In the touching autobiography 'Chinese Cinderella' written by Adeline Yen Mah, one idea that was worth learning about in the text was resilience. Resilience is all about getting back up when you're knocked down, and through out her entire life, this is exactly what adeline does. Resilience helped me to understand Adelines strong, full hearted will to succeed, her loyalty to and devotion to the people she loves, and her bravery when her family manages to take away everything she loves. Examples of resilience in the novel are when she walks to school to remain loyal to Ye Ye, when her precious duckling is murdered by Jackie, and at the Sacred Heart boarding school where she manages to find a silver lining in a horrible situation. .
Adeline is mistreated her entire life, but one thing that shows throughout the book is her loyalty to Ye Ye. After Ye Ye spends all of his money on the children's tram fare so that they are able to go to school, they are forced to confront Niang. At first, she is enraged, but she then comes up with a proposition. "Admit you've been wrong. Promise you'll change for the better." This was Niang's way of showing that she was still in control of them, and if they wished to catch the tram again the children would have to beg. At first, they are furious. They decide that in respect for Ye Ye, they will continue to walk to school everyday. However, it becomes extremely difficult for her brothers to remain loyal to Ye Ye and eventually they all knuckle under. All but Adeline. The small, fierce, loyal Adeline never went to Niang. This shows her resilience in the way that no matter the weather or temptation to give in, at the young age of 6, she was the only one of her siblings to carry on. The love Ye Ye gave her was better than anything Niang could possibly give to her. In many ways, the long walk down Avenue Joffre is a metaphor for Adeline's life. She is walking alone down a long road and no matter the weather, she always marches on.
But, in the book Chinese Cinderella Adeline, faces different kinds of challenges help her be a better person. Adeline"s challenges benefit her. ... First, Adeline is treated cruelly by her siblings. ... Second, Adeline is left alone almost everywhere she goes. ... Even though this may sound horrible it helped Adeline. ...
The literature works, Falling Leaves, is about Adeline Yen Mah's life. Adeline is a part of a Chinese family whom was somewhat wealthy. ... Adeline's true mother died shortly after giving birth to Adeline. ... In a Chinese family, all of the children have to have respect for their elders. ... The children called her Niang, Chinese for stepmother. ...
Falling Leaves Adeline's grandfather, Ye Ye and Joseph Tsi-rung Yen (her father), have many similarities and differences. ... Sometimes it seemed Joseph Yen didn't even want Adeline as his child and he was embarrassed of her. ... The lives and deaths of students in China affected the Yen family even though they were far away in Europe. ... Joseph Yen surprised me the most in this book. ... Niagn would smack her till she bled and Joseph Yen would do nothing. ...
Cinderella is a well-known fairy tale which probably gained its popularity after the release of Disney's Cinderella animation story. ... The Chinese Cinderella, by Tuan Ch"Eng-Shih, is the earliest version found, dates back to 850-860AD. ... I choose to expose my 4-year-old daughter to Perrault Cinderella version. ... "Cinderella raised them up and kissed them, saying that she forgave them with all her heart- (WRAC pg. 602). In this version, Cinderella found forgives in her heart towards her stepsisters. ...
The original tale from China, Yeh-Shen, predates the western versions of Cinderella by almost 1,000 years. It provides the bone structure for the Cinderella stories to come. ... In the Chinese version, the father figure is absent throughout most of the story. ... But the German skeleton also reflects the Chinese origin with on-going conflict between the step-mother, step-sisters and Cinderella. ... The story of Cinderella has many different variations but all relate back to the original structure of the Chinese Yeh-Shen. ...
The traditional story of Cinderella begins with a beautiful, motherless young girl name Cinderella whose father gets married for the second time. ... Tennessee Reed interpreted the story of Cinderella her own way in her poem entitled "Disney's Cinderella". ... The Cinderella Complex again causes all this situations. ... Furthermore the Cinderella Complex can be found in many relationships in society. ... It is said that the story may have originated back in Ancient China. ...
The entire fairytale of Cinderella reflects back to the "Cinderella Complex" and why people back then relied on their external selves to get them through life. ... The fairy godmother did this because Cinderella was a good girl. ... Of course, Cinderella marries the prince and uses forgiveness on the sisters. ... The Chinese had a different way of presenting Cinderella. ... Change has overcome the statement "The Cinderella Complex". ...
After her father married "Niang" she turned out to despise Adeline and treat her like an outcast from all the time she knew Adeline. ... When Adeline was young her Grandmother supported her and was proud of her, once when they were at the dinner table and Adeline had become top of her class, her Grandmother praised her and was proud of her. ... Then her Grandmother died, and Adeline was very upset. ... Adeline always listened and cherished his words. ... Aunt Baba was Adeline's best friend and apart from Ye Ye was the only one in the family who respected Adeline and loved and cared for...
