Inside Out And Back Again Essay

Refugees are often described as people who are afraid of being persecuted because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political option, so they flee their home to a safer place. In the UN Refugee Agency, there are 65.6 million refugees in it and nearly 22.5 million of the refugees are under the age of 18. In the poem, Inside Out and Back Again, Ha, the main character, and her family had to flee Saigon because the war was getting closer and closer. When they left their home, Ha and her family felt like they had to leave behind their culture because people in the U.S. have a different culture than they do, so they had to learn the new culture like language. Refugees, like Ha, often have a problem …show more content…
For example, in “Til Gurung’s speech”, he said, “Just this year, the Adult Education system in Oakland shut down; Refugee Transitions offers classes and tutoring in its place for people who had nowhere else to go,”(Gurung). For Til Gurung, Refugee Transitions was a big helping hand for them because it helped them to learn the language. Also, Til said, “Refugee Transitions assigned Mari to tutor my wife,”(Gurung). Til’s wife got tutored because she had difficulty communicating, and after being tutored, she didn’t have any more difficulties like she did in the past. In the book Inside Out and Back Again, by Thanhha Lai, Ha said, “Again they’re yelling, Boo-Da, Boo-Da… Enough time for me to turn and yell, Gee-sus, Gee-sus,”(Lai 219). Ha and Til Gurung are likewise because Til’s big helping hand was Refugee Transition, which helped him with learning the language. While Ha’s big helping hand was Miss Washington because she was kind, encouraging and a tutor for Ha. Both had learned enough English to communicate with other people. When refugees have been tutored and inspired by their loved ones, they can communicate very well with the new