Quotes From 'Inside Out And Back Again'

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“Then he adds what no one wants to hear: It’s over; Saigon is gone.” This is a page from the book about a refugee 10-year-old girl named Ha and her struggles as a refugee fleeing Saigon called “ Inside out and back again”. Her story connects to the universal effects and things that happen to all refugees in the entire world. A refugee is a person that is forced to flee or leave their home. Ha’s character before she flees Saigon is stubborn, selfish, and childish. These words or characteristics are important because we need these to tell how she has changed when she moves to Alabama. Refugees live turn “ inside out” because they are having to adjust to their new surroundings at a very fast rate and they can just let it happen little …show more content…
They also don't have a choice where they go, they just have to go somewhere. My claim for this is that every one has to go through the jurassic changes as a refugee. My evidence is coming from the book “Inside out and back again”and the article “ Refugee Transitions¨ In the book inside out and back again, Ha is having to leave her home, family, and friends because war is breaking out and she has to flee and in the article “Refugee Transitions¨, all of the refugees have to flee their homes because war is happening so they have to move and try and survive and that is what Ha is doing. The way that a refugee's life turns ‘Back again” is when they have adapted or gotten use to their new homes and lives away from war. They also turn back again when their community is accepting them and

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