Analysis of 'Chinese Cinderella' by Adeline Yen Mah

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ม.ค. 2025

ความคิดเห็น •

  • @adeela7903
    @adeela7903 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Only videos online that go through the anthologies in so much detail and so well. Many many thanks!

  • @stormhenshaw
    @stormhenshaw 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    For some evaluation in lines 78-81, you can say the father has an immediate clear view for her future implying he may think about her and care for her, despite the neglect he is presented as showing at the beginning of the extract. However this also could mean he just cares about her future and therefore his status in his job, and it may stem from a selfishness as it will be known his children have become successful, reflecting him as a ‘good’ father. Idk I just made that up whilst typing

    • @kyvao
      @kyvao 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agreed. Given the context that the events took place in the 1950s, with mass immigration from the mainland to Hong Kong, it wouldn't come as a surprise that Adeline's father had everything planned out for the sake of a stable future for her (as seen in "foolproof profession"). As a Hongkonger myself, I'd say this is pretty much the norm when it comes to typical Asian parenting.

  • @aljwham
    @aljwham 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I think it is really good this book is being talked about and discussed at GCSE level.

  • @ludovicojones7432
    @ludovicojones7432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Mrs Rumnsey ur acc the GOAT

    • @mrsrumsey
      @mrsrumsey  4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Ludovico Jones haha! Thank you!

    • @ludovicojones7432
      @ludovicojones7432 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im back

    • @Silver_633
      @Silver_633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nO RANADO BETTER

    • @cxzirey
      @cxzirey 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      fr bruh

  • @maggiemoonlight8482
    @maggiemoonlight8482 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    You are legitimately saving me for my exams. This helps so much, thank you!!

  • @kai-theyoungfarmer4413
    @kai-theyoungfarmer4413 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you mrs herbert thank you for this I may fail my gcse but I'll remeber you 👍🏻 respect 🎉

  • @cuttobl4ck
    @cuttobl4ck 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This came up on the regional paper and I knew exactly what I had to do thanks to the video! Thank you so much!

    • @anyaevans3625
      @anyaevans3625 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What was the question

    • @primeroxx
      @primeroxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      what was the question?

    • @ayaanfarazi5705
      @ayaanfarazi5705 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      what was the question

    • @cuttobl4ck
      @cuttobl4ck 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ayaanfarazi5705 My comment is from 2 years ago so I'm sure you can access the paper online somehow.

  • @AshleysAviation18
    @AshleysAviation18 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One thing we can add is that the short paragraph of happiness foreshadows the temporary happiness she will feel. I even had a feeling that the last dialogue 'thank you very much' uses a sarcastic tone, because only half of her wish is being fulfilled.

  • @kikimess-r2x
    @kikimess-r2x 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    YOURE SINGLE HANDEDLY SAVING MY EXAMS

  • @brosorelatable
    @brosorelatable 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    THIS CAME UP FOR MY IGCSE AND I WAS READYYYY LETSS GOOOOO. GOOD LUCK FOR ALL SITTING THE IGCSEs

  • @abdullahsakr2264
    @abdullahsakr2264 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I loved it, thank you very much. I think your a star! Keep up the good work.

  • @matildagoodall7007
    @matildagoodall7007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is so helpful- mocks tomorrow, thanks!

  • @gwerneckpaiva
    @gwerneckpaiva 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just got this in my paper, knew exactly what to say, thanks Mrs Rumsey!

  • @jesuslovesyou8404
    @jesuslovesyou8404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The parallel made with the butler in lines 17&18 can be extended - as we see later in the text, Adeline’s father gives her strict instructions regarding her future, and she gladly plans to carry them out
    Yes, I could probably have phrased this better

  • @Tyler-tz7oy
    @Tyler-tz7oy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Anyone here doing iGCSEs in 2020?

  • @jamieclarke1133
    @jamieclarke1133 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thanks a lot means so much really help lots of love from the Clarke family

  • @FlixRacing
    @FlixRacing ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is my final video out of this series. I just wanted to thank you so much for teaching all of us so well. I’ve spend the last 4 days invested in your content, and I believe it will pay off tomorrow in my exam. Thank you so much Mrs. Rumsey❤

    • @mrsrumsey
      @mrsrumsey  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My absolute pleasure! Good luck!

