Reading Log for Fiction Sydney V. Best Title: Chinese Cinderella; The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter Author: Adeline Yen Mah Page Range: 1-42 Entry 1: “I did as I was told. Though I was only four years old‚ I understood I should not ask Aunt Baba too many questions about dead mama.” (Mah 3) Question 1: Who is speaking? Where does this particular scene take place (setting?) Explain the character’s thoughts‚ motives‚ and actions (i.e. what does this person
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In Good Wives‚ Laurel Thatcher Ulrich contends that unlike some historians would come to believe‚ Puritan women lived neither in a state of submissiveness or autonomy. Rather these women served as a complementary secondary function to the husband responsible for performing a variety of duties. In her “role analysis”‚ Ulrich structures her argument based three different characters from the Bible‚ a fitting organization due to the supremacy of the Church in early New English society. Her three prototypes
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Literature Circles Chinese Cinderella I read Chinese Cinderella as my literature circle book. Adeline Yen Mah wrote Chinese Cinderella. Chinese Cinderella is dedicated to all the unwanted children in the world. This book is easy to read and understand. In the double-digit chapters it became more interesting to me as a reader. There were a lot of emotional points to this book. As a young reader it just makes me think of how lucky I am to live the way I do. Chinese Cinderella is based on
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Treat women like dolls-are playthings‚ decorative‚ add to the house with their beauty and charm. • Both patronize the women –use diminutives • Make all the decisions financial and otherwise for the family. • Males are dominant • Both regard their wives as intellectually inferior‚ don’t want a wife who is independent and free thinking • Needs of the male come first. • Men pursue their own destiny. Women: • Men and women have same needs and wants‚ ambitions and desires but all she must wish to
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The Stepford Wives The late 1950’s and early 1960’s in America saw a shift in the American lifestyle sparked by increased civil rights activism‚ and following the end of WWII‚ peacetime put pressure on the social policies. The Women’s Liberation Movement was a key factor in thissuch change. The standard lifestyle of married women in 1950’s America mirrored that of Leave it to Beaver’s June Cleaver. A dutiful wife rooted in the home complete with a routine of chores‚ cooking‚ and cleaning. The restrictions
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Chinese Cinderella is Adeline Yen Mah’s remarkable autobiography of her childhood. She was a rejected daughter growing up in World War II China. She longed for her father’s acceptance after her mother died in childbirth and her father remarried a young and cruel Eurasian woman. She finally receives his attention and brings honor to her family by winning a creative writing competition. In Adeline’s story the idea’s of rejection‚ abandonment and overcoming adversity is cleverly conveyed through the
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T a h r ’N t s eces oe W RITTEN BY SUSAN LA M ARCA Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah This book is the moving autobiography of a young Chinese girl‚ Adeline Yen Mah. Born the fifth child to an affluent Chinese family her life begins tragically. Adeline’s mother died shortly after her birth due to complications bought on by the delivery‚ and in Chinese culture this marks her as cursed or ‘bad luck’ (p.3). This situation is compounded by her father’s new marriage to a lady who has little
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homeland of Obama himself. He also makes references to his father’s voice‚ much like Conrad refers to the voice of Kurtz‚ a mysterious character in his book. Perhaps Obama draws parallels between the elusiveness and indefinable qualities of both his father and Kurtz. Race Relations Large parts of the book relate conversations between Barack and his friends about race. Through his rebellious teenage years through to his adult years‚ he constantly assesses what race means and‚ specifically‚ what being
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Zits finally started understanding things about his father that he had never known before. He now knows why his dad left his mom. He now knows his dad loves him‚ and most importantly he knows his dad leaving him was best for Zits. Zits would be able to feel some peace understanding his father’s actions. Zors was his own father. Zits transformed back into his own
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Beloved Brother‚ Husband‚ And Father John Diedrich Spreckels was born on August 16th‚ 1853 in Charleston‚ South Carolina to Claus Spreckels and Anna Christina Mangels. He was the oldest of five children. The family moved to New York and then to San Francisco where he grew up. He studied at Oakland College and then in Hanover‚ Germany‚ where he studied chemistry and mechanical engineering in the Polytechnic College until 1872. In 1876 he went to the Hawaiian Islands‚ where he worked for his father’s
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