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Chines Cinderella Book by
Adeline Yen Mah
Monika Flores
Period 5
11/13/13
*Introduction
*True story of an unwanted daughter
*Most of her family never loved her* Only aunt baba (her Niang’s (mother) best friend) Nai Nai (grandmother), and Ye Ye
(grandfather)
* Her second Niang despised her the most
*Family thought she was bad luck* Her Niang died the day she was born
*Grew up in many places in China* Tianjin
* Shanghai
* Hong Kong
*She never had a good life because she wasn’t loved by her family
*Setting*Tianjin
*Adeline was born
*Moved from there at age 4
*Hong Kong*Lived there until the age of 11
*Had a lot of friends that loved and cared for her
*Niang started to hit the children
*Shanghai *Was sent away to Shanghai
*Went to school there without family
*Didn’t really have friends – Girls bullied her
Hong Kong
Characters Protagonist Adeline Yen Mah
Nice little girl who lives a miserable life. Second youngest out of & total children (2 siblings are half sibings) Often lonely and sad. Always had a kind heart. She is a super smart student. When she was in kindergarten, she was the top of
the class. When she moved and went to the other school, she skipped a lot of grades. By
the age of 14, she went to collage.
Antagonist Niang (Step mother)
Niang is a caring step mother, at first. When someone special in he family dies, she becomes violent Instead of a heart, she has a black hole inside her. She starts to hit her step-
children and even her own children if what she ordered in not done right or at all.
Is a young 21-yeaar-old women that always gets her way Loves fashionable clothes and items of any sort. Gives great things to her own children (2 out of 7 total) and poor things to the
other 5. Especially Adeline.
Other Characters
Aunt Baba Caring Loving The one in the family who took care of Adeline Older sister of Adeline’s father One out of three people who love Adeline
Nai Nai Loving Loves Adeline Special Dies when Adeline is 4 Tightened feet Pretty sad childhood
More Characters
Ye Ye NiceCaringThird and final who loved AdelineVery strict on Chinese culture
FatherMean Never talked to Adeline until she was 4
Worse father EVER!!! Forgot her nameForgot her birthdayAlways gives stuff to his other children except AdelineAlways forgets she is even born
More Characters Lydia (Big sister)
Older sibling Mean sister Talks a lot of English Maries at age 14 with 30-year-old Hardly talks to Adeline
Big brother (George) Second oldest sibling Mean Bullies Adeline Goes to college with second brother
Second Brother (Edger) Mean Ignores Adeline a lot Bullies Adeline
Makes her cry a lot
More Characters Third Brother (James)
Mean to Adeline When siblings an parents are looking Nice to her when not Only sibling Adeline was close to Bullies her a lot Goes to college with Adeline
Fourth Younger brother (Franklin) Half brother Doesn’t like talking to Adeline Niang’s first son of her own Really mean
Little sister (Susan) Half sister One of Niang’s pride treasure Talks o Adeline a little bit Mean/nice Cutest in the Family
Favorite CharacterAunt Baba
Always CaringNiceOnly one who cared for Adeline
BraveStood for Adeline for everythingNever let her cry aloneNever let her down in her life
BEGINNING Adeline comes home from school
Only Aunt Baba welcomed her home Siblings start to bully her at dinner
Nai Nai tells a story Her feet got shrunken to be “Attractive”
If feet were small, they would be attractive. Normal an big feet wouldn’t
Nai Nai Dies Children slept with her dead body that night
Chinese Tradition
Moves to Hong Kong Niang, Father, and Third brother only at first
Rest of family moves in couple years later Niang Starts hitting her children
Everybody knows the new one in charge
MIDDLE Niang sends the children to privet schools New rules (Very strict)
No friends are allowed o the new house Except Niang’s own children
No one is allowed to go to friend’s house Except Niang’s own children
Adeline Goes to Shanghai Sent away by family School Spends her life there with no family Has no friends – Enemies
END
Ye Ye dies Adeline goes back to family for that one event for
second time
Father decides to let Adeline go to collage She is only 14 years old and skipped a bunch of
grades Father felt bad for what was happening to her
Naing knows nothing Niang never knew about her from there (In this book
at least)
Recommendation I truly loved the book. One of he best
books I have ever read. Sad and troubling Parts that seem hopeful A lot of pain (sad pain) Lots of hope in the end
I recommend it To people who love sad books
ThemeLife is never easy
Never let yourself down in harsh timesGood will come your way one day
Sad events will always come your wayMiserable life is part of lifeSomething will go your way
Never give upLife is harsh, but you have to pass all the bad
things in life to get to the good
Adeline Yen Mah Doctor
Graduated Medical School in England Lives in California
Has 2 children and Husband Author
Writes books about herself Writes in California and England
Books Adeline Wrote Chinese Cinderella and the Secret
Dragon Society Chinese Cinderella: The Mystery of the
Song Dynasty Painting China: Lands of Dragons and Emperors Falling Leaves Watching the Tree A Thousand Pieces of Gold
Other Books in SeriesA Thousand Pieces of Gold
Shares the wealth of Chinese civilization with Western readers
Adding stories from her own life.
Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon SocietyTakes martial-arts school and joins a secret
dragon societyTake a dare to rescue troops from WWIIBravery lives in her
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