“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure” -Albert Einstein. This quote goes with my outlook on the novel Chinese Cinderella because in the quote it is saying that if you should want success more than having fear of failure. The book Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah is an inspirational story. There were parts in the story that were really inspirational. Adeline went through many different situations and in all of them she tried so hard to make the best of what she had. Even though she didn’t have much she still made the most of she did have and cherished it. She wasn’t loved by her Father or her Stepmother other siblings were and she would try to do so much just so they would acknowledge her in some way. She was abused, not liked, and even hated. And after all the things that she went through she had kept in touch with her Aunt BaBa and wrote letters to her, she made great memories with her Best Friend at the time and pet baby chick PLT, and by winning the International playwriting competition in the end she went to college in England. …show more content…
They instantly became best friends, they spent every moment they could together. Adeline even thought that PLT could understand her when she talked to her. Unfortunately PLT didn’t live as long as ADeline ever intended. PLT was unanimously chosen to be used in Jackie their pet dog’s obedience test, PLT had been bit very hardly on the leg and died that night. It was very hard for Adeline, she had just lost one of her best friends. But she was very happy to have been able to be the owner of PLT and celebrated her life by having a funeral for
As a result, she wanted to provide a better and memorable childhood for her children by educating them in a better way. For instance, by showing and transmit them love and at the same time doing so with other people and animals. That animals are not just an object or an insignificant life but to treat them as part of the family. She wanted to show them those principles by not having a repetitive cycle about her own experiences as a child.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts”
She was seduced at an early age and then fell in love with a preacher, but was overcome by an exciting younger man. She experienced every form of lust and desire as well as loss. Somehow though all the hardship she was able to come out on the other side a more complete woman and ironically did so without any of these
Adeline’s determination and resilience are two of her most important qualities. It’s her determination to prove herself, and her resilience, her ability to bounce back, that helps her cope with the struggles thrown upon her, such as abuse, neglect and separation from loved ones. After her beloved pet PLT
Through Lily's life journeys and lessons she learns to appreciate the small things in life and thank those who care. The impact of the Black Mary, Rosaleen and the Calendar Sisters help Lily go through positive changes. Even though Lily lost her mother at an early age, she still had the opportunity to have a great life. Lily was lucky to have the love and support of the many women that are in her life. Lily had a great life and fit into the African American culture perfectly.
“She slapped me so hard I almost fell over.” The novel Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah is depressing. It is depressing because it tells how she was abused by her parents. Adeline had been treated like trash all of her life by her parents. “Nothing will ever come to you.
...l of her journey, she always tried, sometimes successfully and sometimes not, but she did try to move on. She also learned forgiveness, to others and to herself. Her story is incredibly insightful to the realities of the world. Her problems were none too out of the ordinary; death, infidelity, drugs, scandal- at least one of those is in everyone's life. She admits, “I’d done a lot of dumb and dangerous things in my life…”(Strayed 94). The way she handled certain situations was not the best, but that is what made her life a learning process and more importantly that is the story that has inspired so many lives today.
will to live shine through. She knew that her parents would one day graduate, get married,...
During her teen years, she was abused and lonely. She gave birth to her first child when she was only sixteen years old. She was in her first marriage when she was only nineteen years old. After three children, two marriages, and a breakdown, she realizes that there is a lot more to life than her current circumstances.
...cts of the mother and the descriptions, which are presented to us from her, are very conclusive and need to be further examined to draw out any further conclusions on how she ?really? felt. The mother-daughter relationship between the narrator and her daughter bring up many questions as to their exact connection. At times it seems strong, as when the narrator is relating her childhood and recounting the good times. Other times it is very strained. All in all the connection between the two seems to be a very real and lifelike account of an actual mother-daughter relationship.
Her parents who at that time could not understand the choices she made are very happy for their daughter and what she has accomplish. When she left her home at the middle of a fight and never went back. She said,” I had to make my own way” and then lived in a Manhattan dance studio where she was training. Then she got an apartment with some friends in Manhattan Hell’s Kitchen. Since the time she move out of her home she started her showbiz career as a dancer in stage musicals and most notably in her tour to Golden musicals of Broadway and in a Japanese tour. Then she audition to be a fly girl in Fox’s hit comedy “In living Colors,” she beat out 2,000 other contenders in a nation wide competition. Then she cracked into Hollywood and she wanted to make a transition to acting, but she followed Color producer Keenan Ivory Wayans advice to stay with the show for a while before making any attempt to move on.
Through all the monstrosities Lola faced as a child, she never gave up. Not when she was orphaned. Not when her Babcia sent her away to live with strangers. Not when she discovered that her grandmother had died. Not even when she was alone on the streets and forced to beg for food. That is why her story needs to be remembered. She IS a survivor.
On March 26, 1955 Ellen Hopkins was born in Long Beach, California. She was adopted by an older couple, her father Albert was 72 and her mother Valerie, was 42 at the time. Always wanting to meet her birth parents, Ellen found her birth mother Toni Chandler in the year 2000. She herself had been writing poetry her entire life. She also found out she has a half sister named Fran, and a birth father who she has yet to meet. Ellen had a cheerful childhood growing up in neighborhood full of famous people such as Elvis Presley, Bob Hope, Kirk Douglas and Arnold Palmer. She won almost every creative writing contest she entered at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School which ...
Adeline loved PLT with all her heart and felt like she was needed to take care of the baby chick. When PLT died because of Jackie’s Obedience Training, she got upset, depressed, and angry. For example, “She was my best friend in the world, I began, tears welling up in spite
Then she became a little older and met a young guy. After that her life she dreamed of began. She had a voice and was able to do things a woman wasn’t suppose to do like fishing.