Comparing Things Fall Apart And Adeline Yen Mah's Chinese Cinderella

Adeline Yen Mah had done an extraordinary job at writing Chinese Cinderella. I believe she has done an even better job at achieving her goal. The author hints multiple reasons for writing this story. Her dedication page was written for the children who weren’t loved by their parents. In Mah’s dedication page, She says that you are not alone and to use her story to encourage yourself. This leads me to infer that she wrote this because she wants to comfort unwanted children. However, I believe Mah had more intentions for writing this story.

In the story chinese cinderella the main character Adeline faces a lot of adversity throughout the book. She faces the most her adversity at home with her parents and siblings being unfairly cruel toward her. She has a lot of courage for going through with all this pain and still staying optimistic about everything.

Throughout the story, Adeline is abused mentally, physically, and verbally. Her stepmother is the cause of most of this, and often slaps, hits, and yells at her. She once screamed, "Not only are you a liar and a thief, but you are manipulative as well. Nothing will ever come of you. The problem is that you have bad blood from your mother. You don't deserve to be fed and housed here. Girls like you should be sent away. You don't belong in this house!" (Mah 103) just because Adeline went to a birthday party. This is an example of Adeline being abused verbally. This shows how harsh and mean her stepmother Niang is. For her entire childhood, she has disliked herself. At age seven, she was

Adeline comes home from her first week of kindergarten, all smiles because she had been chosen to lead the class and has received a medal and a certificate for her achievement. Her aunt Baba is full of pride and files the certificate and medal in her safe deposit box. She described the certificate as “some precious jewel impossible to replace” (page 2). Adelines academic achievements are how she eventually gains acceptance within an uncaring family. She had a lot of pride over the metal it shows the sadness she is facing everyday, with her siblings hating her achievements and her dad only caring when she receives them. “I was winning the medal every week and wearing it constantly. I knew this displeased my siblings, especially Big Sister and Second Brother, but it was the only way to make Father take notice and be proud of me” (page 15). Adeline starts to mature when she starts to realize that her achievements should only matter if it makes her happy, not just her father. Adeline's parents threaten to move her to a far away school. Adeline is elected class president. Everyone is excited, her classmates and more importantly her. Her classmates decide to celebrate at her house and this is when her parents lash out and get

Everyone has ups and downs in life, no one can avoid them, all we can do is learn how to deal with them. Chinese Cinderella is the story of a young girl who is harshly abused, she learns how to conquer her fears and is able to succeed greatly in the end. Adeline, the main character in Chinese Cinderella develops great courage in her life and all the many problems that occurred within it, she is an inspiration to all that have dreams and all that have self doubt. Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah, is an inspirational story, about this girl’s life, and how she is able to triumph in the end, and create her own path to follow.

She would have had to drastically compromise her standards so that she could successfully run a household. Seeing as she was so young, that would have meant that she would have had to become mature and strict very fast, so that she could become a parental influence for the children. Adeline criticises her for her strict rules which she gives to the children when she says things such as “For a few hours I had been a normal little girl attending a birthday. This was strictly prohibited, and I had broken Niang’s rules. If she found out, the consequences would be disastrous.” . However, what Adeline doesn’t see, is that it’s not unreasonable that Niang set out many rules when trying to care for such a large number of people. Since there were so many of them, it would be hard to try and keep track of each child, especially since they have show to be troublesome in the past. “Silently but swiftly, Big Brother suddenly approached Ye Ye and carefully pinched the nasal hair between his forefinger and thumb.” Many of the rules which Niang put in place were there to protect them and keep them from making trouble. What Adeline fails to recognise is the importance of these rules and instead used them as a way of putting a negative twist on the

These words from the book show how Adeline gets bullied and punished by her family when she tried to have any fun or happiness in her life. This quote expresses that Adeline is suffering, which is a very depressing situation. Another example is “ I only took yours because you're the one least likely to give me trouble afterward” ( Yen Mah

Adeline is unloved and unwanted by most of her family, with the exception of her Aunt Baba and Grandfather YeYe. Because of her mother's sudden death after Adeline was born her siblings gave her no kindness nor respect as they believed she was the reason their mother died. “...But then Mama died giving birth to you. If you had not been

Chinese Cinderella, by Adeline Yen Mah is a heart-rendering autobiographical novel. Throughout the text, Adeline describes her cruel family and the trauma she was confronted with at school, trying to satisfy her heartless father with educational achievements. Together we relive the childhood life of Adeline through her words and hear, what it feels like to be a rejected and unloved daughter. Furthermore, Adeline owns a special quality that helps her to handle the cruelty of her upbringing and rise above many obstacles. Adeline has been always resilient. She is very strong and tackles everything that comes her way. By being friendless and having a pet duck as a friend, she distracts herself from her coldblooded reality.

Adeline's characters and actions are greatly influenced by her environment and what she observes everyday. She carries her family's actions and words to heart and acknowledged she shouldn't ask Aunt Baba. Her family could have just been so abusive and negative towards Adeline since her birth that it shut her out of the family and gave her more time to think and realize why they never talked about Mama. As we read, we'll notice how badly neglect and hate distorted and discouraged Adeline and her life. But some of her traits seem to be natural, such as leading (her class), using imagination, and being smart as she not just observed, but applied those ideas at age four.

Many people influence their social interactions based on how they make decisions about what actions to take, the concept referred to as the five pattern variable which comes from Structural functionalism theory. In the autobiography Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter author, Adeline Yen Mah illustrates various scenarios from her life where the five pattern variable concept is. The Yen family is significantly impacted by the structural functionalism theory throughout their lives by the five pattern variable, which has the ability to negatively or positively affect each members functioning.

When worlds collide, a clear contrast is created between the two. In the novel Things Fall Apart, written by renowned author Chinua Achebe, the clear differences between the lifestyles of the Christian missionaries and the clansmen and women is demonstrated. Throughout the novel, Achebe illustrates these differences in order to bring light to the ways of the clan so that those who are reading can understand them better.

Chinese Cinderella is an autobiography that explains a little girl's experience of being unwanted. The novel challenges the reader to tell whether the autobiography is depressing or inspirational. The novel, Chinese Cinderella, by Yen Mah, is inspiring to me because Adaline never gives up on her dreams, she's brave, and she tries her best when the odds are against her.

Maybe she has a lot of stress. I think of corse has a lot of stress because people who see the book will know Niang is a bad mother. If my mother was Niang maybe I was run away from home. Adeline is a patient girl. Even her favorite, a person who only like Adeline in her family Aunt Baba has gone she was still home. Her father don't like Adeline either. I probably I would be so sad.

The novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a commanding account about the rise and fall of an African tribe. The powerful narrative depicts the life and customs of the people and how they change through the years. Theere are many different ideas and characters that are preseneted throughout the novel. The depiction of women is one aspect that is of extreme relevance. It can be shown through several passages in the novel that the women are actually the unseen power behind the mighty Umofian tribe.