31 me on some level. Surely some day, if I tried hard enough to help them
in dire need, they would love me p. 210. Adeline‟s ambition to be accepted and loved by her family is also act
when she wants to help her oldest sister, Lydia. Lydia asks Adeline to help her son, Tai-
way, to support his education because Lydia‟s family is poor. She asks Adeline to help him study in America. Adeline tells James, but he advised her not
to help Lydia because Niang forbids them to help her. Adeline thinks that by helping
Lydia‟s son, it means that Lydia loves Adeline as a part of family. It is showed
when Lydia will love her if she helps her son. “… I‟m glad we had this evening together for a heart-to-
heart talk. No matter what happens, I‟ll always love you. Yin shui si yuan While drinking water, remember the source
” p. 231. Adeline feels that she will be happy helping her nephew and grateful for helping
her sister.”I felt that I had no alternative and promised them I would be happy to do what I could for Tai-way
” p. 231. Niang knows that Adeline has helped Lydia‟s family even though she has
forbidden her. Adeline apologizes to Niang because she has helped Lydia‟s son
and she asks her that Lydia wants to see her and Father. Finally, Niang agrees to receive Lydia and she also forgives Adeline.”…Lydia and Niang were reunited
there and Niang eventually forgav e me for helping Lydia‟s family” p. 232.
4.2.1.2 Adeline’s Faithfulness
Adeline‟s faithfulness has come since she was a child. She grows up to be a solemn girl. She always does what her Father and Niang want although it
‟s against
Adeline‟s willing. She always follows their advice, too. When her Father
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32 and Niang ask Adeline and her siblings to walk to and from school, her siblings
always try to contradict Father and Niang. They ask to get money to have tram fare. ”...‟Your father works day and night to support all of you in this house. If he
decides you should walk to school, then you walk to school. Do you hear?”p. 50. Adeline never contradicts them with it. She always walks from house to and from
school. . When her Father and Niang ask her to study in boarding school, she
accepts their decision. She takes the medical subject as her Father‟s advice, although she wants to take literary subject. Adeline also works in medical center
in Hong Kong which Niang has chosen for her: „I have your welfare at heart,‟ he continued.
„Would your father lead you wrong? Remember, you‟re still very young, fresh out of university. Take the wrong turn now and you will regret it ten
years later. By then it will be too late.‟ p. 145. Adeline thinks that by following her Father, her Father will care to her
because work with his friend really means a lot for him: It obviously meant a lot to him to have me working under his friend. To
turn down Professor Mc Fadden‟s offer of an assistant lectureship with housing for Dr Chun‟s promise of an internship, I was giving Father an
enormous dose of face. Surely, that would give me some brownie points in his eyes? p. 145.
She hopes that by having her faith to her Father and Niang, they will be
proud of what she did and she does. It is showed when her brother, Edgar expected her to help him get a job in the California hospital where she was
working. For her, it is one of pleasure and gratification. By helping Edgar, Adeline hopes that she will get affection from her family. In contrast, when she
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33 shows Edgar‟s letter to Father and Niang, they ask Adeline not to answer and help
him: „In that case, Adeline,‟ Father continued, „I strongly advise you not to
answer this letter. We all know how Edgar feels towards you. I predict that nothing good will come of it. The more successful you are, the more
jealous he will be. You have carved out an excellent career for yourself. Go ahead and pursue it p. 183.
Adeline looks at Niang and Niang nods to her means that Adeline has to listen to her Father:
I looked over at Niang. She nodded. ‟Always listen to your father, Adeline, „she said. „He knows all of you like the back of his hand.‟
I took Father‟s advice and did not answer Edgar‟s letter. I certainly wasn‟t going to disobey my Father just to please Edgar p. 184.
Adeline prefers to follow her Father‟s and Niang‟s advice rather than decides to help
her brother. She thinks that if she does not take her Father‟s advice, Niang and Father will not forgive her. She does not want to disobey her
Father just by helping Edgar. Niang and Father also forbid the children to help Lydia and her family. Niang asks Adeline not to help them:
„Adeline, take my advice‟ she continued. „Life has been good to you. Why do you need to get embroiled with the
likes of Lydia and Samuel? I‟m warning you, if you associate with snakes you will be bitten. Tell Lydia that your Father and I forbid you to lift a
finger to help them. Let them rot in their misery They deserve it‟ Niang‟s voice was becoming increasingly shrill pp. 219-220.
In that time, Lydia‟s family had financial problems. She just asks Adeline to help her son paying his school. Many thoughts come to Adeline‟s mind whether
she helps Lydia‟s son or not. Finally, she helps Lydia‟s son although it makes Niang angry. Then, Lydia and Adeline apologize to Niang and Niang forgives
them.
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34 After Father‟s death, Niang becomes ill and weak. She gets liver cancer.
After the major operation, Niang‟s body looks weaker than before. One day, when Adeline phones, Ah Fong, Niang‟s maid, informs her that Niang is back in
hospital. Niang suddenly feels weak and is unable to walk. When Adeline speaks to her, she confesses to feeling dreadful and then, wants Adeline to come to her
and take her to America. Adeline refuses her willing because of her condition. Unfortunately, a week after that she passes away.
In the afternoon, a lawyer, named Mr. Lu tells Niang‟s testament to
Adeline that she does not get anything. Adeline tries to find her Father‟s testament
in the Mansion, then, she finds that her Father shares an estate for her but Niang has changed the testament before she died. She tells her brother, James, that she
will not contest Niang‟s testament with Father‟s testament. She will accept what she gets at the end. “…San ge Third Elder Brother It was a great misfortune
for us to have had Niang for a stepmother. Don‟t worry, I won‟t contest her will.‟…” p. 270. It means that Adeline‟s faithfulness is showed until her Father
and Niang died.
4.2.2 Adeline’s Extrinsic Motivation to be Accepted and Loved by Her
