Review Of Adeline Yen Mah's Chinese Cinderella

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"My heart gave a giant lurch as it dawned on me that he was agreeing to let me go. How marvelous it felt simply to be alive! Study? I thought. Going to England is like entering heaven. Does it matter what you do after you get to heaven?"(Mah 192) Adeline an exceptional bright kid who wants to prove to her father she is worth something and to get attention from Niang.
The memoir Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah, is inspiring novel. It is inspiring because Adeline achieved her dream, Adeline was very good at school even though Niang told her she is dumb, and her grandpa and Aunt Baba helped her stay focused on her dream and remind her of her dream. This is an inspiring story because she proves that even though she has a rough life she achieved …show more content…

”I’m sick and tired of blindly copying Chinese characters over and over into my notebook like a robot…. they’ll see you as a Chinese girl no matter how well you speak English”(150-151). This shows Adeline gets discouraged Ye Ye had helped her. This also shows he gives her a bit of tough love. “Here is a new story I want you never to forget. Whenever you
feel discouraged, and those clouds come back, take out this letter and read it again”(195). This shows that Adeline even an 14 year old needs encouragement. It also shows only Ye Ye and Aunt Baba were there to encourage her. As a result her Aunt Baba and grandpa care for her even though her parents don’t.
Her parents gave her no hope at all, but she still manages to achieve her dream of becoming a writer. “No more classes! No more schoolmates! No possibility of ever going to college! Not even high school diploma! How devastating!... Is this going to happen to me too? I’ll simply have to run away from home if Niang ever threatens to force me into an arranged marriage”(86). Adeline wants to go to college she doesn’t want to be like Big Sister and be in an arranged marriage. She wants to go to college to be educated and to become a writer. “My heart gave a giant lurch as it dawned on me that he was agreeing to let me go. How marvelous it felt simply to be alive! Study? I thought. Going to England is like entering heaven. Does

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