We are taught to believe that we “ought” to do things a certain way‚ considered the “right” way‚ but we never look at what we ought not to do because the society we live in considers them as morally wrong. Standards and principles are taught through social conditioning‚ thus which society one is born into will determine their standards and principles. We are not born with moral values or beliefs; we learn them through the environment that we grow up in. Here are three ways that morality is relative
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Chinese Cinderella is a book written by Adeline Yen Mah. The author writes an autobiography about her own experiences and her life as a child. It is a true story about an unwanted daughter who suffered because of the unfairness of the family towards her. In this novel‚ Adeline illustrates the sad memoir of her own childhood‚ growing up in the 1940’s and 50’s and describing her struggle for acceptance from the time she was born to the age of fourteen. The author chose the title of her book as Chinese
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This book is as good as your favorite book times four. It keeps getting better and better as you read it. The novel Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen-Mah is inspiring because it talks about how Adeline was always working hard even though her family did not like her. As she grows up she gets sent to many boarding schools and that makes her work even harder. Aleline never gave up on her dream no matter what happened. For example‚ “It was announced today that 14 year old Hong Kong schoolgirl Adeline
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Family and Relationships: ‘To her we are not separate people. Over here‚ we have become a single unit known as all of you’. (page 28) This quote relates to the theme of family and relationships. The profound barrier between Niang’s biological children and step-children is portrayed through the different treatment of the two groups‚ with Niang’s ‘real’ children favoured immensely. ‘In no time at all big sister went over to the other side. I knew Niang loathed me and despised my aunt
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Disney’s original movie Cinderella (1950) and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1997) both consist of songs throughout the movie. “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes” is sung by Cinderella where she is seen singing to her animal friends to always keep dreaming. It consists of rhymes in the end of almost each line and the words rhyme with each other every other line. There are different types of rhymes used throughout the song. The second and fourth lines end with asleep/keep‚ which are perfect
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The author of Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah illustrates the relationship she experiences within her family which defines the impact in her life as an individual. Throughout the novel‚ Adeline uses characterisation‚ images‚ symbols and language to illustrate her journey from one who was abused and assaulted by her stepmother Niang‚ to one who loved and cherished by her Aunt Baba. In her book‚ Adeline Yen Mah uses the characterisation of her stepmother Niang to describe the negative relationship
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lick what we like and dislike‚ it is all psychological. So if we dont have a control on our psychology‚ then how can we be morally responsible for the consequences of the actions that arise out of that psychology? In order for us to be morally responsible for our actions we have to have created our own psychology‚ but this is impossible. So since we never had control on what our character is or how or psychology is then how can we be morally responsible for the actions that arise from our psychology
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Chinese Cinderella Chinese Cinderella Introduction: How is Adeline described in the book‚ how is her relationship to the other characters in the book and how do these characters affect Adeline in how she is‚ how she feels and how she acts. How is Adeline described in the book‚ how is her relationship to the other characters in the book and how do these characters affect Adeline in how she is‚ how she feels and how she acts. For my topic for this essay I have chosen to read the book called
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Orenstein’s three year-old daughter entered the “princess phase‚” Orenstein became increasingly frustrated. As a feminist‚ she worried about the negative effects the princess obsession would have on her daughter and other young girls in their futures. In “Cinderella and Princess Culture‚” Orenstein sets out to discuss these effects. She discovers that although it seems as if this princess craze is creating negative gender stereotypes at an early age‚ maybe princess enthusiasts are really benefitting from their
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The Consequential Theory or also known as‚ Consequentialism‚ in determining whether an act is considered as morally right or not‚ we rely solely on the consequence of the action itself. If the outcome of the action is positive‚ then the action is morally right. Based on consequentialism‚ we should opt for the action with the best overall consequences and we should always try to promote the best consequences. There are numerous types of consequentialism‚ however‚ we will focus mainly on egoistic
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