Chinese Cinderella

Question 1

• “as in a nightmare”

• "my heart was full of dread"

• "I wondered what id done wrong"

Answer 1

Isolation Within family

• "as in a nightmare" 
	○ Simile develops understanding of feelings
• "my heart was full of dread"
	○ Synechdoche communicates trepidation, 
	○ Anxious something might happen – she has no one 
• "I wondered what id done wrong" 
       -Associates home with wrongdoing and punishment

Question 2

• “short drive”
• “the thought of leaving school… throbbed like a persistent toothache”
• 17/18

Answer 2

Rejection
She dreads leaving school

• "short drive"
	○ despite short journey, family didn’t come
• "the thought of leaving school... throbbed like a persistent toothache"
	○ Simile, physicalising the pain caused by the thought of returning to loveless family
• 17/18
	○ Brusque short sentences = uncaring attitude  Reveals traditional hierarchy in family

Question 3

• “dare I let my guard down?”
• “overwhelmed”
• “We are very proud”

Answer 3

Father daughter relationships

• "dare I let my guard down?"
	○ Rhetorical question maintains level of suspicion 
	○ Communicate defensive posture 
• "overwhelmed"
	○ By invited to see her father, distant/cold relationship between them 
• “We are very proud” Impersonal/distant, speaks on behalf of community rather than himself

Question 4

• “Going to England is like entering heaven”

• “How did that line go in Wandsworth’s poem”

• “Thank you very, very much”

Answer 4

Cultural differences

• “Going to England is like entering heaven”
	○ Simile - utopian England, she is trying to escape her suffocating home 
• “How did that line go in Wandsworth’s poem”
	○ Uses romantic literature to communicate her feelings
• “Thank you very, very much” Repetition - shows her gratitude and sincerity of feeling