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Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mar
Physical & Mental Abuse:
This is her story of her painful childhood in China as an unwanted
daughter of cruel and abusive parents. Her father uses a lot of
imperatives like ‘Sit Down! Sit Down!’ to talk to her, and not this was
when he was in a ‘relaxed’ mood. The repetition denotes
impatience and the ‘!‘ shows authority and volume denoting
authority. This shows if he’s happy now when he’s unhappy we can
imagine what happens to her and how mentally abused she gets,
there's room to suggest physical abuse but... . He also tells her what
she can and can’t be denoted power and authority and
stereotypes her telling her she has to be a doctor specifically
midwife because that’s what all girls want
Religion:
She compares her father to God at different times throughout
bringing a sense of cohesion. The fact she’s ‘summoned’ is quite a
negative thought and there are connotations of formality as well as
power which her father craves. She always refers to her dad formally
as ‘Father’ with a capital F everywhere to denote authority – she
breaks grammar rules and this shows how intimidated she is by him,
idea reinforced because she ‘timidly’ knocks on his door. The
knocking also gives a sense of respect and again formality. She
refers to his office as the ‘holy of holies’ which again has religious
connotations almost like this place is Heaven – shows that her father
is her role model, and she wants to get to where he is. Contrast
between her father and God though, God Is supposed to be
omnibenevolent and his use of imperatives contradicts this but there
are parts where he is happy but the main reason behind that is
because what she does makes him looks good and that's what he
craves – God is a figure in the shadows, ambiguity and obscurity to
God and her father just wants to be noticed and at the forefront –
big contrast. ‘Going to England is like entering heaven’ shows how
desperate she is to leave China and how she wants to join her
brothers in England
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