  • @harrystreet5820
    @harrystreet5820 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video thanks mrs rumsey

  • @Clove-Love
    @Clove-Love 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The first time i read this book i was 11 years old, i re-read it recently and i am simply so interested by it, its so heartbreaking and educating

  • @thomashilton152
    @thomashilton152 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think that possibly the lack of connection between her father and herself is also emphasised when it mentions that Hong Kong is proud of her yet her father is only "quite pleased"

  • @huttonberries768
    @huttonberries768 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was the passage we got in iGCSE English

  • @willwood9647
    @willwood9647 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks so much this really helped me x

  • @kisarisaparamadu
    @kisarisaparamadu ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks a lot, my exams are tomorrow, and this video helped me a lot!!!

  • @jkes374
    @jkes374 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You were right, it wasn't thoughts and feelings, it was relationship with family members

    • @primeroxx
      @primeroxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hi, what was the exact question?

  • @izzymitchell2128
    @izzymitchell2128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Hi Mrs R , I’m really grateful for your amazing videos that have helped me through the first half of my GCSES however, could you possibly do an analysis of ‘Night’ in purple pack ? Thanks!

    • @amyl9643
      @amyl9643 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i think night is paper 2 which may be paper 3 coursework for her class

    • @izzymitchell2128
      @izzymitchell2128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@amyl9643 we still want it!

    • @amyl9643
      @amyl9643 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@izzymitchell2128 i know but the exams on friday, there is a great resource online, ill send the link in a min

    • @amyl9643
      @amyl9643 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@izzymitchell2128 jwpblog.com/2018/10/31/night-alice-munro-thoughts-on-family-not-a-model-answer/ i found it useful

    • @izzymitchell2128
      @izzymitchell2128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@amyl9643 ok thanks , can't find night analysis anywhere

  • @chuyanwang1072
    @chuyanwang1072 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks very much to your video! But I actually interpreted the last few paragraphs as a shift in her mentality...that she was first given the decision-making power and suddenly the power was taken back. Then she was dissatisfied yet numb about her father's sentence(decision) so that she had nothing else to opt for but to obey. What do you think of my analysis, or she was just exhilarating about the possible escape?

    • @robindabanc2245
      @robindabanc2245 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think she was enthusiastic about it. She went from not knowing what her future would be like, not even knowing if these would be her final weeks in school to being granted her wish to study in England. Her decision to do literature was rash and in the moment with hardly any prior planning. The quote 'bliss was it in that dawn to be alive' shows her exhilaration. Despite being given the short end of the stick and made to do obstetrics, as controlling and unfair to her as that is, she doesn't seem to acknowledge in it the final few lines.

  • @kianjelley7347
    @kianjelley7347 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’m passing cus of u love you

  • @zeenaabdalla1328
    @zeenaabdalla1328 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the capitalisation of little sister is a direct translation from chinese culture, from what i recall, its not blatantly indicative of any hierarchal positions.

  • @manavmalviya4728
    @manavmalviya4728 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    omg i had this exam today and your analysis video really helped!! thank you so much! could you please make videos on section 2 of the anthology for english language paper 2 as well:)

    • @primeroxx
      @primeroxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      what was question 4?

    • @primeroxx
      @primeroxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      plsss answer

    • @serenity7637
      @serenity7637 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yoooo what was the question???

    • @manavmalviya4728
      @manavmalviya4728 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@serenity7637 it was 2 years ago I do not remember 😭😭

    • @serenity7637
      @serenity7637 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@manavmalviya4728 I KNEW IT 😭😭 anyways, did your GCSEs go well?

  • @robindabanc2245
    @robindabanc2245 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    your ideas are brilliant, thank you so much

  • @josephnealon7130
    @josephnealon7130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Watched this the morning of the exam, IT CAME UP HUUUUGE WWWW

  • @leeyam2520
    @leeyam2520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you so much, I've been using all your videos to revise for my language mock tomorrow!

    • @mrsrumsey
      @mrsrumsey  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good luck!

    • @leeyam2520
      @leeyam2520 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrsrumsey thank you!

    • @mariagawedaa
      @mariagawedaa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahah I have my mock tomorrow as well, good luck :))

    • @serenity7637
      @serenity7637 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      did you give the jan-feb 2022 boards?

    • @alialsabtytransitus9870
      @alialsabtytransitus9870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mrsrumsey got the exam tomorrow morning, this has been huge for me, thank you so much

  • @sharanthakerar7444
    @sharanthakerar7444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just came in my exam saved me thank you so much

  • @isabelleperera2294
    @isabelleperera2294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So useful for my exam, thankyou

  • @thiumini4152
    @thiumini4152 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This helped me immensely. Thank you so much

    • @serenity7637
      @serenity7637 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      did you give the jan-feb 2022 boards?

