Chinese Cinderella (A Puffin Book)

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When Ye Ye, Aunt Baba, Third Brother, and Little Sister arrive some months later, Little Sister, now a toddler, does not recognize Niang as her own mother or want to be near her. Niang is enraged and beats her daughter. When none of the adults intervene, Adeline finally speaks up and tells Niang to stop hitting Little Sister, since she is still just a baby. This infuriates Niang and earns Adeline Niang’s eternal wrath. Father and Niang find myriad ways to make the stepchildren suffer, such as refusing the stepchildren basic amenities, including fare to take the tram to and from school, and demanding that they walk several miles each direction unless they come begging to Niang. Watching the Tree: A Chinese Daughter Reflects on Happiness, Traditions, and Spiritual Wisdom (2000) Zhang, Juwen. "Rediscovering the Brothers Grimm of China: Lin Lan." The Journal of American Folklore 133, no. 529 (2020): 285-306. Accessed July 24, 2020. doi:10.5406/jamerfolk.133.529.0285. Before there was Cinderella, there was Ye Xian. Undeniably one of the most well-read fairy tales made popular by Disney’s 1950s film, Cinderella describes the life of a young woman forced into servitude by her stepmother until she is freed by her fairy godmother and a charming prince. Meet the Cinderellas: Ye Xian, Zezolla, and Cendrillon

Unfortunately, Ye Xian's father dies from a local plague, and a new chieftain is appointed to take his place, as Wu had no sons. With her family reduced to poverty, Ye Xian is forced to become a lowly servant and work for her unloving and cruel stepmother, Jin, and spoiled and lazy younger half-sister Jun-Li. Despite living a life burdened with chores and housework, and suffering endless abuse at her stepmother's hands, she finds solace when she ends up befriending a beautiful, 10 foot (3.0m) fish in the lake near her home, with golden eyes and scales. The fish was really a guardian spirit sent to her by her own mother, who never forgot her daughter even beyond the grave. Ye Xian, 葉 限, is the story of a young Chinese girl living sometime between China’s Qin and Han Dynasties (221-206 BC and 206 -220 AD, respectively.) It is the earliest recorded Cinderella story and contains certain Buddhist principles. The tale eventually spread across the Europe and around the world. While ancient stories are still being read today, new versions of Cinderella continue to be produced. Third Brother is the youngest of the three brothers born out of Father's first marriage. While he is very close to his two older brothers and is involved in their hijinks, he is portrayed as exceptionally compassionate towards Adeline. Adeline loves her brother for this and often sees him as the most reliable of the bunch. However, she feels betrayed by his conspiracy in the urine-orange juice prank on the day Adeline won a major academic award. Although Third Brother is the closest to Adeline, their relationship is not exceptionally intimate. Fourth Brother (Franklin)

Big Brother shows flashes of compassion towards his younger siblings and has a bond with his fellow brothers. However, he instigates many of Adeline's misfortunes, as seen in the case of the urine orange juice and the death of PLT. At the end of the day, Big Brother's character is left unsatisfactorily underdeveloped, considering the difficult balance that is expected of him, a leader among his siblings but a subordinate towards an unjust mother. Second Brother (Edgar)

Mair, Victor H. "The First Recorded Cinderella Story". In: Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture. Edited by Victor H. Mair, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt and Paul R. Goldin. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005. pp. 363-367. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824852351-061 Mah, Adeline Yen (2015). Chinese Cinderella. London: Puffin Books. p.xv. ISBN 978-0-14-135941-0. OCLC 914452896. What I'm saying is if many Chinese people around Yen Mah's age knew English wel,l there would certainly be hundreds of books like this. Myabe even crueler. They would all be able to have the attention and sympathy which they longed for, just like Yen Mah. (and make lots of money...)Emotive Language is any language and vocabulary that creates an emotion. It is an umbrella term that encompasses many different devices: Above all, there is the wisdom and magic of our language itself. When you read a Chinese book, try to look at the characters and think about them. I have met many who appear to know a good many Chinese words but never actually grasp the true meaning of any of them.” Chinese Cinderella, p.151 That’s just the way it is!” Niang exclaimed sharply. “You either get in now and come with us, or you can stay home with her. Suit yourself!” The cause for the disparity between the living conditions of the two sets of Yen children is again brought into question by these chapters. The embarrassment that the three eldest brothers suffer at the hands of their classmates is very public, as is their exposure to the various guests at the wedding. Since Father's prioritization of public image has been of the driving factors behind the developments thus far in the novel, his tolerance for the public shaming of his children seems oddly out of character. How can a man who cares so much of what others think of him allow his children to wear antiquated clothing? The facade of a happy and modern family that Father has worked so hard to create would seem irreparable by the events of the wedding.

Yen Mah left for the United Kingdom in August 1952, and studied medicine at the London Hospital Medical School, eventually establishing a medical practice in California. Before the start of her career in the United States, she had a brief relationship with a man named Karl, and practised medicine in a Hong Kong hospital at the behest of her father, who refused to give her air fare when she expressed plans to move to America. She has stated in an interview with the South China Morning Post that her father wanted her to become an obstetrician in the belief that women wanted treatment only from a female doctor, [18] but as she hated obstetrics she became an anaesthesiologist instead. [9] Yen Mah's Later life [ edit ]

Second Brother is the third child of Father’s first marriage, stepson of Niang, and middle of the stepchildren. Though it is never fully revealed why, Second Brother is the cruelest sibling towards Adeline… The Children's Literature Council of Southern California in 2000 for Compelling Autobiography; and the Lamplighter's Award from National Christian School Association for Contribution to Exceptional Children's Literature in June 2002. She had many more test to face on the path of learning. You get to know Adeline and you learn how she thinks/feels which makes you think what you would do if you were her. If you don’t like emotional stories this is not the book for you nut if you do thi Mah's. Itwas like... Yelling synonymous to speaking and beating synonymous to teaching. I hope that made sense. I am not good at writing. Mah, Adeline Yen (1998). Falling leaves: the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter. New York: Wiley. pp.45–47. ISBN 978-0-585-36179-6. OCLC 47011622.