Perseverance is “persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success” (https://languages.oup.com). In the book, Chines Cinderella by Adiline Yen Mah perseverance is a key theme. Chines Cinderella is a memoir that follows Adeline's rough childhood, throughout the book, Adeline faces numerous challenges and obstacles, but she never gives up. Instead, she perseveres, using her determination and resilience to overcome the difficulties she faces. First, hope for a better future can allow one to persevere through hardships. Throughout the story of Chinese Cinderella Adeline struggles to maintain a relationship with her family. This creates a feeling of loneliness and abandonment since the members of her family alienate her and blame her for her mother's death. However, in the third chapter, Adeline is awarded a medal for doing good in school. During dinner, Adeline shows her medal to her dad who normally doesn't acknowledge her. When seeing the medal her dad congratulates her and even teases her. After seeing her dad's praise, she knew what she had to do “I must study harder and keep wearing this medal so I can go on pleasing father” (Yen Mah …show more content…
In the letter, Aunt Baba mentions all the memories they made together and how she always loved her. The letter also talks about the struggles that Adeline faced throughout her life and how she managed to persevere. “you have defied the odds and garnered triumph through your own efforts. Your future is limitless, and I shall always be proud of You, my Chinese cinderella” (Yen Mah 403-404). This quote summarises the entirety of Adeline's character, it shows that even though she went through many hardships she still persevered. On top of this, the last words in the quote are used to show that just like Cinderella Aleline has had a very hard life but will end up