waited in silence. I did notwish to contradicthim. sh
Adelinet, Adelinedidn't youhearmecallyou,Hurrysee
1
A Dialogues Your mother is outplaying bridge, your two brothers and little I NOW C.Y. himselfhas a children
few aboutyour age but
foolishly. Short sentences:she is hesitantb utheartbroken by his har
me?' I asked
sister are sunbathing by the swimming pool.
Where are
of them international
-
of her
· 1
so far none has won an literary
·distantrelationship, is not even aware
family moving homes,
and bluntcriticism. Still, she did notwantto
livities, no family bonding ·shortimperative
sentences exclamatory sentences pleased tosee
prise.Its farasIknowsoIwasquite,
·everyone's doing solitary ac +
1
noti nformed by her family
-
they still did notbothone demanding tone, indicates young women's incredibly low disrespecthim, and instead, waited obediently in
ofthemquency,
shewas:self-deprecating:
shewas notsupposed to knowwhere
everythoughnone
Action 1
!
status despite her wealth,
thatthis
being barked at silence for her father to say something -> readers
·the factt hatFather pays attention to his colleague's
should Iknow?' he answered densively.... "Your guess is as sympathise Adeline ↓
How children's achievements shows thatcompetition among
school..... you will...
·
where is everyone?' You will... and you will go to medical will...
i goodasmineintheangiventheorderlanddiecansthemondrelines
doesn'tgo in distance you
·
No one had even come out to greet her even though they
bothered to ·question:disbelief -
normally -> ...
( people for sense ofprice and face was common.
didn't pickher up from boarding school. Instead, the maid is there Don'tyou agree?
I wondered why he was being so nice, thinking ( Is this a
( he only tells his colleague thatt he winner is his daughter
to welcome her home
·Repetition modal verbs/listo fcommand:suggesthigh hierarchy and
/
... -
Dare I letmy guard pride and face. This implies that
of
r ude
his partto trickme, her)
social status (even to
because itbrings him
low servant
-...........--, giantruse on
authority offather, shows
Your chauffeur is waiting to take you home!
our...goodasmine":parallelascluelessandelineseeing really proud ofh is daughter's achievements
that she will 1 he is not
down? certainty
i
to ne
his
wealthy
Victieπ background BTdisconnected with tension and shows distrust he is only exploiting his daughter for honour,
·series every word and
! Diction:just
obey his
of question:build up of
foreshadows relationship with father
family (usually, parents pickchildren up. ->theme of bitpleased loveless relationship
and fear
showsthe hierarchyofpowerandcontrolwithin the one
dictatedones
at ·stereotypical genderroleslobstetrics,choicelifes
a
-
rejection and abandonment
shows she defensive when she is athome, mistrust housed
is
normally looked radiant. Ionce, he was proud of
"
· m e. In
look this! He
Full of
foreboding, within the relationship, she is nota tease around her family sit down!sitdown!'
take a at
England frontofhis revered colleague, C.Y. Jung, a prominent
...
Father, I shall go to medical school in and become doctor,
shortimperative sentences + exclamatory sentences
a
·juxtaposition:she is going home, butthe mention of home
Tung 1 Formal tone use of" shall":formal fellow businessman also from Shanghai, I had given him he,
brings her an unsettling feeling of dread, "I was up the liftthis morning with my friend
going C.Y.
highlights patriarchal family roles, children are very obedient +
ending and thanks even though
iti s whatshe wants to do emphasizes
not
contrasts normal representations home':loving, of when he showed me this article... towards parents and is in no way disrespectful I face.
one determined thatshe has to be obedienta nd respectful
unawareofanythingthat ishappeningwithhis daughteroneof
I was the only to enter and sordinate
clause
i israremoment-corelessrelationsone
warm, care own ·perhaps enough towards her parents
1
a
there were no other competitors!' asked how she wond " is
asinanightmarewonderingwhohaddiedthistimerentalill this distance lacko fconcern and
+ care for his own daughter ·
humble tone:aboastful, family duties, highlights how women
+is the firsttimethatan catchinese Indent nomizing has made him
proud and radiant "for
!
"
had to be submissive and dependenti n 1950s H12 once
with nightmare "Is the winner Adeline Tuning Ten Mah related to you?" Kong has won such prestigious event. 'face' for parents (she has
↑
a
·shows the importance ofearning
"
...
itwas now or never.
