“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.” (Anonymous) These words reverberates me to think about how I can It shows that when bad things happen that you should brush yourself off and keep going and not think about the past, but think about your future. Life is a precious gift given to us by God himself so you should never dwell on your bad experiences in life.
“He ordered me to lie facedown on my bed and he whipped me.” Her family struggles reflect through these words and even though she was neglected by Father she also was neglected by her stepmother Niang. “The danger is real. Niang loathes me. As for father, he doesn't care. He hardly knows that I exist, …show more content…
She was beaten with a dog whip when she decided to disobey Niang and then was threatened to be sent to an orphanage when she was younger. She was never able to participate in the different activities that her whole family would go to. She finally felt as if she belonged when her cousin Victor stood up for her and decided to not go on the family trip. My whole essay shows that Adeline is a very neglected and troubled girl in a family who doesn't even know she exists. The story of Chinese Cinderella is inspiring to me because I have had family troubles, but it helped me to realize that those terrible memories are in the past and I need to start contemplating my future. Life goes on and you should never let bad experiences come back to haunt you and Adeline didn't. She did exactly that and became an accomplished writer and was happy for the rest of her life without her family. The words that I chose are something that spoke to me
“He ordered me to lie facedown on my bed and he whipped me.” Her family struggles reflect through these words and even though she was neglected by Father she also was neglected by her stepmother Niang. “The danger is real. Niang loathes me. As for father, he doesn't care. He hardly knows that I exist, …show more content…
She was beaten with a dog whip when she decided to disobey Niang and then was threatened to be sent to an orphanage when she was younger. She was never able to participate in the different activities that her whole family would go to. She finally felt as if she belonged when her cousin Victor stood up for her and decided to not go on the family trip. My whole essay shows that Adeline is a very neglected and troubled girl in a family who doesn't even know she exists. The story of Chinese Cinderella is inspiring to me because I have had family troubles, but it helped me to realize that those terrible memories are in the past and I need to start contemplating my future. Life goes on and you should never let bad experiences come back to haunt you and Adeline didn't. She did exactly that and became an accomplished writer and was happy for the rest of her life without her family. The words that I chose are something that spoke to me