Inside Out And Back Again By Thanhha Lai

Hà's life is affected by where and when she's living . It's affected Hà's life because she had to be extra safe ,she lost friends and family , also many people including Hà was poor. Where and when Hà was living affects her because it was in Saigon Vietnam during the time of the Vietnam War . Evidence that shows that Hà had to be extra safe is on page four , where it states that she couldn't jump rope after dark because of the soldiers and also went her mother had to hide the kids under the bed when they heard the whistles. Evidence that shows that Há lost friends and families is on pages 10 and 11 , on these pages it  shows Há and her best friend Titi saying goodbye because Titi's family is trying to escape from the war . Also their is more

Ha, from the book “Inside Out and Back Again”, and the refugees from the “Children of War” and “Refugees: Who, Where, Why” articles have both faced the feeling of inside out due to challenges of bullying and discrimination. According to this quote will show you that bullying/discrimination happens to refugee and immigrants everyday “They Chase me…” (215) according to this quote bullying is taking place and Ha is telling us that she is getting chased. Also discrimination is a challenge this quote shows it “My encounter society’s Discrimination and racism” This quote shows Discrimination and racism. In addition one last quote from the inside out is “Pancake-face” (197) this shows bullying because pink boy is calling Ha Pancake-face which is very

Many refugees, including Ha around the world face challenges that cause them to have an impression of feeling inside out, such as language barriers. In the book Inside Out & Back Again By: Thanhha lai, Ha has language difficulties when moving to the U.S. “I’m getting better at hissing” ( Lai, 123). For many people learning English it can be very difficult, such things like add s to verbs acted by one person, even if there's already an s sound nearby. Ha is having a hard time during school with adding the s but she is getting better. Also in the article Til Gurung Speech he talks about the same problems with the English Language. “Many of us do not speak English” (Gurung). When refugees arrive in the U.S. many of them do not speak English.

Ha has changed in where she lives. She and her family decided that because of the war they needed to get out of the country and go to America. So Ha and her family went on a ship and had to face a lot of challenges on the boat.

Ha,like many refugees around the world,has to face many challenges that cause them to feel inside out,such as fitting in at school.Therefore when she was smart but when she had to move to a new country she had to learn a new culture and new languages “Mostly I wish I was still smart”(pg 159).She wish she was still smart because maybe her classmates don't let her in because she's not as smart as them.At school they...desire to be accepted by their peer group.It Is difficult to fit into their peer group because they might have different culture and speak different language.While she was in vietnamese she wasn't able to read a baby book because she wasn’t that smart.“ I can't read a baby book”(pg.130).She must think not being able to read a baby

Numerous numbers of refugees around the world identical to Ha and her family faced individual struggles that cause them to have the feeling of inside out, such as having difficulty of not know the language barrier. For example, Ha had a difficult time learning English upon arriving in America. “Whoever invented English must have loved snakes” (Lai, 118) At school now in America, Ha is learning a new language, it is roughly hard for her sometimes to make words plural and difficult to establish the new ways of her new life. At the same time, multiple refugees from Bhutan had no choice but to come to the U.S. the problem occur to be that several are unaware of English. “Many of us do not speak English” (Til Gurung Speech) Therefore, it is complicated

Like many refugees, Ha has dealt with discrimination, bullying and challenges throughout her transition into the Us. For example, “Pink boy and friends follow releasing shouts of BOO-DA BOO-DA”(Lai 108) Furthermore, in the book Ha is getting teased because of her race and religion. By getting bullied Ha’s transition to the US even more insufferable because she doesn't even feel safe at school here, when school was one of her favorite places back in Saigon.In addition to that Ha has to juggle even more problems than she was before, as if she isn't going through

Refugees are turned inside out and back again when fleeing and finding a home, just like Ha and her family in Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai. A universal refugee experience is the process of refugees fleeing their homes. Ha from the book Inside Out & Back Again is an example of the universal refugee experience because she is a refugee fleeing her home in Vietnam because of a war. Before Ha flees home, she is a stubborn character.

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, has many dynamic characters and Ha, the main character, is one of them. She is a ten year old girl living in Saigon with her mother and three older brothers during a time at causing her to become more determined and mature. To begin, Ha becomes determined in many more ways than one. Throughout her life She wants to be treated fairly too her brothers, she wants to do what they are doing like tapping her to the tile floor first “But last night I pouted when Mother insisted one of my brothers must rise first this morning to bless our house because only male feet can bring luck”(2).

All refugees share similar experiences when adjusting to their new way of life. A refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. When they have to move to a new country, they may not know the language. So that is an obstacle for them, learning the new language is very difficult. They also have to cope with the things they no longer have and the different culture. They have to get used to this new place and find their own new normal. In the book Inside Out and Back Again Ha and her family have to deal with all the obstacles that come with becoming a refugee.

Ha and her family are on board the ship for weeks, sailing toward Thailand. Food and water are scarce, but the people on board are cautiously hopeful about what could happen next. Ha and her siblings use the time to practice their English. Salvation appears in the form of an American naval vessel, which distributes food and supplies, and tows the boat to Guam where a refugee camp has been established. There, Ha learns about how most of the refugees are either going to France, Canada, or the United States. Ha and her family decide to travel to the United States. They are sponsored by a Southern farmer named Mr. Johnston, who helps the family to settle in Alabama and looks after their interests. Ha’s mother insists they assimilate into American society as quickly as possible, shutting out their old lives

Ha, had to overcome challenges going to America and feeling inside out like many refugees Ha faced discrimination and bullying as refugees live longer in their countries they learn to overcome the challenges feeling back again. Refugees struggle to fit in with their appearance “They pulled my arm hair they threw rocks at me they promised to stop on my chest”(Lai 151). The kids are bullying/discriminating Ha because she's different and they haven’t been around kids like her. Not just in the USA are refugees discriminated for religion or appearance “They tried to kill me because of my religion.” (Arthur). The croatians tried killing the Emir due to his religious beliefs a form of discrimination. In the book Inside

An Individual refugee essentially requires protection when settling in a new nation. Human rights are meant to be accepted and appreciated by the individual refugee. Many of the refugees faces a similar obstacle when migrating to new nation such as the lack of language. The case explores a 11 year old girl that faces the heartbreaking of her father’s death, her uncles beating that lead her to leave her own country to settle in a new safe nation.

Tired, confusion, and sadness, are all traits of this one girl named Ha, a refugee who was forced out of her country, Vietnam, because of a war that has caused the death of many, including her father. When people migrate from a country into another one, they are called refugees. Most refugees have had traumatic life situations of not being safe, so they migrate to countries such as America, to have the right of asylum. Singularly, Ha, a fictional character has faced the situation of being a refugee. Ha’s character teaches the reader the struggles and hardships of a refugee, due to her experience which were portrayed as turning ‘inside out and back again’.

Refugees turn ‘inside out’ but, then ‘back again’ once they have gotten used to their new life in their new home. In the informational text, “Refugee and Immigrant Children: A Comparison” it says “It is not only natural that refugee children, along with their families go through a process of mourning those losses.” (Faneto and Cloak,590) Ha and her family are going through loss some individual and some as a family just like other refugees such as the loss of her Father. In the poem “Birthday Wishes” “I wish Father would come home so I can stop daydreaming that he will appear in my classroom..”(Lai,31) The text says “Successful adaptation can bring with it the opportunity for growth...Settlement support services, schools, health and social services, and the community at large