Comparing The Novel 'Inside Out And Back Again'

In the novel “Inside Out and Back Again,” many refugees had their lives changed significantly caused by war. This starts from them being forced to leave their country and flee to some place else. Ha in this situation had to flee from the Communists that’s were taking over Vietnam and go on a boat to safety, Ha is now starving from not eating anything for a long period of time, dehydrated, and how Ha’s brother had to do labor work that he didn’t want to do. Ha hasn’t eaten in awhile and she is now eating rice and is describing how tasty it is. In the novel, Ha states, “The first hot bite of freshly cooked rice, plump and nutty, makes me imagine the taste of the papaya, although one has nothing to do with the other.” This quote proves that Ha and everyone on the boat is suffering from starvation, Ha explains the first bite of food she has took …show more content…
She finally gets to drink something, Water! But this water is a little too clean to drink. In the text its states, “How sweet water tastes even when mixed with soap.” This quote shows that Ha is so thirsty that she is drinking soapy water and enjoying it, which is extremely disgusting. Ha had nothing to drink in a couple months which can lead to death at any time because of dehydration, so Ha found water and was extremely happy to drink water. She didn’t even care what she drank, she just needed something to drink to help her. The last way their lives have changed is that Ha isn’t getting sponsored which means that she can’t get treated the same way as other people are because she and her family aren’t Christian. In the novel “Inside Out and Back Again”, the text states,“Then by chance learns sponsors prefer those whose applications say “Christians.”” This quote proves that Ha and her family are not getting picked first because of religious discrimination, Ha was offended by this and was not