Chapter 1

5 Comments
1. This memoir took place when girls in China had to get their feet bounded.
2. Shanghai was China's centre for trade and industry.
3. Back at Adeline's time, they had arranged marriages such as her Grand Aunt's younger sister was arranged to marry a guy but he died of tuberculosis.
4. Her Grand Aunt founded her own bank and it is a Women's Bank.
5. Grand Aunt was like the most successful person out of everyone in the family.
4 Questions
1. Why do girls have to bound their feet?
2. Why do they have arrange marriages?
3. Was it hard to become successful if you were a girl or a woman back then?
4. Did Adeline come from a wealthy family? Her Aunts and Uncles are able to wear expensive clothing and they also set up their own business.
3 Vocabulary
1. magistrate - a civil officer with the administration of the law
2. brothels - a house of prostitution
3. concubines - a woman who cohabits with a man without being legally married to him
2 Literary Terms
1. " A devout Buddhist, he was tall and slender..." - imagery
2. " She was the first child in the Yen family to be given a foreign education." - foreshadow
1 Overview
In this chapter it is about Adeline introducing all the different member of the Yen family to the readers.