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College of Ph ysicians London and Edinburgh” p. 140.
4.1.3 Brave
Adeline is a brave person. Her bravery shows after moving to a new house in Shanghai. This character can be seen by conversation of others as stated by
Murphy. In this novel, through the conversation of other people and the things they say, it gives us a c
lue about person‟s character. One day in September 1943, her Grandmother died. It makes the freedom years of childhood are over. Six
weeks after Grandmother‟s death, Lydia, Gregory, Edgar, and Adeline are taken to the railway station going to Shanghai. It takes two days and one night. In
Shanghai, in their new house which their Father bought, they live on the second floor. In the first floor is for Father, Niang, Franklin and Susan Father and Niang
child, and later Lydia. Here, her Niang has her own authority to all family members.
Sometimes, Adeline does not care for Niang‟s firm. Niang has been
separated from her daughter, Susan, for two months. Niang goes over and attempts to pick Susan up from Aunt Baba. Unfortunately, Susan wriggles, fights,
and resists. Finally, she bursts into tear screaming looking for Aunt Baba. It makes Niang hits her own little daughter and makes her cry. Father, Ye Ye and
Aunt Baba do not stop it. Adeline yells in front of her Niang. She does not care what will happen after that:
I was totally bewildered. I could not understand why Father, Ye Ye or Aunt Baba did not intervene to stop this torture. I wanted to leave, but
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words choked me and I felt compelled to spit them out. Finally, forgetting who I was or where I was, I blurted out in a trembling voice,
„Don‟t beat her anymore She‟s only a baby‟ p. 46 Aunt Baba gives Adeline a warning look to say no more word. Her protest
has inte rrupted Niang‟s frenzy. Adeline becomes the target of Niang‟s fury. This
moment make them realizes that with Grandmother gone, Niang is in total control. Adeline‟s bravery is also act when she was ten years old, when one of her
classmates invited her to go to her birthday party which happened on a Catholic feast day: a special holiday for the nuns at Sheng Xin but not for the other
schools. “She planned that she dressed in her school uniform as if she were going to school so that Niang would not know that she was going to go to a birthday
party” p. 64. Unfortunately, her Niang knows it and glares at her. Her bravery is also act that sometimes she becomes stubborn. By using
Murphy‟s theory of characterization, we can see Adeline‟s character by character as seen by another and direct comment. Adeline is stubborn. Many times Adeline
avoids her Niang‟s willing and rules. Her Father and Niang try to separate her
from both Aunt Baba and Ye Ye. In their opinion, Aunt Baba and Ye Ye have given bad effects to Adeline. As her Father says to Aunt Baba and Ye Ye that
Adeline is stubborn and tries to discipline her. “Lately she has become very
rebellious. Her successful performance at school has given her a high opinion of herself. You have both spoilt her by giving her too much praise. We have decided
to discipline her ”p. 85. “…she must be taught to be obedient and modest…” p.
85. Her Father thinks that Aunt Baba and Ye Ye are too much in giving praise to her. That is why he sends Adeline to boarding school.
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4.1.4 Ambitious
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