![]() ![]() At the very time when Adeline is placed in this convent, away from family and friends, the members of the population who can afford it, or are able, are fleeing China in droves. ![]() Whilst Adeline is unceremoniously placed in a convent boarding school in Tianjin (p.142), the Communists, under their leader Mao Ze-Dong, are moving through China swiftly taking power. Though these events certainly affected her life and that of her family at the time, as political and social events they were not fully understood by the young Adeline. What does Historical Context mean? : Historic context refers to information about the period, the place and the events that form the background of a story.įrom page 138 Adeline describes, from a historical viewpoint, some of the background to the period through which she lived as a child. ![]()
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