Inside Out And Back Again Analysis

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Ha and Her family from the book “ Inside Out and Back Again and the refugees from “Children of war” both face culture change for example,“Our cowboy says our neighbors would be more like neighbors if we agree to something at the Del Ray Southern baptist Church.” (Lai 169) Ha’s family had to agree to change their culture because of the people around them. So they got baptized at the Southern baptist Church. The refugees in “Children of war” started to go to school when they moved and have felt like life was better. For instance,“Things are getting better because we can go to school. We couldn’t go to school in Croatia because we were muslims.” (Amela) Refugees kids are feeling happier now that they are going to school. Ever since Ha’s family

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