In Inside Out and Back Again by Thanna Lai and the article, “Children of War” by Arthur Brice, the characters and people go through the “universal refugee experience” of fleeing home and finding home. They also, in reference to the title of Inside Out and Back Again, are turned “inside out” when ridiculed by their host country and its people and “back again” when accepted by it. These refugees lose homes, friends, family and possessions, though also overcome hatred and discrimination from the intolerant public.
Kim Ha, the main character from Inside Out and Back Again, along with the refugees in the article, “Children of War,” are challenged with leaving behind their homes, friends and possessions behind as they flee from their home country. In the poem “War and Peace,” from Inside Out and Back Again, Ha states in reference to images shown by her teacher, “No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama.” (Lai 195) Ha is turned inside out after being reminded of her home in Vietnam by her teacher, who shows images of refugees fleeing South Vietnam after a Communist victory to the class, and feels she …show more content…
Additionally, in “Children of War,” Bosnian refugee Amela says, “Sometimes I wish I’d stayed there, watching the war, rather than being here, safe, but without friends.” (Brice) The war in the Balkans forced Amela and her family from their homes and away from their friends, and while Amela is safe in the United States she still feels inside out and
Kim Ha, the main character from Inside Out and Back Again, along with the refugees in the article, “Children of War,” are challenged with leaving behind their homes, friends and possessions behind as they flee from their home country. In the poem “War and Peace,” from Inside Out and Back Again, Ha states in reference to images shown by her teacher, “No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama.” (Lai 195) Ha is turned inside out after being reminded of her home in Vietnam by her teacher, who shows images of refugees fleeing South Vietnam after a Communist victory to the class, and feels she …show more content…
Additionally, in “Children of War,” Bosnian refugee Amela says, “Sometimes I wish I’d stayed there, watching the war, rather than being here, safe, but without friends.” (Brice) The war in the Balkans forced Amela and her family from their homes and away from their friends, and while Amela is safe in the United States she still feels inside out and