Obstacles In A Chinese Cinderella

Mother Teresa once stated, “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted are the greatest poverty.” The book, A Chinese Cinderella, an autobiography by Adeline Yen Mah, is a story about an unwanted daughter who tries to overcome these feelings of being unwanted, neglected, abused, and lonely throughout her young lifetime. Adeline wrote this book to share her story of how she transformed her negative circumstances into something she learned from. She realized that her self-worth was determined by her and not by anyone else. Her story is inspiring because she overcame several difficult obstacles in her life, she gave her family reasons to be proud of her, and she spent her whole childhood trying to figure out who she is. The reason why I think that “A Chinese Cinderella” is inspirational is because the main character, Adeline, made her family, the ones who thought she was bad luck, proud. In the

However, she's overcome them by believing that she's the only one that can alter her future. This also helped Adeline figure out who she is and what she wants in life. Towards the end of the story, Adeline realized that she wanted to become a writer. She pursued in her studies and her writing and ended up winning awards for both of these things. These accomplishments eventually made her family proud of her. Adeline Yen Mah wrote this novel to share how she learned from her experiences in the past and how they helped her in her future. This story encourages everyone to create their own future that's full of happiness and not rely on anyone else to help create it for you. Adeline could have held grudges on her family for doubting her and not wanting her, but instead she did what pleased her and created a successful future for herself. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new”