The Happiest Refugee Belonging Analysis

‘The Happiest Refugee’ discusses various concepts including the effects of war, the trauma that refugees experience, their desire to contribute to society and our negative attitudes towards them. After the war, South Vietnamese soldiers and their families were captured by the North Vietnamese Communists and held in labour camps. Some of these prisoners were eventually released (after 1976), however, they had no right to education, employment or government supplied food rations. If Ahn had not left this oppressive environment, he would have grown up in extreme poverty and would be a very different person due to the trauma that

The Happiest Refugee is a memoir written by Anh Do which was first published on the 1st of August in 2010. It is regarded as one of the most influential and well-received novels in the world of literature for its great insight on the life of refugees. The book provides a universal message to its readers about the suffering of human beings during wars and their struggle to make a better life in a foreign country. The Happiest Refugee is about Anh Do and his family’s journey from

Anh's success is ultimately defined by his parent's teachings. In Anh Do's memoir, “The Happiest Refugee”, his accomplishments are explored through his relationship with his family and his career as an established comedian. After fleeing the torn society of Vietnam, the Do family resettle in Australia and begin their new life with more opportunities and chances for success. Anh's parents are accountable for part of his success. Although Anh seems to be the most accomplished in his family, none of his accomplishments and personal traits would have been obtained if it was not for his parents. Anh succeeds throughout his life because of his parents. Anh's resilience is a positive reflection of his parent's guidance. His mother sacrificed a

There are many different views about refugees in Australian society, where illegal boat people and over flowing detention centres are a controversial problem today. Go Back To Where You Came From is a documentary directed by Ivan O’Mahoney about a social experiment that challenges the dominant views of six Australians about refugees and asylum seekers. These six Australians are taken on a 25 day journey where they are placed into the troubled “worlds” of refugees. For a few of the Australians it is their first time overseas but, for all of them it is the most challenging and confronting experience of their lives. This essay will discuss

Autobiographical texts are not simple retellings of experiences, but the result of a complex process of shaping and refining ideas and events that take place in someone’s life. The texts The Damage Done and The Happiest Refugee by Warren Fellows and Anh Do respectively, follow two different stories of survival and chance. One, a tale of the dealings of drug trafficking, and the other a description of a brave and valiant escape from post-war Vietnam. Through use of structure and language devices, my views of these two men and their surroundings have been shaped and manipulated; for Fellows, the view that he is simply an innocent victim of chance, and for Do, that he is a family man, shaped by significant events in his early life. Language conventions

This disquisition demonstrates how the Vietnamese suffered at the hands of the North Vietnamese communists; in addition, it will establish that the Australian social structures had the ability to dehumanise Vietnamese immigrants during the years of 1973-1980. Cat along with her family are the focal point of this essay. The main source of reference is: We Are Here, written by Cat Thao Nguyen, first published 2015. The author reveals her family’s life including the consequences they suffered, not only in Vietnam, but also in

Connections made with people and place are the most powerful influences that impact on an individual sense of belonging. This is demonstrated through the texts ‘Dead Poet’s Society’ directed by Peter Weir and the autobiographic article Born in Vietnam made in Australia. Both texts explore how an individual sense of belonging can be undermined as a result of negative influences as well as how connection to people and place can have enriching effects on the lives of individuals how a individual sense of belonging can be undermined by trauma and lack of acceptance which prevents an individual sense of belonging however both texts also explore how connections to people and place can have enriching effects on the lives of individuals. An individual sense of belonging can be can be undermined by trauma and lack of acceptance.

The autobiography ‘The Happiest Refugee’ written by Anh Do showcases to the readers the hardships his family went through. The novel perfectly accomplishes in procuring a message and awareness of the prevalent Vietnamese communism and its suffering people. At the beginning of the novel, it describes the means Ann's family went through to escape Vietnam. To escape without being captured was heavily depended on Anh’s father. A single man was under the pressure of rescuing his family from the clutches of the communists and forever destitution.

Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to give a speech at this year’s Youth Speaks for Australia conference. I am honored to be here to introduce the novel Only the Heart by Brian Caswell and David Chiem which is relevant to the hot topic of refugee families’ life here in Australia. Freedom is the seminal theme developed in the novel to highlight the experiences of the Vo family in post-war Vietnam. I will talk about water, Minh’s decision to meet the ambassador and Toan in relation to the theme setting, plot and character.

The idea of displacement in The Happiest Refugee is demonstrated and explored through the thorough use of techniques such as;

“Over 800,000 refugees from Vietnam came to America in 1978” (Rosenthal). These refugees came fleeing war and hardship, but often come and find that their struggles are not over. They often face discrimination from their new community. Ha, a character from the novel Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai struggles with this like so many others. After being forced to leave her home country of Vietnam because of war, she moves to Alabama. There, she faces discrimination from the community. These hardships turn her life inside out, but eventually she was able to bring it back again. Discrimination from the community is one of the many problems Ha and other refugees experience that turns their life inside out and back again.

Refugees are people who are forced to leave their home country due to disastrous circumstances. In most cases, this major event is war. These refugees come from all different regions of the Earth. Despite their different origins, these refugees often share similar experiences. In the novel, Inside Out & Back Again, by Thanhha Lai, along with the articles, “Vietnamese Boat People” by C.N. Trueman, “The Future of Syria” by Natalie Dorfman and “Children of War” written by Arthur Brice, the refugees are depicted as having their lives turned “inside out” and “back again”. The fictional character Ha is representative of real life refugees because she too has escaped her home country by boat, been separated from a family member and has had to

Refugees are everyday people who were forced to flee their home because of war. When they leave they feel pain because they leave meaningful things behind in their home country, however after a certain time they start adapting to their new life. An example of this is Ha from the novel “Inside Out and Back Again” (Thanhha Lai). She is a 10 year old girl who was forced to flee with her family because of war but it was complicated for them to leave since her father left for a mission when she was 1 year old and since then he never came back. Before leaving South Vietnam Ha was a different person, she was a stubborn ,selfish girl. On new year’s the tradition in her family is that the man of the house touches the floor before anyone else however

Only about 60% had actually made it to Australia while the other 40% had not. Vietnamese migration to Australia is normally described as traumatising. This is due to the fact that the migrants are exposed to a range of situations they had never been in before. These situations range from the harsh living conditions in refugee camps, imbalances to age groups and gender, to separation of family members in the early settlement years. The migrants experienced trauma, severe emotional shock and often the difficultly being accepted once arrived in Australia. Such experiences can leave profound marks on the lives of people and affect the ways in which they later adapt to a new environment. Refugee camps so often generate apathy and dependency. An increase in isolation, self-accusation and doubts can kill off a person's initiative and ability for self-defense and independence. The circumstances of their arrival has meant that refugees have been deprived of their traditional extended family structure; members of nuclear families have been separated and family reunions may not have occurred until months or years later; many teenagers or young adults have had to escape alone. It is a new experience for Vietnamese people to witness such a range of family structures, some of which are not yet generally accepted by the

There is also the health issue that surrounding the idea of a refugee. Some countries simply do not have the medical care that the specific refugee needs to survive certain condition. Sadly, people have to leave their home country to look for better health care. Countries like Haiti does not have the medical care to treat people, there some condition that requires care from countries like the United States. When it comes to someone’s health, depending on the condition, it can be a life of death situation. Marlie Casseus was a 14 years old girl from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Marlie had a 16 pounds tumor on her face, on December 14th, 2005, she undergo a surgery to remove the 16 pounds tumor at Holtz Children Hospital at Jackson Memorial. Marlie