No family is the same, we run our houses differently, and parents have different ways on how to treat their children. However in Chinese Cinderella told/written by Adeline Yen Mah. Niang (Adeline’s stepmother) treats her stepchildren like they do not exist. A typical American family compared to Adeline’s family has different family structures and different roles of the family matron. First of all, the American family structure compared to Adeline’s family structure have some similarities.
She had hated the house that much.” This shows just how much Dee cared about her lifestyle and the location of the house. Resulting from her disrespect, she pushes her mother around. When Dee tries to take the quilts, Mama tells Dee that she had promised Maggie she could have them one day. Dee disregards her mother’s comment and begins to walk out the door. Mama realizes she must stand up to Dee and tell her that she cannot take the quilts because they are Maggie’s.
The glass castle by Jeannette Walls is a story of a dysfunctional family which does not conform to the norm of society. And through this their children suffer due to their unconventional methods “Mom and Dad liked to make a big point about never surrendering to fear or to prejudice or to the narrow-minded conformist sticks-in-the-mud who tried to tell everyone else what was proper" Jeannetee's parents always thought the "normal" was an unacceptable way to live. They stressed this idea and it applies to their lives throughout the entire book. The adult used this idea as an excuse for whenever they did not have a home or food to eat. But it is through this that we can the maturity and desire the children show to rise above from their problems.
She is in her on fantasy land. Events that unfold throughout the story show us just how unstable she actually was. Miss Emily acted against everything the towns people were trying to do. They wanted a mailbox attached to the house, and she refused. The consent complaints about her house smelling of odor.
Joe also makes her believe that she has keys to kingdom. After 20 years of her marriage to Joe she doesn’t think she received her true love, because Joe made Janie socially and emotionally isolated. After Joe died, Janie married to Tea Cake; he gave Janie freedom to whatever she likes. And after living with Tea Cake Janie finally feels that she had lived a satisfying life. Joe Starks, a man Janie thinks she love.
Lily is a 7 year old girl living in Hunan, China (very rural) during the 19th century. The first struggle the girls go through separately is the Chinese foot binding process. Lilly's feet were "perfect" and the match maker said she could find her a good family. After that is completed Lily was assigned Snow Flower as her lao tong. Lilly was worried about this because Snow Flower was from a higher class than her.
From my knowledge, I grew up with a family friend, Amber, whose parents were just as how Chua characterize Chinese parents. All day, her parents would criticize her for her “unacceptable behavior” and “poor piano skills.” Her parents never let her join any school events or social activities and kept her mostly at home playing hours of piano and loads of extra math problems, even when Amber excelled in every subject and had already
They are not accepted into the community and not giving the respect males get. “A girl-child is mo yung – useless,” (p.32). For this reason, Jook-Liang is lacking the attention that every little girl should have. This archetype is evident in showing that Jook-Liang is feeling isolation. She is never receiving any attention as her grandmother will not provide her with any attention because she is born into the Chinese family and because Jook-Liang’s brother is always sick.
She comes with examples throughout the book on how she raised her two girls. Studies show that Chinese parents use around 10 times as long studying with their kids everyday compared to the Western parents. Chua has ten rules that her girl were never allowed to break: • They may not attend a sleepover. • They must not have a play date. • They mustn’t be in a school play.
The novel traces the psychological development of the American daughter and her final acceptance of the Chinese mother and what the Chinese mother stands for. It is interesting to note that when Jing-mei Woo is asked by her three “aunts” to go to China in order to fulfill her mother’s long-cherished wish to meet her lost twin babies, Jing-mei shocks and upsets