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Perspective of: [|China]
== Link to adapted story: Cinderella ==




 * Frame Element || Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter is the story of a young Chinese girl who grew up in China during World War II. Her mother dies two weeks after giving birth to her and her father marries a hard-disciplined woman.

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 * //"Growing up in a wealthy family in 1950s Hong Kong, Adeline Yen Mah should have had an enviable childhood, but she was rejected by her dominating stepmother and despised by her brothers and sisters. She was sent to a boarding school and left there. In this extract from her autobiography she relates one of the few occasions when she went home." //** ||
 * < Characters || Adeline
 * < Setting ||< Wealthy home in China during World War II ||
 * < Initiating Event ||< A baby is born into a wealthy family. During birth, the mother passes away; In Chinese culture, this is a very bad sign of bad luck. Since then Adeline, now older, struggles to fit in and be accepted into a family who shows her no love and siblings who are treated better by their parents. ||
 * < Internal Response ||< From birth, Adeline was placed in a category where she was to be judged because her mother died while giving birth. As this was a symbol of bad luck, her stepmother, siblings, and sometimes even her father saw her as less than them. She was not allowed to do the same things and was often given less opportunities to succeed. Adeline works her way out of misery through education by studying abroad. ||
 * < Goal ||< The main character, Adeline, decides that her work and effort will have more success through education. She finds a way to study abroad (In England) so that she is able to make something of herself. ||
 * < Consequence ||< As a result of Adeline doing many great things her parents didn't expect from her, she is able to work her way out of a bad situation. In comparison to the American Cinderella, opportunities were not simply given to her. You can really tell where the culturalism comes into place. ||
 * < Resolution ||< In this story, the resolution comes in as a result of hard work and perseverance. Adeline shows good character traits that allow her to succeed and get herself out of a situation she was born into due to unfortunate events. ||
 * Below are a few reviews from Chinese children in regards to the book:**

"This book is extremely descriptive and wonderful. You can almost feel the characters' pain. A great auto-biographical book." - Tiffany Yu, Age 9

"The book is very descriptive. At first I did not want to read it but after a while I could not put it down." Fiona Waterson, Age 11

"The auto- biographical novel is very moving. I loved every word I read and I hoped it would have more." - Jeremy Liu, Age 9

"Amazing book, you have to read it." - Weilim Shin, Age 10

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