Why Is It Hard For Ha's Family To Leave Vietnam?

When refugees flee home, they can’t live their life like they used to. For example when He had to flee her home she had left many meaningful things. She had left her father’s things which meant a lot to her and her family because they would hope that one day he’ll come back. In the novel it states “ Mother chooses ten and burns the rest”. This quote from page 58 demonstrates that they wouldn’t live their life like they used to because they are permanently erasing memories that they had left from Ha’s dad. In addition this explains that refugees can’t live their life they used to before because it's not like being home .Another example that demonstrates that Ha was affected when she had to flee her home is not being able to eat food while they were in the ship because they weren’t able to cook anything. In the novel it states “Hard and moldy,yet chewy and sweet inside”. This quote

Mother has a hard time leaving her home because it was a symbol of her family and better times that she didn’t want to let go of. In the poem “Missing in Action,” Ha explains how her family has ceremony to pray and wish for his return and Ha says, “...Mother locks it [a portrait of her father] away as soon as her chant ends. // She cannot bear to look into Father’s forever-young eyes (Lai 13).” No one misses Father and mourns the loss of him more than Mother and therefore Father’s portrait reminds Mother of better times before the war corrupted their lives. The poem “Birthday” says “Mother and Father came south, convinced it would be easier to breathe away from the Communism (Lai 28).” Mother thought leaving North Vietnam and coming to South

The book, The Latehomecomer, is a fascinating story about a Hmong family and their struggle to get out of Laos and come to America as refugees. The Hmong people are a very proud people and they do not want to forget their culture. One can clearly see that the Hmong people hold close their identity and do not want to conform to the Vietnamese way. They take pride in their culture, their society, and the way they view how government should run. Hmong people did not agree with the Vietnamese communist government and were willing to join forces and help the United States as much as possible so that they could fight for what they believed in. Even though most of the young men and boys that fought in the war died in battle or were

By the time The Vietnam War ended there were so many people wounded and killed. The war was a controversial matter from beginning to end. It will always have an impact on how the government and military make decisions. As it would affect anyone it effects the families of the soldiers. In fact, was anyone aware that in total 1.57 million people were dead after the Vietnam war (Phillips and Axelrod)? Just as many were injured, some more severely than others. The Vietnam war had many negative outcomes for both Vietnam and the United States.

Their lives twisted inside out when they fled their home and became refugees. The entire family boarded a U.S Navy ship and headed towards hope because they were forced to flee their home. They were headed to the United States of America because someone told them it has more opportunity for her children. This journey will change Ha’s personality because of all the challenges they faced

“Everybody get down!!!” He freezes for a second and then it suddenly strikes him--his heart beats almost out of his chest, and his hands are shaking uncontrollably; this is war. This is Vietnam, a cruel war between the Americans and Vietnamese that takes place in a jungle. War is undoubtedly frightening and may seem like the number one threat for the soldiers, but it is not; it is not remotely close. The true threat at a time of war, especially in a place such as Vietnam is isolation. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien illustrates the danger of isolation and why it is the greatest danger in Vietnam. Soldiers are aware that they are detached from society; this continuously haunts them, and as a result, they damage themselves emotionally.

Bother Khói and Ha sinks the white bundle of their things letting the past sink they lost everything they had. ¨Then he adds what no one wants to hear it´s over; Saigon is gone,¨ (Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, page 69). This is when the commander on the ship said that it's over and Saigon is gone which is Haś home. Ha and the refugees lives will turn back again that's when they move back to their homes and some had adapted to their new homes and had decided to stay at their new home. These quotes and what they mean from the book Inside out and Back Again and information text Refugee: Who, Where, and why. ¨Most refugees hope to return their homes. As conflicts are resolved, many refugees undergo repatriation¨(Refugee: Who, Where, and Why by Catherine Gevert, page 9). Most refugees wants to go to their homes when the problem in their country is solved some have to go through repatriation. ¨I will write in my journal October 14 is Most Relieved Day¨(Inside Out and Back

A general unpopular opinion swept through America and intensified through the twenty years of the Vietnam War. In past wars, a soldier’s friends and family looked forwards to seeing their loved one return home. Up until the Vietnam War, veterans were treated with an immense amount of respect for the sacrifices they made for their country. However, the Vietnam veterans were received with resentment, and were often left to readjust to society alone. The veterans were isolated from the rest of society, leaving them without a community to provide support economically and emotionally as they transitioned back to civilian life

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.

