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.  -Author: C. S. Lewis  ||  Modern – Title: -Author: || around 1943 at the beginning of World War 2. Also in the book you can tell the approximate year because of the lack of technology used and the style of language which they use throughout the book. || //Chinese Cindarella// is set in the 1940s you can tell firstly because they mention the year in the book as well they mention things happening to do with the world war 2 happening in China or influencing them like America bombing Japan; which made everyone in China extremley happy! Since Japan was running certain parts of China some time before in the past and 5they treated some of the chinese very cruley.The Chinese almost worshiped the americans and became very influenced by them and started wearing ameriacn clothes watching American films etc. || **Aunt Baba-** Kind and conservitive. **Father-** strict, strong **Niang-** mean, rude and selfish. **friend-** Caring, outgoing and thoughtful. || __**The White Witch and the creatures of Narnia-**__ Many creatures of Narnia despise of the White Witch because of all the horrible things she has done and changed while ruling Narnia. Though she is still appreciated by some of the darker spirits in the wood.Who highly agree with her decisions. || __﻿__**__Niang and the children__-** she is very biast to her own children and spoils them but she treats her stepchildren very cruley taking away all their privlages and isn especially cruel to the youngest Adeline and sends her off to boarding school to get rid of her.
 * Questions: ||  Classic – Title: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
 * 1. Describe the **time and place** in which your novel is set. What clues within the book tell us this? || Since children were leaving their parents to move to the country as a safer place because of war this tells us that the book is set
 * 2. Who are the main characters in your book? List the names and a short description of their personality traits. || **Lucy-** sticks up for what she believes in and is very caring towards others.
 * Edmund-** selfish and gullible.
 * Susan-** disciplined and sensible.
 * Peter-** brave, courageous and a true leader who sticks up for others.
 * Aslan-** Powerful, caring, looked up to, a leader, brave and strong. Similar to Edmund but with a higher satus (power) with more experience.
 * The White Witch**- mean, cruel, selfish, evil and snobby. || **Adeline Yen Mah-** small, intellegent, caring and brave.
 * 3. Describe the **significant relationships** between the main characters. || **__Edmund and lucy-__** Edmund picks on lucy alot and Lucy becomes angry and dissapointed in him.
 * __Aslan and the creatures of Narnia-__** Many creatures (good creatures) in Narnia look up to Aslan as he helps solve many problems and makes Narnia a better place for all to live in.

__**Niang and Father**__- Niang acts as the leader of the house and always get what she wants fro her husband (father). Father goes along with whatever Niang says and acts more of a follower where in most houses its the dad as the leader.

the youngest daughter are very close. Aunt Baba is the only one who really appreciates Adelines hard work, effort and achievements in school and really cares. || Even though Mrs.Beaver is not one of the main character in the book she is sill very important and still involved quite a lot. She acts as a mother to the children and brings a lot of laughs to the book as she is very silly and wants to ake sure everything is perfect and everyone is a happy ( she goes a bit over the top). || **__Adeline__-** Adeline is the main character of C//hinese Cinderella. She struggles to be noticed and cared for by her family and goes through a lot of hardship through the book and I felt a lot of symathy for her.// //As well she is an inspiration to me since she never gives up on her education and all ways trys her best in everything. She is caring to all, a hard working student and a reliable friend. She is an inspiration.// || a) Find examples of; colourful adjectives, similes, metaphor, dramatic irony, etc..   b) Find a quote (with page number) for each example. || * delicious sunlight Describe **//your feelings//** towards the novel. Did you **//enjoy//** it, why or why not? Did you find it easy to get into? Did you like it the more that you read it? Would you read more books by the same author, or of a similar genre? || //The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe// is a great read. It is a fantasy book full of many fun adventures and common themes used today such as frienhip and loyalty, god vs evil, forgivness and courage. It is a book for all ages around 10 and up. Different versions of the books is made for suitable age levels. The story is appropriate for all and has a little bit of almost everything for everyone. The main problem in this book is a cruel lady the Queen of Narnia also known as the white witch has cast a spell over the country making it always winter, but never christmas. She treats the good people of Narnia very cruley and if they don't follow her orders she turns them to stone! A family of four children (the sons of adam and daughters of eve which they are called by the Narnians) stumble into Narnia through a closet and end up going on an action paced fantasy adventure to Save Narnia with the help of Aslan the Lion. I definatley reccomed ou to read it if you haven't already it is a true classic worth a read! || //Chinese Cinderella// is a very interesting book which I really enjoyed reading.Though it is quite sad and serious it is an inspiring story. You experience the hardship and struggle through Adeline's (the main character's) life. You really feel as if you become apart of Adeline as you experience her struggle and pain from her efforts and achievments being unappreciated by her family and them treating her like nothing but a useless spec of dirt. You want to stop this unfairness and fight for her rights! Though it is serious story it is still appropriate for ages 10 and above since it doesn't use bad language, strong violence or many difficult terms. The story of //Chinese Cinderella// is about a young girl in a big family of seven children living with a step mother with two children of her own. Adeline is one of the youngest and is the least appreciated and recognised person in the family and is treated terribly by everyone except for her Aunt Baba and Yeye (grandfather) as well as her great school friends who have no idea really how terrible Adeline's family treat her, as Adeline is scared and embarrsased to expose anything about her family. The Step mother (Niang) is especially cruel to Adeline, she embarreses her in front of her friends and sends her of to boarding school with a days notice, leaving her there with nothing, plus much more horrible things. Adeline never gives up on proving her self to be the best she can be and ends up winnig a national writting competion and is finally recognised by her family and finally gets her dream of studying overseas. It is a fantastic book with great morals and lessons to teach. It has the true to potential to even some day be a classic. IT'S A MUST READ! ||
 * __Aunt Baba and Adeline__- ** Aunt Baba and Adeline,
 * 4. Who is your favourite character and why? **Or** - Who is the character that you can most closely relate to and why? || **__Mrs. Beaver__**
 * 5. Describe the **style of language** and **literary devices** that the author uses.
 * a light breeze sprang up
 * delicate transparent leaves
 * sparklings streems of the forest
 * prodigious yawn
 * dazzling plumage of birds
 * glossy chestnut sides of centaurs || * the most delicious aroma greeted my nostrils from a pot of mushroom soup bubbling on the stove
 * .....I tilted the rim to savour the last few drops... ||
 * 6. Is your book an example of ‘**classic’ or ‘modern’ literature**? You must use evidence to back up your stance. For example; has your book stood the ‘test of time’? Are there theme’s that will transcend time? || //The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe// the book is a classic book that is still popular and read today It has many themes that transcend time. Some of the main themes is god vs evil, friendship and loyalty, forgivness and courage. All these themes are still used today in books and every day situtions. This makes the bok easy to relate to since these themes are so common and important.As well the book has many adjectives and other forms of descriptive language that make the more interesting, like many great classic novels. || Chinese Cinderella is a interesting book. It is based on a story from the past (around 1940's) but is quite a recent book (writen in the last decade) and involves quite modern language. This book shares many features of a classic and popular (modern) book. It has good description and shares many themes used in the majourity of books from today and the past. ||
 * 7. After reading the book, write a short note to a friend **__describing the book__**. Include a description of the **//genre//**, **//setting//** and **//difficulty level//**. You need to also include the following information; What were the main **//themes//** in the book? What was the **//central conflict//**? How was it resolved?