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“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” Mother Teresa. This quote relates to the novel, Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted daughter written by Adeline Yen Mah, a Chinese-American physician who describes her lonely experiences growing up in China during the Second World War. Even though she tries to make the most out of her horrible situation, she never wins under Father and Niang’s control. She is sent to many boarding schools, hated by her…

With a reassuring click, Nick locked his office door and strode silently down the darkened hall. After spending most of the day studying the golden Tablet of Sekhmet in his office, his shift at the history museum was over, and he was ready to head home. The tablet, discovered two years ago in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian king, was surrounded by myth and lore. Inscribed on it were prayers and spells to promote a safe passage to the afterlife, along with a warning: “Thieves beware, for this…

family system was based on obedient and hard working family members that served the emperor. The people of China at this time also practiced Bao-jia to better produce crops and cultivation. Another key ideal of the social classes at this point in Chinese History was the ideas of 5 relationships. They were that the son was subordinate to the father, the younger brother was subordinate to the elder brother, a proper relationship between friend and friend, wife was subordinate to her husband, and…

The Dao The Chinese character Dao has various meaning and its meaning is obtained depending on the context the character is used in, whether if the context is spiritually or metaphorically. The Dao is a Chinese character signifying 1) The “path”; 2) Or “choice”; 3) Or “way”; 4) Or “key”; 5) Or “ teaching”; 6) Or “doctrine”. The character Dao also has the related meaning of to guide someone with proper instruction or to follow the right teaching and the proper instructions or help someone find…

Asian culture differs greatly amongst the country it originates from. It is imperative for people to recognize the significant amount of differences there are in daily rituals and lifestyle between the Chinese and Japanese, even those that immigrated to America or were descents of immigrants. Chinese-Americans and Japanese-Americans have long been bundled together, when in reality there is a great amount of variation between them.…

their history follows and unfolds for the next generation. This then gives birth to character, the synthesis of human genetics and growth of unique personality through life experiences. Generations and character are both prominent themes in the novel, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. The four mothers in the novel represent the older, Chinese traditional generation and their four daughters represent the new Chinese-infused American generation. Although some might argue that the daughter’s resistance…

upset that they had to hang out with their “lame” parents instead of their group of friends. We should be grateful that we have parents that want to spend time with us because not everyone has that going for them. This is seen in Chinese Cinderella with the main character Adeline Yen Mah. Adeline’s mom died when she was very young, causing her to go live with her father and evil stepmother. Everyday, Adeline was treated with disrespect from her stepmother and step siblings. She would work…

countries that don’t have the word than can express the same meaning. Therefore, the special appellations must be translated by using a variety of translation strategies. Table 1: culture-loaded words translation of appellations Appellations in the Chinese version Translations in the American version 皇上 the Emperor 皇后 the Empress 太后 the Empress Dowager 太妃 Consort Dowager 贵妃 Noble Consort 妃 Consort 嫔 Concubine 贵人 Lady or Noble lady 常在 Attendant or First Attendant 答应 Second Attendant 嬷嬷 Madam 公公…

For my paper I was fortunate enough to be granted permission to observe some children at the Chinese summer camp where I went when I was younger, the counselors let me sit in and watch them entertain and educate the children from the corner of the classroom. The room was quite small but was able to accommodate me, four adults, 27 kids with ages ranging from 5 to 7, 30 adult size chairs, and a large table in the center. I was able to take more than an hour worth of notes during my stay there…

stories about my name. Before I came here, I got in touch with my roommate and told her that she can call me my English name if she considered it hard to articulate my Chinese name. But she told me she really wanted to learn how to read it and call me using my real name. Later I asked another friend whether she thought pronouncing my Chinese name to be a little inconvenient, but she answered without hesitation that she was willing to call me my real name—everyone could practice to pronounce it…