Hello all! This week, I read a little bit of Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah. The book displays the life of a Chinese young girl, Wu Mei, who comes from what seems to be a typical Chinese family. However, just like the original version of Cinderella, Wu Mei is very much unwanted by her many siblings, step-mother, and sometimes by her own father. For example, one day she brought home an award from school and immediately, her sister slapped her across the face. Her sister also told her to stop showing off even though those were not her intentions. Her family thinks of her as bad luck since her biological mother passed away right after she was born. As a result, Wu Mei tries to become independent while living with a family who sees her as undesirable.
After reading this, I realized that not all families are perfect where everyone loves each other despite the fighting or arguments that happen. Wu Mei's relationship with her siblings is the complete opposite between my brother and I and probably many other siblings. For example, sometimes my brother and I have huge arguments with each other but by the end of the day, we still care about one another. What about you? If you have siblings, what happens after your arguments? Do you make up with each other by the end of the day or do you ignore each other for a while?
Throughout this week, I read 32 pages of the book. Half of those pages I read in my living room while the rest I read in class. I am really enjoying this book because it is not only a spin off of the original Cinderella, but this story actually happened to this ten-year-old girl. Overall, I have not been doing anything to this book besides reading it but now I think I will use post-it notes to write sentence summaries for each chapter because it makes me think about what I just read.
Wow, you made it this far! Thanks so much for taking your time to read this! Your comments are very much appreciated too! (: Be on the look out for my return next week with another post based on part 2 of my reading journey!
~Kelly
After reading this, I realized that not all families are perfect where everyone loves each other despite the fighting or arguments that happen. Wu Mei's relationship with her siblings is the complete opposite between my brother and I and probably many other siblings. For example, sometimes my brother and I have huge arguments with each other but by the end of the day, we still care about one another. What about you? If you have siblings, what happens after your arguments? Do you make up with each other by the end of the day or do you ignore each other for a while?
Throughout this week, I read 32 pages of the book. Half of those pages I read in my living room while the rest I read in class. I am really enjoying this book because it is not only a spin off of the original Cinderella, but this story actually happened to this ten-year-old girl. Overall, I have not been doing anything to this book besides reading it but now I think I will use post-it notes to write sentence summaries for each chapter because it makes me think about what I just read.
Wow, you made it this far! Thanks so much for taking your time to read this! Your comments are very much appreciated too! (: Be on the look out for my return next week with another post based on part 2 of my reading journey!
~Kelly