chinese cinderella

Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah is a true story of how a daughter wanted to make her family proud came true. The main character Adeline other died shortly after giving birth to her. She has 2 older brothers and 1 older sister. She also has 1 stepbrother and 1 stepsister. Her father remarried to niang a mean strict stepmother.

I think all Adeline is trying to do is bring honor to her family. For example Adeline brings medals home every week for them to notice her and be proud of her. I think that her only friend that supported her was her aunt baba. Aunt baba kept all of her report cards and tests locked up and the key was always worn around her neck, showing a sign that her aunt baba cared about her scores. I think that aunt baba was proud of Adeline and loves her very much.

I think when the family got a dog Adeline really wanted to be Jackie the dog because he was treated better than Adeline. Also I think it’s unfair because Jackie gets delicious treats and is fed better than Adeline. The family loves the dog more than her because her father always plays and takes care of Jackie better. I think Adeline is jealous because Jackie never gets in trouble or beaten.

But Adeline’s life changes when she enters a writing contest. She wins 1^st prize and her dream is to go to college and become a writer. Her father lets her go college but makes her becomes a doctor instead of a writer. But I think she is happy that they are proud of her. Even though she wants to be a writer she’s happy just to be going to college.

So Adeline finally made her family proud of her from all the medals and winning the writing contest. I think she earned her family’s trust and they are proud. Adeline realizes that she did make her family proud of her.