Illustrator-Falling Leaves

Rhianna Hart
English
Falling Leaves-Illustrator
5/16/16

Illustrator-Falling Leaves

For this literacy circles I was assigned the job of the illustrator where I had to draw a scene from the book, Falling Leaves. We only just started this book and we had assigned to read eight chapters which is ninety pages for today. Today I presented my drawing to the rest of my group. Adeline Yen Mah was the youngest child of a Chinese family who enjoyed any privilege during a political and cultural disruption. But wealth could not shield Adeline from a childhood of emotional abuse in the hand of a cruel Eurasian stepmother. Determined to survive Adeline eventually decided to moved from Hong Kong to England and later to the U.S to become a writer and a physician. 

I drew this picture of Adeline getting onto the train that travels to Canton which is her next destination. When she arrives in Canton she needed to cross the border into Hong Kong however she needed a special pass which she lacked. Inn result of this Adeline was smuggled into Hong Kong, at the end of chapter seven. I chose to draw this because I thought that it was one of the major events since she is travelling away from her family and is smuggled into Hong Kong. Also because I think that this event is a very big step in her life since she has never let her family by herself.