·all thoughts related to home immediately negative (she had of this daughter thathe has - Please, Father, I asked oldly, thinking 1: importance offace and honour as a
Hong Kong culture
·friend doesn'teven know
are for him to boastt o his colleagues about
too, justlike my brothers?
given something
never been broughthome for a good reason cold and close
X and loving relationship May I go to university in England ADELINEYEN, for
he doesn'ttalkabouther
-
our sincere congratulations, bringing honour to
Dread-----------
-> -
loveless family Diction: distantrelationship lackofcommunication
Hong Kong. We are proud ofyou.'
1
he continued.How come you won?
Tell me, how did you do it?'
·
"
was full of dread.
the short drive home, my heart modal verb showsher degree of
·
During ·Formal tone and use of
pathos:her joy and excitementa twinning implies how much she
you: ↓·
...anditwassaturdanagainsessions time are
confidence in his own reverence and respect
"Short drive home" home is near the boarding school, yet Italics in the word father has no
she wants to
dreads being home and how desperately
·
towards him, doesn'twant
parents couldn'tbother topickAdeline up Adeline barely daughter and his lackofknowledge
i
of
passing
+
family parents didn'twantAdeline to stay at home aboutthis
to be made and disrespectful getaway from her family sympathy -
sees subjectshows that he does atall 1 she in my case perhaps the end of school ever
duty her parents,
making family and country
1
of has in
boarding school indicates wealth and a sign thatshe even entered the
a
with them notknow to end, sense ofdespair
·brothers:gender roles (male superiority) achievements -> importance ofhonour and face dreading school
+
1
proud of her
starvewhatcanguage,
of pride and
competition and much less abouther
writerthesoffedelsonareseenin
status parents are using Adeline as a source headache....
--------------- throbbing
i
->
!
L
face.
writing talents. ·dread almostt urns into physical pain
·dread:instead family
i
usual excitement-> indicates loveless
language
of
I do believe you have potential. Tell me, whatwould you study? English, rather elementary. As for Anxious tension
Inside, quiet and cool.
itwas your Chinese is actually structure
unaware of daughter's interests and talents -> lackof don'tyou think the native English speakers can 1
your English, Adeline, didn'tyou hear
I me call
·pathetic fallacy:Atmosphere of house foreshadows the poor communication within the relationship
you?Hurry up
write better than you?'
waiting to take you home!
i
Your chauffeur is
pride and the importance
and loveless relationship within the family, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
downstairs!
Four ofu s were playing Monopoly...." You can'tgo
now!For once I'm action:belittling tone, shatters her dream, even her own father
!
suggests isolation and distance within the doesn'tsupport her low self-doubt, self-deprecation ·tension is created: unexpected interruption, emphasised by the
winning... of her parents being proud
-
situation, when material wealth determines self! bontal and bluntly delivered criticism he
family doesn'tc are
reflects currentsocial punctuation"!"
-
·
·
overwhelmed by the thoughtthatI had been summoned... worth, competitive of life Metaphorical term about her desires and feelings shows stereotypical reaction
of her;her earning her
nature +
wondered whatI had done wrong.
-
1
I had been summoned by Father to enter the Holy of Holies tewards a creath-----------.
is creative and I
daughter entering
...
father's room normal, common and happens...
structure 1
·
reference to bible. & Adeline thinks she mightb e called backhome for punishment
-
- -
on
day-to-day basis, butto Adeline, it's
a uncommon and
! diction. Formal tonedistant relationshipspatriarchy
God-like image ofFather, traditional family roles
Language - parents' face ·
and apprehensive, Xassociate home with love and family
overwhelming distance ->
laughed approvingly.... after humble from Adelines
The traditional patriarchy and gender * complete mood shift
·
fear
! He and
When she is called to enter father's room)
thathe asksher testdictiosee
he was in a happy mood. roles evidentin this family A the Why?
-
suggestthanevenamerequestion n
...
...
·attention and sensitivity to these details suggestan
importance duty) hierarchy short sentences, rhetorical question,
progression:Dread-
+ caesura build up oftension
abusive and distantrelationship, she is afraid and looking ↓ her to
1
of
Emotional me
expecting (heaven->)
anxious tension-self-deprecation
for clues thatmightinform her of the reasons thatshe ButFather was an answer.
(
was summoned into his room ·family roles, parents to always
never disrespect answer when Timidly....
expected to adultto answers 1
fear apprehension canxiety thatthe bad is going to happen) tension
implies western 'rags to riches'
overwhelming excitement
->
Ofecesone
long
·
out. As as he let
me
planned
...-------------------- Apparently, all
he had it go to
xgt
-
breathed a small sigh ofrelief...
