Inside Out And Back Again By Thanhha Lai

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Inside Out & Back Again
In the novel “Inside Out & Back Again “writing by Thanhha Lai, is about a 10 year old girl named Ha that became a refugee.When a refugee flees their home they have to figure out what they are going to do,but in this case the dad was a marine so they had privileges.When refugees find a new home they have to learn the ways of those people, for example the in the book it states “Until you children master english you must think, do, wish for nothing else”.The reason why refugees feel inside out and back again is because they have to start all over. Ha’s experience is a specific example of the universal experience because she went through a lot like any other refugee would during a war.
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However, Ha felt inside out and back again when she left her house because of the war, when she felt unsafe and when she finally found a home she felt safe and had nothing to worry about anymore. When refugees leave their home, they had to leave all of their belongings and when they are back again. Like Ha, her family and her had to leave Saigon because she had to be safe and when she felt back again is when her and her family reached Saigon (Thanhha Lai). In the novel, “Inside out and back again”, Ha was leaving her home (Saigon) to go to a safe place (Alabama) because of the war has made them felt unsafe in their home country (Thanhha Lai). This reveals that Ha was unsafe when she left Saigon (Inside Out) and when she arrived at Alabama, she felt safe and had nothing to worry about no more (Back Again). Refugees often felt inside out and back again when they left their home and finally found a new home, Therefore Ha’s life is representative of the universal refugee experience by Ha facing everything that a refugee would

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