  • @Am_1000
    @Am_1000 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Anyone doing edexcel IGCSE 2023?

  • @mythicyourdad5330
    @mythicyourdad5330 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ms ramsey what are some other techniques other than repetition simile juxtaposition

  • @izzyeve5175
    @izzyeve5175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MRS RUMSEY I SAT MY LANG PAPER TODAY AND IT WAS THIS EXACT ONE I LOVE YOU AND IT WAS GREAT THANKS TO U XXX

  • @isabel9453
    @isabel9453 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “It was my turn and I threw the dice”- connotations of risk and uncertainty, makes the reader be fearful of the future which awaits her by the sense of foreboding

    • @roz2692
      @roz2692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have to say I dont think this is correct it's simply her throwing a set of dife in a game ... I think it's more the pathetic fallacy that builds up this tension :)

  • @umarchaudhry9839
    @umarchaudhry9839 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much really helped great analysis thanks.

  • @jaimestewart7391
    @jaimestewart7391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you MIss! Much appreciated

  • @smal10
    @smal10 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you so much! fantastic again

  • @amadif1793
    @amadif1793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Many thanks.

  • @mayakampoori4910
    @mayakampoori4910 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Mrs R thank you so much for your help,
    do you think it is possible that you do the paper2 extracts by Thursday?

    • @mrsrumsey
      @mrsrumsey  5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hi Maya,
      I'm glad to hear the videos have been helpful. Unfortunately, it is unlikely I'll have any Paper 2 extracts uploaded by Thursday. All the best.

  • @saneshjayanaath
    @saneshjayanaath 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excuse me miss
    Can u tell the meaning of juxtaposition

    • @afrah2251
      @afrah2251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is two that that are mentioned close together but are complete opposites. Like mentioning “death” and “life” in the same sentence. You could search it up. Or in this text, how home usually makes you feel comforted and safe, but she feel a sense of dread instead.

    • @saneshjayanaath
      @saneshjayanaath 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks man

  • @safia9423
    @safia9423 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing analysis as usual

  • @jesuslovesyou8404
    @jesuslovesyou8404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Anyone else March 2021?

  • @maverick2422
    @maverick2422 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Helped with my exam thanks

  • @aayankhan248
    @aayankhan248 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    can someone explain what juxtaposition means ? I dont understand the google defnition

    • @coolguy3943
      @coolguy3943 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Basically two contrasting things placed close together eg. 'It was a matter of life or death'

    • @aayankhan248
      @aayankhan248 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@coolguy3943 thanks

  • @forelligaming7139
    @forelligaming7139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mrs rumsey is leng

  • @hoyyaa1476
    @hoyyaa1476 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    unbelievable, u did better than my teacher

  • @salmanouh6859
    @salmanouh6859 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    it helped a lot thanks very much

  • @kianjelley7347
    @kianjelley7347 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love maths thanks

  • @noorenalfonso4303
    @noorenalfonso4303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    me coming here for my mock exam next week

  • @crashy_dsk5077
    @crashy_dsk5077 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    exam is in like 3 hours lol

  • @zak_025
    @zak_025 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    can you send the story

  • @mrjollyham8236
    @mrjollyham8236 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you are a lifesaver

  • @tokiosmanimtiyaz7819
    @tokiosmanimtiyaz7819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks

  • @FloweijFR
    @FloweijFR ปีที่แล้ว

    I accidently stole this book from my european class in french guiana, i took it, read it and forgot to give it back, hell i even forgot to at least bring it to france, i suck.

    • @turki_2009
      @turki_2009 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lol

  • @aston4782
    @aston4782 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Structure ??

    • @mrsrumsey
      @mrsrumsey  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Are you asking what are the structural points? Anything to do with repetition, sentence types, contrast, juxtaposition, etc are all structural points.

  • @fifaball8048
    @fifaball8048 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    young and dyslexic clear.

  • @freezi.r6231
    @freezi.r6231 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anyone here for 2023?

    • @mmbeno
      @mmbeno ปีที่แล้ว

      Yepp good luck for paper 1

  • @krishie
    @krishie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    sehr gut vdaieoe

  • @Jurgen-h5b
    @Jurgen-h5b หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dope

  • @kikimess-r2x
    @kikimess-r2x 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I LOVE YOU

  • @qtr_x
    @qtr_x 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I LOVE MEN

  • @Silver_633
    @Silver_633 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    RONALDO SIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!