chinese cinderella Flashcards
parapgraph 1
yen mah represents her fear at the thought of going home illustrating her cleear contrast in school and home life.
“time went by relentlessly” structurally foregrounds time passing and uses adverb “relentlessly” to highlight her feeling of impending dread.
“the radio warned…. a possible typhoon.” Pathetic fallacy use to underscore her feelings of ominous foreboding.”
“the thought of leaving school… throbbed like a persistent toothache.” simile of how she is physicalising the pain caused by the thought of returning to her loveless family.
paragraph 2
Yen Mah illustrates the disconnect and the unloving relationship between her and her family through the chauffer ride by conveying her un-natural home life.
“as in a nightmare” simile represents an understanding of her feelings as she is nearing the house, unusual emotions conveying an non loving unusual relationship
“short drive” even though it is a short drive the family still could not be bothered conveying that they do not care.
“i wondered what i had done wrong “ here she associates homelife with wrongdoing and punishment.
Paragraph 4
Yen Mah infers her elation when she is told that she can go to England and study and be free of this horrible home life.
“going to England is like entering heaven” simile a utopian idea of England underscores how bad her own life is as it is so much better than it, for her it is like heaven.”
•“How did that line go in Wordsworth’s poem? Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive”: Uses Romantic literature to communicate her euphoric/ecstatic feelings
“my whole world vibrated with all of the joy in the world” a feeling of euphoria for her that her father has praised her for the first time in her life.”
“i only had to stretch out my hand to reach the stars.” she is conveying that she is so happy it is for her like an out of body experience.
paragraph 3
