Chinese Cinderella Reading Project
By: Brooke Greer
Character Analysis
Adeline is the youngest of five kids in her family. She is the 'ugly duckling' in her family. The only people she is close to is her grandparents and her aunt Baba. She is very smart and had an outstanding role in her school. Even though she was abused by her step mom and siblings, she overcomes it and shines bright through her school.
Plot line
Exposition: The main character: Adeline, Niang; Step mom
minor characters: Ye Ye; Adeline's grandpa, Nai Nai; Adeline's grandma
Throughout the story they are in Hong Kong, Shang Hai, and England.
Rising Action:
- The Japanese took over and her dad moved away with her step mom
- When she moved away with her dad
- Her grandmother died
- Her step mom abuses her
Climax:
- She is sent off to boarding school
Falling Action:
- She wins the writing contest and becomes class president
- Whenever her father accepts her to be able to go to a college in England
- She was the only girl left in school
- Her father took her back home after he found out that she won first prize and allowed her to study at England in a medical school.
Resolution:
- She graduated from medical school
Chinese Cinderella
This book was a true story about Adeline Yen Mah. It is an autobiography written by Adeline Yen Mah.
Adelines Family
She was the youngest of the five children.
Adeline Yen Mah
This is Adeline as a young adult or teenager.
Summary
Adeline was shipped off to a boarding school in Hong Kong when she was young. Her mother had died and it had disturbed her whole family. She was the outcast in her own families eyes. She was only close to her grandparents and aunt. Her dad was gone and her step mom had taken care of her and her siblings, she abused Adeline. Throughout her abusing, she shined through the academic. She won a writing contest and when she did her father brought her back home and allowed her to go to England to study since she was doing so well. She eventually graduated from Oxnard University.