The novel Chinese Cinderella is an autobiography written by Adeline Yen Mah about the harsh life she had whilst growing up. Adelineʼs childhood shapes her character‚ the reader can see these developments throughout the novel. One characteristic easily seen is her love for reading and writing. Adeline is also a very intelligent school student who accomplishes many achievements in the novel. Her intelligence also leads to her success. Adelineʼs modesty of her intelligence and impressive writing skills
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Describe a main character and your thoughts on them. Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah Practice Essay In the autobiography ‘Chinese Cinderella’ by Adeline Yen Mah‚ a main character that will be described is Adeline herself‚ as she is such an inspirational person. This essay will describe Adeline’s personality traits‚ being strong willed‚ loyal and courageous. Adeline’s personality traits were shown while being strong willed and being voted as the class president at a very young age. ‘Why should
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Text Response: “Chinese Cinderella” by Adeline Yen Mah Explain the main theme (idea) in your text and comment on why the theme is so important. An important theme in the book “Chinese Cinderella” by Adeline Yen Mah is the power of knowledge and perseverance against all problems be they small or big. The book demonstrates the importance of these themes by portraying a character: Adeline who through her adversities‚ perseveres to overcome obstacles and empowers herself by excelling in academic
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Women writers of 1930s Chinese literature tackled issues on gender and family. Yuan Changying adapted her play over the famous Han dynasty folk ballad and love tragedy‚ Southeast Flies the Peacock. In the traditional ballad‚ the male protagonist‚ Zhong‚ was the son of the well off Jiao family’s widowed wife. He was matched with and married a common‚ but beautiful and talented lady named Lan. Although they loved each other‚ differences in status and family opposition forced the couple apart. There
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traditions: December. For decades‚ we have celebrated Christmas with our family and in church. We think about the poor and care about others‚ just for once. We celebrate New Year’s Eve with friends and food‚ and we spend huge amounts of money on fireworks. All of these traditions are‚ of course‚ great. But don’t you think we need to change some of our traditions? We have been celebrating events in the same way for decades‚ so we definitely need to make some important changes. Tradition seems the opposite
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me an American! Fourth of July Is an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States.This day is known as Independence day and we‚ Americans celebrate this day and it is very important to us.We Americans‚ go to parades and watch fireworks at
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Last term our class studied Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah. It is Adeline’s story‚ about her tough and horrible childhood as a neglected and unloved daughter of a rich and arrogant man‚ and a cruel‚ and abusive Stepmother. Right from the moment her mother died‚ Adeline was labelled as ‘bad luck’. Her family was very superstitious and believed she caused her mothers death so was therefore despised‚ no one wanted her around at all. Unfortunately for Adeline she didn’t really have any parents
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child that has sweets‚ it is the city that never sleeps. At night the moment that the fireworks will bursts in the clear black sky‚ the people were on every Spot on the ground they were like the sun’s rays in summer. Suddenly I can see lime green rockets zooming it to a pitch black sky‚ amongst the twinkling white stars. Everyone looked incredibly amazed. What I can hear was a gigantic bang as the firework explodes. The thundering explosion noise echoed through the darkness around me. The smell
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From Chinese Cinderella Growing up in a wealthy family in 1950s Hong Kong‚ Adeline Yen Mah should have had an enviable childhood‚ but she was rejected by her dominating stepmother and despised by her brothers and sisters. She was sent to a boarding school and left there. In this extract from her autobiography she relates one of the few occasions when she went home. Time went by relentlessly and it was Saturday again. Eight weeks more and it would be the end of term … in my case perhaps the end of
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n Chinese tradition‚ certain numbers are believed by some to be auspicious (吉利) or inauspicious (不利) based on the Chinese word that the number name sounds similar to. The numbers 0‚ 6‚ 8‚ and 9 are believed to have auspicious meanings because their names sound similar to words that have positive meanings. Contents [hide] 1 Lucky numbers 1.1 Zero 1.2 Two 1.3 Three 1.4 Five 1.5 Six 1.6 Seven 1.6.1 Forty-nine 1.7 Eight 1.8 Nine 2 Unlucky numbers 2.1 Four 2.2 Five 2.3 Six 3 Combinations
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