The Happiest Refugee written by Anh Do, is a story of his life and the struggles that his family went through. All of the struggles that his family encountered they stuck together and got through them. The Do family originated from Vietnam and took an overloaded boat to Australia in 1980 to start their new lives. Anh’s family struggled to make money in the beginning but that did not change they ways that they saw each other, they saw each other as a kind, loving family. Some of the times that the Do family stuck together was when Anh’s mother Hein started to make clothes in their living room and Anh’s father Tam stopped his job to make clothes too, “Dad left the job at the factory and started making clothes with mum.”…
It is shoing the great risks that the refugees took to get to safety while still trying to stay with their…
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 book Home Of The Brave the main character Kek is having a hard time fitting in due to new resources he’s never seen before, throughout the book Kek is faced with the challenge of learning a new language, and assimilating to new American culture. One of the biggest challenges of being an immigrant is assimilating to America. For example my character Kek is from Africa and there they don’t have light switches, laundry machines, or washing machines, and all the great services they have such as the bus (to take you anywhere), and the grocery store where everything is provided for you. So throughout the book he’s getting used to new technology. Also most of the time when your an immigrant, you need to learn a new language.…
“I went from sleeping on dirt floors on night to sleeping in a king size bed the next. Life changed in a blink of an eye and I didn’t know how to handle it.” This is a quote from my dear friend, Moki, who identifies herself as Marshallese. She was born in the Marshall Islands but was adopted at age 7 and moved to the United States. She went from extreme poverty to being a part of a rich American family.…
Transnationalism and identity are key factors in defining a person's beliefs and practices. However, the children of immigrants have a hard time maintaining their culture because once they step in America, they are required to adapt to the American Culture if they want to succeed in U.S. This idea is cruel as well as discriminating the culture of the immigrants. I have read two articles that talks about this type of situations that immigrants go through when they arrive in U.S. The two articles that I’m referring to are called, “ Expression of Maya Identity and Culture in Los Angeles,” by Giovanni Batz and “ Alla en Guatemala,” by Lucila D. Ek.…
The novel Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai takes place in Saigon, Vietnam, and Alabama, U.S.A, in 1975 through 1976. It revolves around Ha and her family, refugees from the Vietnam war. People become refugees for many reasons, mostly because of war or natural disasters. Like Ha’s experiences, refugees face many challenges as they flee and find a new place to call home.…
The book ''Inside out and Back Again'' by Thanhha Lai, relates to the universal experience of fleeing and finding a home. Many refugees, including the character Ha from the book ''Inside Out and Back Again'', go through a lot of sadness and worries because of war, or any reason for fleeing. '' Inside Out'' which is the first half of the title, means a turn of events in someone's life, or something bad is awaiting. ''Back Again'' the second half of the title, shows how someone or in Ha's case, her family can get their lives partially normal, or how it was before. It is never easy for a refugee to flee, let alone find a new home, and get their life on track, we see this, especially through Ha's experience.…
While some success is apparent in reaching goals of employment and English language abilities, overall indicators suggest many refugee households need assistance with job placement and language training beyond their first year in the U.S.(Shaw & Poulin, 2015). Actually, as soon as they arrive, acculturation to a new society is difficult for all immigrant groups, regardless of age and country of origin (Baffoe, Cheung, & Asimeng-Boahene, 2012). The critical issues are involved in the multiple struggles of acculturation of immigrant and refugee in their new environments. Buffoe et al.…
In the story Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, Ha is a girl who has lived in Saigon for her whole life. When the war gets dangerously close to home she is forced to flee her home. In the panic of war Ha and her family leave everything but what is necessary. With her move to America challenges follow. Bullying, racism, and lack of language skills are challenges that all refugees face.…
Emotions, Inside Out No matter where you are from, whether it be from New York city or a small tribe in the amazon forest, we all experience the same 6 universal emotions. The emotions we experience are happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear and disgust. These emotions are beneficial because they allow us to have feelings and have the ability to categorize events with tags. For example, how we always remember the good events in life when we feel happy and we remember bad events when we feel sad (Gagnon). Emotions can also have a really big effect on how we perceive our life events.…
English Speech; the Individual Experience in the Happiest Refugee by Anh Do Good morning/ afternoon Mr Ostrowski and fellow classmates, What if you were completely stranded without any water, food, but next to all of your closets relatives on a boat so small you could feel other people breathing? Well, this is exactly what Anh Do experienced at a very young age, however still has a vivid image of it. The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do is one of the most intriguing and adventurous auto biographies, that I personally believe is a impacting insight on the distress of a little Vietnamese boy, as well as the upbringing of a young male that has a chance to make difference. From this book, the cultural aspect that is demonstrated during his family traditions…
Family and culture can help change an individual’s life. When David Suzuki great grandparents moved to Canada from japan at the turn of the century they did not have any thing or any family with them. “Like so many immigrants, they left their homeland reluctantly.” * Sacrifices is another key aspect too David…
While growing up between two cultures, I struggled a lot because I would often be confused about how to behave and mainly about where I belong. Sometimes I agreed with more with American values like independence and vice versa. This would create problems between my family and me. Regarding religion, my mother is Catholic like the rest of her family and my father identifies as Catholic as well but was not a church person like…
I decided to take a different approach to my critical film review. “Inside Out” is a recently new film that does not actually have an identified therapist or client. However, the main themes of the movie have many parallels to the content that we have been learning in class. “Inside Out” is a Disney Pixar movie that brings to life the five emotions (Joy, Anger, Disgust, Fear, and Sadness) of 11-year-old Riley. Life is seemingly going smoothly for Riley and her emotions.…