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    and her father remarries. Her stepmother‚ as well as her step sisters are beautiful‚ but have a black heart. Cinderella goes to her mother’s grave every day‚ prays and weeps. One day‚ her father asks what he should bring back from the town for the girls. The step sisters ask for dresses and pearls‚ while Cinderella asks for a branch from the tree that first hits him on his way home. Cinderella plants that branch and it grows into a beautiful tree‚ where a bird listens to her wishes and grants them.

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    Margaret Shuff Mrs. Siegfried AP Language and Composition 12 May 2012 Chinese Cinderella- Analysis The most persuasive and intriguing aspect of an author’s stylistic choices are within the schemes‚ tropes‚ diction and syntax. Adeline Yen Mah‚ author of Chinese Cinderella‚ paints an authentic picture of her childhood in twentieth-century China; Mah’s childhood‚ fraught with painful memories and bad luck‚ accentuates her strength and courage and ultimate triumph over despair. Mah’s stylistic

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    Chinese Cinderella ALL the characters are to an extent SELFISH. Discuss. The book Chinese Cinderella displays acts of both selfish and selfless people‚ using multiple examples to help your understanding of each character that is spoken about. The book is based in the early 1900’s and talks about Adeline’s struggle as she grows up with her family. When Adeline was born her mother past away‚ leaving her family blaming her and calling her “un lucky” There are less selfish people in her life then

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    Chinese Cinderella Essay In the book‚ “Chinese Cinderella‚’ by Adeline Yen Mah‚ there are many things that happen to Adeline throughout her life. The book is based on the original Chinese Cinderella‚ had a similar life to Adeline. Both were maltreated by their stepmothers‚ both original mothers die and both gradually become more powerful and renowned throughout their lives. The two girls were severely maltreated by their stepmothers throughout their childhood years. Chinese Cinderella‚ Ye Xian

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    Panttaja explains in her essay different views and ideas in the sense that Cinderella is successful because of the magical powers created by her dead mother. The author tells that “It is not suprising . . . that modern criticism of (Cinderella) . . . has been so strangely indifferent to the roles that Cinderella’s mother plays in the story.” This to my knowledge is giving me a different view on how people thought Cinderella acted to the situations that occurred. Cinderella’s mother plays a big role

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    and understood by examining literature. The first place that archetype can be examined is in Cinderella stories. The Traditional Cinderella story that we have all heard sets our standard for archetype in different cultural stories having Jewish‚ Indian‚ Chinese‚ and modern-day settings. In the Indian Cinderella story‚ "The Rough Faced Girl‚" there are many archetypes that are seen but the Cinderella archetype stands out. The girl‚ referred to as the rough faced girl‚ is an archetype in the Indian’s

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    Life in the 1930’s shown in Cinderella Man In Ron Howard’s film‚ Cinderella Man‚ the story of the famous boxer James J. Braddock is told during his career in the late 1920’s and 1930’s during the Great Depression. Jim is a fierce boxer during the 1920’s and is very successful‚ but as the years go by Jim begins to wash up and lose his luck in the ring. He suffers an injury and loses his job as a professional boxer right as the economy begins to plunge as the country enters the Great Depression.

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    therapist would need for administering family treatment involving transgenerational model. If we would speculate knowing some information about Cinderella’s family members‚ the transgenerational model would work beautifully. A chronic anxiety of Cinderella‚ her unstable‚ submissive behavior‚ could be explained by anxiety transmitted over several generations. Goldenbergs bring our attention to a few important emotional patterns of an individual:”the selection of a spouse with similar differentiation

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    “Walt Disney’s Cinderella” is the retelling of a familiar fairytale. Walt Disney‚ regarded as America’s great filmmakers and innovators‚ combined animation and music to present this classic story. In the fairytale‚ Cinderella is a plain servant for her stepmother and two stepsisters. With the help of a fairy god mother and some mice‚ she transforms into a beautiful princess who captures the heart of a young handsome prince. Then when the clock turns midnight‚ she has to return home and she loses

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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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