Chinese Cinderella

“ The wip started to snap at me harder and harder leaving only pain in my body,”Said Adeline p. 37. Some people might know how these emotions feel. In the novel, Chinese Cinderella, by Yen Mah it has very depressing emotions for these reasons. This memoir is depressing because Adeline is physically abused, her siblings pick on her, and she is unwanted by her family. Through Adeline's life she gets physically abused. It is proven by the quote, “Father got back home and whipped me with his…

Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah is a memoir about the author’s childhood difficulties. The author uses a variety of sensational and vivid diction to portray her fear and pain in the scene where her father severely scolds her. To begin with, Adeline asserts that her father comes into her room with “towering rage”(Mah 104) and chastises her for secretly visiting her friend’s house. This phrase shows Adeline’s immense fear towards her father and indicates the readers how severe Adeline’s…

Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah is an inspirational story because she is unwanted and found her way, she persevered even in the worst times, and in the end she triumphed and felt good about it. Adeline is unwanted and not cared about, but still was able to find her way. Adeline is unwanted because her dad always ignores her.For example,“ I realized nobody had missed me. They didn't even know I wasn't home.” This shows that since father wasn't paying attention to Adeline he didn't know…

Chinese Cinderella is a true story about a young girl born into a rich Chinese family. Since her mother’s death after her birth, the rest of her family considers her unlucky, and therefore mistreats her. As the youngest child of the first marriage, and as the cause of her mother’s death, she is outranked by everyone in the family. One of the most important themes in this novel is family/love (or lack thereof). An example of this is seen through the relationship between Adeline and her father,…

“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…

label as identity. If questioned, I would state that the core of identity is perceptions.So I ask you again, what is identity? Adeline, the protagonist of Chinese Cinderella, has an opaque sense of self, being out casted by her family because her mother died giving birth to her. The lonesome little girl on the cover of “Chinese Cinderella” is very effective image that encompasses the isolation felt by their Adeline. This visual effectively tugs on the heartstrings of responders. This novel is…

Adeline has been whipped,thoroughly beaten, and has had a torturous life she never was welcomed by the family and had a depressing life. The memoir Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah is a story about a girl with a depressing life. Adeline was always depressed about being last on everything. Victor once said “It’s so unfair why doesn’t she ever get to go anywhere with us. Niang screamed That’s just the way it is! “( Yen Mah 156)She doesn’t get to go even with her own family. They treat her as…

The story of Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah is a story of a little girl that is isolated from her family, her whole life. From Adeline’s birth her family didn’t accept her and didn’t like her; especially Niang. Although Adeline’s biological brother and sisters were treated worse than their step-brother and sister, Adeline was treated worse. She didn’t have anyone to look out for her, besides Aunt Baba. Adeline had one person to look out for her, Aunt Baba, but she also had a pet that she…

This book called “The Chinese Cinderella”. It’s by a woman named Adeline Yen Mah. The Genre of the book Autobiographical Fiction. This story took place in China through 1941-1951. This book tells the life of the author growing up as child. This story is about a girl named Adeline Yen Mah. She was born in Tianjin, her mother dies a few weeks after she was born so her family despises her for that tragic moment.She plays the role of a little sweet girl. Her father wish for nothing to left of her…

Challenges and obstacles are things that everyone has to face throughout their lifetime. In the book Chinese Cinderella, Adeline faces many hardships that change her as a person. She spent her young life being blamed for her mother’s death, neglected by her father and stepmother, and treated unfairly by her brothers and sisters. Though severely mistreated, Adeline showed courage through her tough childhood and makes her bad experiences drive her towards success. From as early as she could…