Ha was a girl who lived in vietnam during a terrible war. Her family misses their father who was in the war. In the book it states,”Your father is truly gone.” p250 Ha goes through many challenges throughout the book and some of them are resolved others are not.

"If baby Hung and I and my father's spirit were to survive the death of Vietnam, we would have to turn our eyes elsewhere—to the West…" (239). Le Ly had married an American, who many see as the enemy, and most of her family members did not approve of this. Marrying an American was only a part of the problem. The difference in ages, with Ed being much older, and marrying so soon after the death of her father went against traditions. "You betray your ancestors" (347)! Even knowing all of this, moving to America is what needed to be done to protect her family and their futures. When Le Ly's father was alive, he had told her to take care of her son, whatever that entailed. "Raise him the best way you can. That is the battle you were born to fight" (201). Now, honoring her dead father, she remembered his words. The future was not bright for her in Vietnam. And with a growing boy to think of, she had to make the hard decision to leave everything and everybody she knows behind. With Ed as her husband, she knew she could give her son a better future where endless opportunities await him and he will not know the hardships of war. "…he would see to it that I would never have to work again; that my little boy, Jimmy, would be raised in a nice neighborhood and go to an American school; and that neither of us would have to face the dangers and travails of war again. …the

This shows the effects of the Vietnam War and how it can cause separation between the family not just physically but also mentally.

Ha’s life as a refugee is a life experience is something that only the strong can go through, and her entire family made it. When refugees flee home, it is because of fear that their family will be torn apart by the war when they leave home, family, friends, memories, basically the perspective of the person is leaving what they desired. Then when they finally do find a home, (not all), they are greeted with new challenges, one of many is that acceptance in their new home, some people probably don’t want to make a living in their new home, “But life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not”. But when people turn “inside out” they feel empty inside and everything is useless, they have to start over from square one and become “back again”. When they become happy again and accept what has happened to them, so they can move forward in life. This book is mostly about a girl with her family who was in a war, so they left of fear of being torn apart by the war because they will be safer than where they are at in the moment, Saigon Vietnam, but are greeted with challenges in the Alamba U.S.A.

Being a difficult decision, Ha and her family are trying to decide whether or not to leave Vietnam. The first reason is the her mom wants to go because she wants her and her children to be on a safe country (45). She says, “I have lived in the North. At first, not much will happen...” she is showing that if they move to the North, they will not be safe either. Another reason that Ha wants to stay is because in the morning, brother Khoi showed her his baby chicks and said, “No matter what mother decides, we are not to leave. I must protect my chick and your papaya tree,” (46). One more reason Ha’s mom wants to leave, is that in the kitchen, when Ha is cutting the sweet potato, hemother says, “You deerve to grow up where you don’t have to worry

The decision to leave the country is very difficult for many reasons. One reason being that maybe there prisoner of war father returns after they leave. Which is shown when Brother Khoi says, “ What if father comes home and finds his family gone.” (Pg. 44) Another reason is shown when Brother Quang says,” without honor, without dignity.”(Pg.44) This shows they don’t want to be seen as cowardly by other Vietnamese people and leave when Vietnam is such and strong willed and honored country. A final reason could be just the struggles of leaving the country. Like trying to buy a home in a new country and trying to learn a new language as a refugee. All of these reasons show that this is a very tough decision for the family.