Mah. The story is set in China‚ back in the 1940. Adeline describes her painful childhood and her difficult journey to reach her ultimate triumph over despair. Her family considers her bad luck‚ after her mother dies giving birth to her. As the years flew by‚ Adeline is disregarded even more as her new step-mother clearly adores her children bountifully. In spite of all the unpleasantness that happens at home‚
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“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance‚ you must keep moving.” ~Albert Einstein. Adeline had many things going on in her life‚ but that did not stop her from fulfilling her dreams. Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah is a very depressing story. Imagine being a little girl who has a family with no faith in her. Having nobody to talk to at home. Having your best friend taken away from you. Forced to attend boarding school. Imagine being separated from a family member or being abused
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Chinese Cinderella In Adeline Yen Mah’s book “Chinese Cinderella”‚ the main themes that are shown throughout the book are courage and perseverance. The book portrays a young girl by the name of Adeline‚ who faces being deserted‚ rejected and forsaken by her own family but how she persevered through her suffering. The theme of courage is shown when Adeline was left abandoned and forgotten in a Boarding-School in Tianjin while a civil war was occurring. Courage was also shown when Adeline finally
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‘Chinese Cinderella’ demonstrates the power of education. Some people take their education for granted. They think that because public school education is free that it is worthless and pointless. But all of those people are wrong‚ because there’s no point in life if you don’t know anything. One person who values the power and worth of education is Adeline Yen Mah‚ who wrote the autobiography ‘Chinese Cinderella’. There are many ways the text clearly states the power of education. Adeline attending
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In the autobiography ‘Chinese Cinderella’‚ Adeline Yen Mah shares the story of her childhood as an unwanted daughter. Throughout her story‚ she faces many challenges that she must overcome. These challenges test her; they are able to make her stronger‚ wiser‚ but also weaker. With the right coping strategies‚ the difficulties she encounters will make her stronger and wiser; however‚ without developing the right attributes‚ the hardships she opposes will make her weaker and more incapable. Adeline’s
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mother died in giving birth to her. Falling leaves is the true story of Adeline Yen Mah. It told of a person that was discriminated and emotionally abused by her family for all her life since her birth‚ all her life she suffered and was punished by her family from something she was innocent of and didn’t do. To understand this‚ a brief background of her family history should be known. Adeline’s Father Joseph Tsi-Rung Yen came from a rich family in Shanghai. He was born in 1907. During the time
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China. Falling Leaves ‚ by Adeline Yen Mah‚ unveils the darker side of Chinese culture through her eyes as an unwanted Chinese daughter. Shocking mistreatment‚ of not only the author‚ but also the females in her extended family keep suspense alive throughout the book. My heart sobs at each account of Adeline’s tortured life‚ but through it all‚ there was a flicker of her spirit that could not be put out. In China‚ girls are seen as a possession or a "cheap commodity" (Yen Mah 100). Sons‚ especially
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Adeline Yen Mah’s novel Chinese Cinderella is an autobiographical novel about ‘the secret story of an unwanted daughter.’ The novel is memorable because the story is intriguing and it is also historical as it depicts the chaos of China in the early 1940s. The novel is also remarkable for its strong depiction of characters. The novel is based on a girl called Adeline who is neglected and unloved by her family members. There are few people who love her. Adeline’s family considers her bad luck because
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