Chinese Cinderella Quotes

“Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.”This quote written by Adeline shown she that even one amazing thing that happens in your lifetime should cheer you up. Adeline a Chinese girl had many horrible things happen to her and she did not let that bring her down. She went through life knowing if she was going to be in school, have food, and never see her family again.
"I was winning the medal every week and wearing it constantly. I knew this displeased by siblings, especially Big Sister and Second Brother, but it was the only way to make Father take notice and be proud of me."Chinese Cinderella, p.15 Adeline'sq flaunting of the medal can be seen as another show of excessive pride within the novel but it is instead the means through which a young girl looks to gain acceptance within an uncaring family. The pride over that measly medal shows the sadness that is Adeline's day to day, with her siblings hating her achievement and her dad only caring when she receives it. Adeline only truly matures when she realizes that her achievement should only matter if it makes her happy, not her dad. As long as she is stuck in this dependent cycle, Adeline will never be content and independent.

The only sound I heard was that of Ye Ye chomping on his apple. Surely he was going to say something to put Niang in her place!"Chinese Cinderella, p.39.The balance of power within the Yen household has shifted dramatically by this point of the novel. What was originally a house run by Father under the supervision of Nai Nai and Ye Ye has become the empire of Niang, with Ye Ye only preserved as a mouthpiece. The importance of this scene is that the shift of power strongly hampers the future of Adeline within the household, especially after the fiasco with Little Sister and Aunt Baba. Without Ye Ye's protective and sympathetic presence holding any sway, Adeline's life is surely going to go from bad to