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Abuse In Adeline's Chinese Cinderella

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Imagine my our parents thinking you were useless and you weren’t worthy to be a part of the family.That happens all the time in world. It is called abuse. Many chlordane experience this, their parents make them feel and look bad. Most of their time there is no one for the children to go and get attention/ affection. .In Chinese Cinderella by, Adeline Yen Mah, YeYe and Aunt Baba demonstrate their belief by making her feel special and smart. Adeline's parents might not love her but her grandfather YeYe and Aunt Baba definitely do.

Adeline's life wasn't all fairy tales and games as she made her friends in Shanghai seem. One of the only people that believed in her was Aunt Baba. When Adeline was in kindergarten should got a certificate for leading the class, Aunt Baba, “ Took the key from a gold chain around her neck and placed my certificate underneath her jade bracelet, pearl necklace, and diamond …show more content…

Her father and stepmother Niang did not care about her a bit she managed to get good grades on top of that. “ True to for. She continues to be top of her class year after year. Adeline is smart and has been getting scholar awards and nominations for it. Adeline loves school and feels safe their unlike how her parents and her family make her feel. In boarding school, every Sunday, parents come to visit their children, Adeline never had anyone visit her. Adeline felt unless like nothing, but her friends thought differently. [Yes! That’s it. Every is ugly. I loathe myself. “Well we beg to differ. Infected voted that you most likely to succeed.”] ( Yen Mah pg 188) Adeline had no one to visit her and no one to bring her clothes or eggs. Also when everyone’s parents came to pick them up for the holidays she was left there with the nuns. In the end Adeline goes to college in London, wins an international playwriting competition, and become a doctor in

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