Post B

I only have twenty pages left in my book, and I had trouble putting it down, I really like the stories. I really like Chinese Cinderella better than I thought I would and I am excited to see how the book ends.

Ever since Adeline’s Aunt Reine came to pick up Adeline from the boarding school, I think Adeline’s life has gotten a lot better, and she became a lot more confident until Naing sent Adeline to a new boarding school. When Adeline went to Hong Kong with Aunt Reine and her family I think it gave Adeline an idea of how children should actually be treated, and that not all mothers are like Naing. I think that seeing this will give Adeline the confidence to tell someone about what Naing and her father, and what they are doing to her. I was really happy when Victor, Aunt Reine’s son stood up for Adeline, and wouldn’t go to lunch without her, but I was also confused why Aunt Reine hasn’t realized how badly Adeline is being treated. I was really hoping that they might adopt Adeline, but they didn’t, so I hope they come back to get her. As Adeline talks about how kind the Schillings (Aunt Reine) were to her she says, “That was how the Schilling family treated me throughout the time I spent with them. They made me feel as if I were their child. For the first time in my life, I did not automatically get the short end of the stick but was given an equal share, just like Victor and Claudine” (pg. 142). I think that this quote shows how unaware Adeline was that people actually treat all their kids as equals, and are not harsh to any of them. I think that by spending time with them, Adeline started to want a normal family more than ever.