chinese cinderella Flashcards
why did she write it
- autobiography
- describe her life
Hong Kong Chinese culture when it was written
- strong social hierarchy within the family
- importance of education
- reputation in society
what does narrator feel
- shift from anxiety to hope and happiness
- fear of her father
why is it called cinderella
- fairytale - happy ending
- cinderella - hardship
relentlessly - hyperbole
- dread
- builds tension
- raises questions abt why she doesn’t want to leave skl
what does the board game of monopoly show
symbolises importance of economic success
competeition
shes not very interested tho
‘like a persistent toothache’
simile
- persistent anxiety
- not going
- constant all she thinks abt
the effect of the fathers late introduction
- his character is built up with wealth etc before we even meet him
internal narrative
shows us her confusion and distance within the family and bc she is so low status she doesn’t voice this to anyone but her own thoughts
the effect of the chauffeuer being rude
- shes even lower status than him - ridiculous
- she gets no respect
the description of the house - ‘quiet and cool’
sympathetic background
- contrasts with a stereotypical warmly house feel
- very gloomy
- distant - don’t talk to each other
‘i had been summoned by Father to enter the Holy of Holies’
- summoned: dynamic verb - power father has
- biblical metaphor - extremely high levels of power and respect - very important
- contrasts with ‘looking relaxed’ in the next line - heightens tension - build up
‘sit down! sit down! dont look so scared’
imperative - power/ authority/ patronising - hes aware of the impact he has on her
‘my whole being vibrated with all the joy in the world’ ‘ i only ad to reach out my hand to reach the stars”
this metaphor exaggerates her extreme happiness
very rare he is ever proud of her
contrasts with her anxiety and worry before
- reach the stars - she is closer to her future goals and career - later find out its uni in england
‘i had given him face’ ‘ he laughed approvingly’
he is pleased that adelyne had met the standing of hong kong culture and had kept his reputation looking very good - he doesnt care abt her success but only about her making him look good
