Chinese Cinderella

terribly wrong and shares her own opinion among others, saying that [f]rom what [she] can remember, the movie was received horribly. People criticized how the movies confused China with Japan (which is a big deal for [them]), and how they confused Chinese tradition of family clan with Native American (mostly because use of the word 'ancestors' in the movie). And people aren’t happy about how the emperor bows to Mulan…

has once been 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…

“Failure is the opportunity to begin more intelligently” -Henry Ford. Adeline had this mindset throughout her childhood, to do her best which benefited her in the long run. This give me the vigor and aspiration to do my personal best. Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah is an inspirational story because she never gives up, she stood her ground, and kept her hopes up no matter the crisis. One way the story was inspirational was she stood her ground while being hurt physically and mentally.…

The book Chinese Cinderella, by Adeline Yen Mah, is an autobiography of being born as the fifth child of a depressing time. Adeline’s mother soon passed away after she was born which labeled her as the “cursed” child, which led to the distance between her and her family. The only people who truly displays affection toward her were her grandfather, Ye Ye, and her Aunt Baba. But soon after her mother died, her father remarried a young French-Asian woman, who she refers to as Niang, who married her…

Adeline Yen Mah takes you back to the 1940’s and describes her life as the unwanted daughter on the book Chinese Cinderella. Adeline describes her life in great details, she never leaves one moment untouched. She brings tears to your eyes with deep, dark and beautiful words. The most admirable quality of this book is the raw emotion and qualities Yen Mah demonstrates. Adeline Yen Mah started writing at a very young age. She was very fluent in english literature and writing. She would tell her…

An unwanted child is a depressed child. Depression is a horrible thing. The Chinese Cinderella, Adeline, is an unwanted child. Some would even say that she is depressed. Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah is an inspirational story because she is self reliant, able to realize a problem and then solve it, and able to recognize a power change even though she came from an abusive childhood. Adeline was able to recognize a do a power change from Nai Nai to Niang. "In those few moments…

a tree that she had planted on her mother’s grave. The Chinese version receives her clothes by breaking the pot she had placed her mother’s bones in. The Disney and the German version do have some similarities while the Chinese is still different. These variations both have it to where Cinderella loses her glass slipper on the stairs while running out from the ball before everything disappears. The Chinese has it to wear she loses her shoe on the road while riding her horse and that is when the…

background and culture affect the way of expression in Western and Chinese children’s fantasy literature when two stories having the same elements, by comparing Cinderella and Ye Xian(葉限). Ye Xian is a Chinese fairy tale written by Duan Chengshi(段成式) in Tang dynasty compilation Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang(酉陽雜俎). It is one of the oldest known variants of Cinderella, where Cinderella was published in 1812. When comparing Ye Xian and Cinderella we can easily found out that both are…

Bettelheim, the classic Cinderella story contains sibling rivalry, gender stereotypes, and symbolism. Madonna Kolbenschlagg, being a feminist, writes her article explaining the Cinderella story in a more feminist view. Bruno Bettelheim, a distinguished psychologist, centers his article very specifically on the sibling rivalry exhibited in the classic Cinderella story, but he also writes about the oedipal period in a child’s life, along with the symbolism of every aspect in the Cinderella story.…

For decades, Disney has given its viewers the fantasy of living in a world of castles, princes and the luxury of being a royalty. Recognized classic Disney princesses include Snow White (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves), Cinderella (Cinderella), Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), Ariel (The Little Mermaid), Belle (Beauty and the Beast), Jasmine(Aladdin), Pocahontas (Pocahontas) and Mulan (Mulan). The first three of which were released during the first-wave of feminism while the latter five were all…