It is through the consequences and experiences of a discovery where an individual makes an attempt to conceal or forget the events of the past, but find it impossible to suppress it completely, as the discovery made is confronting and provocative. Through the dramatic text Away by Michael Gow and the poem Refugee Blues by W.H. Auden, the notions of loss, time, and nature are explored. These ideas consequently lead to transformed perceptions of life and human experiences as a whole and thus a rediscovery. These ideas are further explored through various language forms utilising both dramatic and literary techniques that amplify the concept of discovery and its effect on groups and individuals.…
Ha from the book, Inside Out and Back Again and the refugees from the article, “Children of War” both struggle to fit in with others in their new country. When Ha begins going to her new school, she states, “Both laughing, chewing, as if it never occurred to them someone medium would show up. I don’t know where to sit any more than I know how to eat the pink sausage snuggled inside bread shaped like a corncob, smeared with sauces yellow and red.” (Lai 144) The quote states that Ha is not familiar with the cultural norms in America.…
Pathos Analysis The article that I selected was about the Syrian Refugee crisis in Germany. The article effectively conveys pathos in getting the reader angry over the injustice going on with the Berlin asylum policy. One example where the article clearly conveys the “deplorable” conditions that refugees live in is when it states, “ The upshot is that refugees end up festering away in reception centers in Hungary, Bulgaria and Italy amid conditions that organizations such as Human Rights Watch deem deplorable.” By stating this, the author wishes to appeal to the reader's sense of empathy for the refugees so that they are willing to listen.…
BODY 3 Topic Sentence: Use a transition and state CLAIM 3. Based on your thesis above, what is your third claim? (Analysis) ( Not only is this book about_______it’s also about) Also, another key concept made clear in the ending of the book shows how to cope with these issues through finding passion and love in life.…
In the book Inside Out and Back Again, and in the article “World of Difference Benefit Luncheon”, Ha and her family, and Gurung both show the same struggles and challenges of feeling inside out while fleeing and finding home. If they wanted to fit in with the other people, they had to risked many things, speak and learn a new language, and practice a different religion and culture, for instance, “I’m furious unable to explain… I hate, hate, hate it.” (156) After fleeing Saigon, Ha can not speak their language but she understands the things they’re doing because she’s already passed all of those back in Saigon. But since the teachers thinks Ha doesn’t know anything they were doing, it made Har feel like she wasn’t smart. In the article, Gurung…
Main Events - Parvanna was burrying her father when a man saw her. The man kept Parvanna to live with him and his family. Since she had no where to go she stayed with them. One night one of the man's daughter told her to escape because her dad and is friends were planning to sell her to the Talibans. She escaped from the shelter of the man and started her journey which is to search for her family.…
The novel Inside Out and Back Again, by Lai connects with refugees all over the world through the focus of the main character Ha. Refugee’s like Ha are people who are forced to leave their homes due to war and persecution. Refugees who are escaping the dangers of home face many challenges similar to Ha’s, no matter if it was 1,000 years ago or if it is right now. Some challenges Ha and her family faced were losing a loved one, facing bullying, and becoming accepted into the community.…
The children that were alive in the time span of World War Two had to learn a difficult way of living. They learned to ration, moving a lot and living in different places because of the violence. When the war began, almost two million children were swept from their homes. The result of the evacuation, made children separate from the rest of their family. The bombing that was happening left families sad and filled with anxiety.…
The distinct lifestyle that the refugees are coming into, in their new country is very different from their past habits. Many refugees never return to their home countries, over numerous reasons. But the main reason for not returning to their home country is…
The Happiest refugee, by Ahn Do, is a memoir which tells the story of his family, his life before and after fleeing war-torn Vietnam, and his dramatic journey through pirate-infested waters. Did you know that refugees contribute an average of $10 billion to the Australian economy in their first 10 years of settlement? Illegal immigrants don't come to Australia to commit crime; they come here to escape war-torn countries such as Iraq,Syria and historically, Vietnam. Despite this, the majority of white Australians have objections to the resettlement of immigrants. These objections come from stereotypes induced by the media (eg.all Muslims support terrorism), differences in culture and political ideologies/campaigns (eg.…
Refugees of the Holocaust Many people know about the Holocaust, but do they know about all the refugees in the Holocaust. Knowing a well known Refugee, and whether they were successful at surviving the Holocaust, and where they went to escape will give us some insight into their lives. Jews were forced to live in Ghettos. Ghettos are specific areas of the city that Jews were forced to stay during the Holocaust. They stayed in the Ghettos for a long time usually.…
Despite differing opinions of war, it is evident throughout history that conflict leaves many soldiers with both physical and mental suffering. Through investigating this psychological trauma, known as post-traumatic stress disorder, Pat Barker and Tim O’Brien are able to illustrate the negative impact that war has on soldiers as a result of horrific experiences. Although Regeneration and In the Lake of the Woods are centered on wars fought 50 years apart, they each encourage their readers to contemplate the reality of war and to comprehend the mental challenge that soldiers face once returned…
The sadness of the following sentence from the The Tale of Genji is something that struck me hard. From the past experience in my own life, I know what the little boy’s puzzled expression looks like and how that makes things harder when you lose someone. The idea of having a little child or Genji lose a parental figure is an event that is relatable to my own life. When I was in elementary school my step dad passed away and had two little children. The look of confusion of their face when they saw their dad in the casket or not understanding what was going on just made the whole loss even worse.…
Alan Silva Professor Gloria Bennett English1102 November 27,2016 Not All Things Heal with Time Some of the most painful injuries are not always visible; in fact, some of the most life debilitating injuries are the ones that cannot be seen, for they are the ones forever etched into the psyche. Depression, anger, fear, hopelessness, and isolation: these represent the gloomy colors that PTSD has chosen to carve into the canvas that is a victim’s mind using the stiff bristles of trauma. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental condition or injury that maims soldiers and civilians alike who have been dealt a bad hand in life and had to endure emotionally intense situations.…
Greece, amidst a financial emergency on the scale of the Great Depression, was not ready to deal with such a variety of individuals without a moment 's delay, prompting repulsive scenes of frantic, hungry individuals on islands generally saved for vacationers. The world expected to meet up and go about as a united front, yet, rather, it has turned out to be more separated. Numerous states utterly declined to take in any refugees, allowing the Border States to sit alone in their battle. In 2014, the UK campaigned to stop a large operation called Mare Nostrum that was intended to prevent refugees from suffocating in the Mediterranean. The thought appears to have been that a higher loss of life on the ocean would mean less sanctum seekers attempting…