England, I would study anything he wished. fairy tale to 1950s I
died
university in Hong Kong
parent willingness to do anything family roles and & reliefthatFather and thatshe is i n trouble for anything.
happy mood
unsure
duty to obey Temporary in not
-
story
->
-
·
is a
case, perhaps, the end of school forever
ofobedience towards parent--
In my
importance
...
the
dispair atend ofschool
scaesuras: shows her i self-deprecation
F
....
sense of dispair and dread conveyed through the melodramatic tene, 1
Language, structure
·
foreboding creates tension Is itpossible?Am I dreaming?Me, the winner?
(
my heart notin it. 1 series rhetorical questions:shows her disbeliefatthe possibility ofh er
winning the competition
was of
reflects
in 8 weeks is affecting her presentstate The distantrelationships ADELINEYEN MAH her incredibly low self esteem brought
up in an
The thought of leaving school nuloving family
between Adeline
1
ouerfamila
The radio warned ofa possible
typhoon the next day. short sentences and punctuation"?":speed up the pace writing,
of a transition from
mirrors her dread, previous tension
·pathetic fallacy:The uncertain and possibly threatening weather (summoned by fatheris released and transformed into existement
the
persistent toothache.
and her
thoughtof leaving school throbbed
uncertainty of her future, increases tension
atthe back my
of mind like a -
Language the importance of a isolation:she had notknown thatshe won and she had notinformed her family abouther participation
in this event
education & school
·simile:painful thought, runnerable,
physical pain
X
in control ofh er future, almostbecoming
to Adeline (a means
connotations and associations neglect and
unloving family, oppression laforeshadowings
of
I
overwhelming excitement +exhilaration
for?My whole being vibrated with all the joy in
of from homes
an
thought, is this the big moment I have been waiting
·
"throbbed":synonymous with discomfort and pain school -> home dread =
escape, ·
Genre:Autobiography (isperson narrative ( the world. I only had to stretch outmy hand to reach the stars.
International play-writing competition held in London, England
towards school and the
structure ↓ ·purpose:Reflect on her childhood in 1950s Hong Kong ·
Hyperbole:highlights how rare a momentthis is
-
readersfeel
incredibly sorry for her
her participation in this competition shows her passion
Audience,primarily young teens, EastAsians
---
. . . . . . . . . . .
by relentlessly
·
Time went again marvellous itwas
simply alive!
·
importance of it
...
heart gave giants uch as How to be
about to ↓ my
a ...
·Temporal language ·
Event:Adeline is called home from her boarding
typerbole: intensehappiness,feelings:excitementoverwhelmed, surprised, oversodrelational
Foregrounding of time imply thatauthor is paying
⑥
speak with Father, where he reveals that she won
entering what particular attention to time passing because she values
·
heaven. Does it matter
thought. Going to England
i
like
study? I is
an international playwriting competition writing competion the !
you do after you getto heaven? 1 her education and does end
notw antschool to
elated when she finally "again" reinforces her dread oft ime passing, 1 short centences punctuation:shows excitementaboutwinning the competition and the possible
·Hyperbole:intense happiness (values education and feels her
context
· =
+
Eightweeks more abroad
gets the chance to escape from her family linked with -
1 ·Temporal language 1 opportunity of
studying
abandonment and loveless theme
countdown, shows concern for the end ofs chool,
wealthy family - neglectas
Adeline:5th child in
Bliss
·
a
I agreed. 1 of time itin thatdawn to be alive.
Agree?Of course oussionsto passing
bea writer death - seen as bad
was
a weeks before mother's
i
study literature. I'll born true
through acceptance
excitement thoughitdoes notfitwith her passion
studies to Adeline is shown her to do ->
the importance of
e ofpoem quotation:
her future, shows her
1 already given thoughtto
·has
show
·
if it's notw hatshe desires. passion for ita nd her desire to be able to study, luck -> abandonment -
anything even
How did thatline go in Wordsworth's poem?
stepmother vicious abusive loveless family Adeline, unforgettable childhood
-
theme:patriarchal society (shows her respecting parents impacton event
duty in and
fulfilling her
A structural conversations;has
-
great
points:mainly
i
Bliss was itin thatdawn to be alive.
wishes even if they do match
not up to her own personal wishes and desires 1950s Hong Kong:patriarchal society (women were
unexpected twist
Irony:use of poem quotation to emphasize her mood shifts (tension relaxed) foreshadows
... Thank you very ·very much.
inferior to men, had to foster respect * -> ->
feelings and excitementa tthe mere thought
"
importance
·
Repetition: of study to her and gratitude at
being given the of being able to go to university in England by pleasing men, young had to give
even ifi tis notwhatshe initially wanted to tremendous respectto their elders.
opportunity to study abroad even if itdoesn'tmatch up with her passion
i do (she still thinks like a witter M Nicole Li
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she is desperate to leave home thats he accepts anything
