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    This novel was written by Adeline Yen Mah. Chinese Cinderella is a true story about an unwanted daughter. The author Adeline Yen Mah is telling us about her life between the ages of four through her early teens. At the beginning of the story she comes home with a medal the very first week of school. She received the medal for being the best student of the week. Aunt Baba was so proud of her little niece, so she put the certificate and the medal, the same place she kept her valuables. Aunt Baba…

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    “Chinese Cinderella is dedicated to you (unwanted children) with the fervent wish that you will persist in trying to do your best in the face of hopelessness; to have faith in the end your spirit will prevail; to transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.” (Yen Mah xii) Adeline Yen Mah’s memoir of her childhood was influential as she overcame hardships and burdens; finding hope in difficult situations. The story was inspirational because Adeline…

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    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…

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    In the story “Chinese Cinderella” It tells about this Girls life. Her name being “Adeline-Yen Mah”. A ten year old who lives in China you get to read about her life of living without a mother or a father. Also having a family that hates her and consenters her “bad luck”. The mother of Adeline died giving birth to her. The mother of Adeline Died From a high fever three days after Adeline was born. Adeline mother died two weeks after Adeline was born. Even Adeline’s own sister hated her…

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    Adeline is like a broken toy, forgotten and not loved. The novel Chinese Cinderella explains how a young girl fights through her heartbreak and suffer. Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah tells a story about a young Chinese girl who has a depressing life, and her siblings accusing her of killing there mother. Her grandmother dies of a massive stroke, and her mean step-mother slaps her and physically abuses her throughtout the entire book. Also, her first pet is brutally murdered by her…

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    both come from different cultural backgrounds, they share similar experiences of a tragic childhood. In Yen Mah’s autobiography, Falling Leaves, she recaps her life in a disunited family under a strict step-mother, Niang. Yen Mah tries desperately to distance herself from Niang by traveling to America, only to discover that Niang did not care enough about Adeline to leave a portion of her money in her will to her. While Adeline came from a wealthy family in China, Jeannette Walls experienced a…

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    In order for students to achieve optimum learning, it is paramount for one not to underestimate the selection as well as usage of relevant and appropriate texts. It is through the use of suitable strategies and available resources that one can implement an effective learning program in order to satisfy the needs of the students within the context of the Syllabus. The Fisher curriculum library presents itself as a valuable stepping stone for pre-service teachers to hone their skills in gathering…

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    this Chinese phrase means is anything impossible? For those growing up in China not that long ago, they had to adopt the attitude that nothing they wanted to was impossible even when many parts of their own culture were working against them. In Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah, she tells the story of her life from the events leading up to her birth to much later on. The author touches on everything from world events like the Cultural Revolution to…

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    in The Falling Leaves and Come On, Come Back show the impact of war on the human spirit through several factors: Title, tone, imagery, language, form and structure. The poems emotionally appeal to the targeted audience to feel sympathy about the tragedy of war and how it affects the human spirits. The Falling Leaves a poem written by Margeret Postgate Cole (1893-1980). Cole was an atheist, feminist, socialist and a pacifist. She went to Cambridge and her profession was teaching. The Falling…

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    Reflection Paper On 9/11

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    Later that day, Richard viewed the pictures he took during the event only one seem to catch his eye which was the falling man. Looking at the photo it carried an emotional message behind it that it spoke so many volumes. On September the 12th, 107,000 copy’s were published through the state. The feedback Drew thought he was going to get was not what he expected. Viewers…

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