Chinese Cinderella (Page 85-122)

Title: Chinese Cinderella
Author: Adeline Yen Mah
Page 85 to 122

Summary
More despair Wu Mei or Yen Jung-Ling, actual name, experiences because of Niang. The 17 year old Big Sister marries a man named Samuel Sung and leaves the house. Yen Jung-Ling thought if her stepmother arranges a matrimony to her, she is better of leaving the house. She would not tolerate it. Since her school life was sacred to her. Despise being mistreated in her OWN house; in her school everyone respected her. Even Wu Chu-Mei invits Jung-Mei to her birthday party, which she is not allow to go. Mei accepts but as the concenquences follow, she is unfairly punish by her father and Niang. During "election" day, Jung-Ling is elect as president and won the election with her friends. After that, her friends plan to visit her house with good intentions. Mei’s parents are not please of commotion. The results are horrible. The friends discover how Jung-Ling is treated, Niang suggest separating the fifth daughter from her dear Aunt Baba, and Jung-Ling had to follow her parents back to Tianjin. More miseries await to the unwanted daughter of the Yen family.

Quote
“I watched him tossed sausage rolls, chicken sandwiches and chestnut cake with nonchalance to a delighted Jackie, who jumped to catch the morsels between his powerful jaws” (Mah 104).

Reaction
The protagonist faces more obstacles of her dream to live somewhere else, far away from her cruel family, except from her Aunt Baba and grandfather. Haughty Niang (mother) still treats Yen Jung-Ling with coldness. There is nepotism of second wife’s children than the first wife children. Between these pages, the reader gets more details of the fifth daughter’s life and the witch stepmother she has. For example, the wanting to go to a friend’s birthday party led to the short time starvation in Jung-Ling’s room. She witnesses the Fourth Brother carelessly wasting food and the stepmother’s dog enjoying it. The quote above, gives the reader a strong imagery of the moment the main character saw the food go to waste. Analyze each word Mah chose; there are SAT vocabulary words and powerful adjectives.