judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree‚ it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid” (Albert Einstein). This quote especially applies to the main character of Chinese Cinderella‚ Adeline. Many people gave her the impression that she was worthless‚ but some believed in her. In the memoir Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah‚ Adeline has a very tough childhood. However‚ her grandfather‚ Ye Ye‚ and her aunt‚ Aunt Baba‚ continuously support her‚ and Adeline would not have risen above
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sacrifice and most of all‚ love of what you are doing.” This quote by Pele‚ a soccer player regarded as one of the best of all time‚ describes the determination that it took for Adeline to succeed and overcome her childhood. In the memoir‚ Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah‚ the author writes about the support from Ye Ye‚ Aunt Baba‚ and also rising above her abusive childhood. Ye Ye is one of the reasons why Adeline was able to succeed. Adeline’s grandfather stated‚ “‘I ordered the maids to set
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Education is a very powerful force which is vital to our current society and impacts directly on later life. A perfect example of the power that education has over our life circumstances is the autobiography of Ms. Adeline Yen Mah‚ “Chinese Cinderella”. The power of education assisted and influenced Adeline in many ways‚ from becoming an accepted and highly respected individual to escaping her family circumstances and strengthening her self-esteem. Adeline wished to be accepted by everyone and it
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Chapter 1: Top of the Class Autumn 1941. Four-year-old Adeline is intelligent and smart‚ receiving an award from her kindergarten teacher (Mother Agnes) on the first week of school. Her Aunt Baba treasures Adeline’s award by placing it in her special safe-deposit box. Adeline is close to her Aunt Baba‚ asking her about her deceased mother. Aunt Baba isn’t willing to share what she knows but Adeline learns that her mother died from a fever two weeks after she was born. Chapter 2: A Tianjin Family
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The book Chinese Cinderella is a true story written by Adeline Yen Mah based on her life as a child. The book is about Adeline Yen Mah and the struggles and successes she faced as a child growing up in many different places. She was known as the unwanted daughter and was also known as bad luck because of the passing of her mother after she was born. After her mothers death her father re-married her evil stepmother who doesn’t like her. She is treated badly from all of her family except from Aunt
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As a young child‚ Adeline faced many sad and hard times and was a very successful girl. She had a great amount of determination which helped her to become successful and achieve her life goal. The memoir‚ Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah‚ is a very inspirational story. It was an inspirational story of Adeline never giving up‚ continuously trying to make her father proud‚ and going through many hardships and still becoming successful. Adeline was advancing in her learning because she never gave
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Chinese Cinderella Extended Response By Atharva Shanbhag Essay Prompt #6 St. Joseph’s French Convent School was the first school that Adeline went to and it had a big impact on her interests. Adeline likes St. Joseph’s a lot since all the girls looked similar to her‚ in their uniform. This made Adeline feel like she belongs there‚ unlike her home‚ where she was the smallest and the least cared about. “My classmates made me feel as if I “belonged” Unlike my siblings nobody looked down on me” (Mah
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Cinderella While growing up as a young girl to an adult‚ fairy tales have always been incredible. Fairy tales are astonishing‚ enjoyable and always brought forth-interesting concepts of love‚ hatred‚ jealousy and bravery. The key element of each fairytale was always a happy ending that caught the audience’s attention. The Grimm Brothers version of Cinderella was indeed‚ remarkable to read and watch. When fairytales were first introduced‚ the public appreciated the fairy tales for their happy
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of the Sun and Chinese Cinderella Background [pic] Caption: The Japanese Internment of Allied Civilians in China Caption:The cruel treatment from Japanese. [pic] Though set in different places and social background‚ Empire of the Sun and Chinese Cinderella also take place in political and social perspective. The setting of Chinese Cinderella and Empire of the Sun are both Shanghai in the Second World War‚ which was invaded by Japanese. In Chinese Cinderella‚ the writer suggested
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An analytical Essay on Chinese Cinderella and Water By Meyuri Mahendrarajah In today’s world we share many experience with other people from different parts of the world. In this analytical essay global conections and human experiences by will be explored by comparing and contrasting the novel Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah and the film Water by Deepa Mehta. The novel Chinese Cinderella describes Adeline’s experiences growing up as an unwanted daughter and was published in 1999 and is
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