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What is Mrs. Washington’s response when Ha asks her if she hates Ha?

Mrs. Washington's response to ha asking if she hated her was Mrs. Washington hugging Ha and shows pictures that her son sent home and showed Ha the pictures.

2. Mrs. Washington shows Ha a book that her son brought sent home from the war. Based on the book, what do you think he thought of Vietnam? What evidence supports your answer?

Based on the book that Tom sent home from Vietnam, Vietnam was a nice place with much beauty to offer, one ‘’...that he loved and hated just the same.’’

3. What happens to Ha when Ms. Scott tries to share more about Vietnam with the class?

When Mrs. Scott shows the class ‘’the S shape of Vietnam’’ and ‘’...a statue of Buddha reclining’’ Ha says ‘’I know Buddha’’ but the class laughs and makes fun of her for the pronunciation of Buddha (boo-da).

Name 4 examples of literary devices used in the poem, “Hate It”. …show more content…
A third device could be ‘’A lions paw rips up my throat’’(Lai, 209) This is a hyperbole because there was no actually lion in her throat it was an exaggeration. The last example is ‘’She says it over and over again like a chant’’(Lai, 210) This is another simile in the text because a simile is using like or as to compare

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