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I only noticed a few cultural differences in the section I read this week. Adeline mentions a lot that her sister is in an arranged marriage, and how she is worried that she will be sent off too. In ap euro we learned that in China when a women was married back then they got no say in it, and once you got married you lived with the husband’s parents, and rarely saw your own. Adeline said, “‘I’m terrified they’ll force me into an arranged marriage like Big Sister’s just to be rid of me’” (pg 181).

Also at the end of the book, I thought it was cool how they connected the American Cinderella to a “Chinese Cinderella” story. The story is basically the same as our Cinderella and Adeline learns about the story from her grandma, who compares the main character Ye Xian to Adeline in how she overcame her troubles, and became successful. In a letter to Adeline, her grandma said, “Your future is limitless, and I shall always be proud of you, my Chinese Cinderella” (pg 197).

Lastly, Adeline’s dream was to go to England to study, and it seemed like most people wanting to go to college went abroad. Also, it is not just normal, but required in schools for Adeline and her classmates to know English, Chinese and other languages where as in America, most people only know English.