Ali A Migrant Or Refugee Analysis

Though they begin as scared kids and wish to be invisible, the characters in “Refugee” must become more mature to protect their families by Stepping up when times are hard and difficult to accomplish what they needed to accomplish

Growing up with parents who are immigrants can present many obstacles for the children of those immigrants. There are many problems people face that we do not even realize. Things happen behind closed doors that we might not even be aware of. Writers Sandra Cisneros and Amy Tan help us become aware of these problems. Both of these authors express those hardships in their stories about growing up with foreign parents. Although their most apparent hardships are about different struggles, both of their stories have a similar underlying theme.

The Happiest Refugee written in 2011, is an award winning autobiography portraying ones will to survive amongst extreme hardships. Above all, the story displays resilience and optimism at their finest, despite the setbacks and adversities faced by Anh and his family. Readers as a result are invited to empathise with the hardships confronted by refugees, in turn enlightening them to be grateful for the many pleasures

Intro: Refugees face a far worse life than most people can imagine, and there is no easy way out for them. They first must get out of whatever dangerous place they are in, then travel long distances with almost no resources, and even if they do make it safely to the USA there is a chance they will be sent back or even put in jail. The refugee experience is defined by risks and belonging.

Ha’s life is turned inside out when the war is coming near her home, which leads to her family moving to America. The experience that Ha is going through is similar to what refugees have to go through. “Refugees are every day who are forced to flee their homes because they are afraid to stay in their home country” (Model Essay). Articles like, “Children of War,” and “Refugees: Who, Where, Why,” explain what refugee children have to go through when they are forced to leave their homes. Before Ha left her home, she was a playful, careless, easy-going girl, and selfish.

What is one story of a young migrant or refugee that you heard?Are there any ways the story opened your eyes?

After reading the article, “Shattered Lives” by Kristin Lewis, Dania faces living as a refugee outside her country.The challenges that she faced are when they were in World

For the podcast, I interviewed Lina Abdulnoor, with the intention of exploring the intricacies of refugeehood by analyzing Lina’s refugee experience. Lina lived in Iraq with her family until they began receiving death threats due to their religious beliefs. Convinced that they needed to flee the country to survive, they left Iraq as refugees. After leaving Iraq, they settled in Jordan, where they waited two years until the U.N. to approve their request to move to the U.S. in 2012. Lina and her family initially settled in Virginia, where she experienced culture shock as she adapted to American culture and the English language. However, Lina did not feel accepted in Virginia; her experiences in the state led her to think that Americans treated her according to negative stereotypes of Iraqis. After living in Virginia for several months, Lina and her family chose to resettle in San Diego, California, which harbored a larger Iraqi population than Virginia did. Supported by San Diego’s Iraqi community and various refugee organizations, Lina flourished, and she currently studies at UCSD while holding a stable job.

Ever wonder what immigrants are like compared to gangs in the 1950s? The two odd ones out have comparable traits that make them unique. In the novel, The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, showcases numerous characters, such as Ponyboy, the main protagonist in the story. He faces many challenges, much like the immigrants do from the video, New Immigrants Share their Stories. This short video about immigrants sharing what life was like going leaving their home country and moving to America, what challenges they faced, why they moved to America, along with many other things. Another similar story, “The Latehomecomer” by Kao Kalia Yang. Through her story, Yang showed us that her life was full of hardship. She did not know what learning truly meant until Kao went into high school. Where she learned how to write and comprehended stories into thoughts being compiled together. Being confused and not knowing about the culture of the U.S, Kao still managed to get splendid grades and tried not to be bothered by things outside of school. However, the two groups of “foreigners” biggest concerns would be financially since money is needed to survive and have a reputation and be respected.

They will consistently need to be reminded that all people, no matter their background, need to be treated fairly and with respect. They will need to be educated as to how to solve a cultural misunderstanding in the most humane way possible. Portraying those who have immigrated to this country in an inclusive and positive light is paramount as our students are being exposed to so much propaganda that may influence them in ways that are not as favorable to all populations. To connect with this theme in class, students could read other books about families that have immigrated to the United States and how that has impacted them. Rukhsana has a multitude of books that could be added to this type of genre study. Even though she does not mention this book directly, it is so eloquently stated that we need stories like this when Grace Cornell Gonzales states within the text Rethinking Multicultural Education, “if we want to provide literature that helps children understand their world better and realize that they are not alone in the ways they feel and the problems they face, it is important to critically analyze children’s books about immigration” (p.

1. What is one story of a young migrant or refugee that you heard? Are there any way the story

More than half the refugees around the globe are under the age of 18, even though children make up 31 percent of the world’s population. Refugees are people who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disasters. The stories that will be covered in this essay are called “The Teacher Who Changed My Life,” by Nicholas Gage and the second novel is “Letter to a Young Refugee from Another,” by Andrew Lam. These stories have many differences between each other but they both left their country to America. What if you had to flee your country?

One touching story that got my attention was Marilaine story, written by Nicolas Kristof on New York Times. Marilaine is a 13- year-old poor girl from Haiti that her dream only dream was to get a proper education but unfortunately she was a victim of child labor trafficking, provided by her father. Similar to a lot of stories I have read of domestic force labor, Marilaine was beaten everyday by the family she was working for but at least she was allow to go to school in the afternoon, a privilege that more than half of the girls in her situation don’t have. The saddest part of her story was that after everything she suffer, she was able to go back to her village and see her family again, the problem is with her story is that

What is one story of a young migrant or refugee that you heard? Are there any ways the story opened your eyes?

My parent’s influence has helped me better emphasize with refugees and the hardships they face. One of my dads almost died multiple times throughout his escape from communist Vietnam. Many years after the escape, when I was about 8 years old, he told me the frightful story of his escape. It was horrible what happened to him. One part really stuck with me. During an escape attempt, they built a boat and tried to sail to freedom. During their journey, they ran out of food and would have died except that instead they were miraculously picked up by a US navy boat that was on patrol. Though the men who saved my family were incredible, most patrols don’t pick up escapists because it is promoted by the military to not help them. This, to me, is outrageous! They would let 100’s of people per boat continue to float endlessly until they all died! The US did this because, in law, all refugees rescued by government navy automatically become citizens due to not being able to put them elsewhere. I was surprised that the US, a country of immigrants, would let thousands die just overpopulation overflow! Though I may be fuming, it’s horrible when you let someone die for your own personal gains.