Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese daughter Chapter 1

5 Comments
1] Adeline had a big and successful family.
2] Her Grand Aunt found China's first Shanghai's Womens bank. She was a business mogul.
3] Many women around the years 1886 had to have their feet bound. It was an excruciating process.

4] Around 1886, the wars, like the First Opium War were just clearing up. There was still a lot of tension between Britain and China.

5] Shanghai was China's center of trade.

4 Questions

1] Why did women in China had to get their feet bound?

2] Why wasn't Adeline's mother mentioned in the first chapter, but the rest of her family was?

3] Why were many people in China around 1886 had to be in arranged marriages?

4] Did the first Shanghai's Women's Bank become successful?

3 Vocabulary

1] prestigious: indicative of or conferring prestige

2] unchaste: not chaste; not virtuous; not pure

3] impoverish: to reduce to poverty

2 Literary Terms

1] "Behind round, wire rimmed tinted glasses, her large eyes were penetrating." -Metaphor.

2] "... you will become the willing pisspot and spittoon of the Yen's and we will be proud of you." -Metaphor.

1 Overview Sentence

In this chapter, it was mostly about how Adeline's Grand Aunt became successful in finding her own bank.