Many refugees are affected by the new changes in their lives. It's not easy for refugees to just forget about everything they ever loved or knew so quickly. It takes a long and painful process to get back from being turned inside out. “Inside Out and Back Again” is a book about a girl named Ha who is struggling to fit into the new country of the United States that she has had to move to. Her home country of Vietnam has been destroyed, so Ha and her family had to flee to America. Ha, her mother, and her three brothers have all been patiently waiting for her father to return her country. All of these things add up to Ha and her family’s lives being turned inside out. Many regular people become refugees after being forced to leave their nation
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Refugee families such as Ha’s, try there best to go back to their normal lives that they had before the war. This can sometimes be easy to do, while other times it could be hard depending on how severe the event that they went through was. “Brother Quang has started night school to restudy engineering to become what he was meant to be” (Lai 255). This shows how Ha’s brother Quang is getting his life back together and his heading off to college to start working. If child refugees want to get there life back together after being forced out of there home, they need to do things like Quang to move on with their daily life. Refugees will also start to find things that are similar to their past lives, “At least the moon remains unchanged” (Lai 89). This shows how refugees such as Ha’s mother finds similarities between their old country and there new home. The moon is something that you will have forever and won’t change no matter where you live in the world. “I tell her I’d like to plant flowers from Vietnam in her backyard. I tell her Tet is coming and luck starts over every new year” (Lai 254). Ha is making connections and is doing things that she used to do at her old home, and is doing them here in the United States. She is also still celebrating the same holidays that she used to and is staying true to her old life. This shows a sense of getting back to where she started and going back to her normal lifestyle. Refugees can also stay true to their old life, but do things that they have always wanted in their new home. “Mother has always wanted an engineer, a real doctor, a poet, and a lawyer” (Lai 256). This demonstrates how Ha’s mother can still live her dreams and have her kids do what she
Refugee families such as Ha’s, try there best to go back to their normal lives that they had before the war. This can sometimes be easy to do, while other times it could be hard depending on how severe the event that they went through was. “Brother Quang has started night school to restudy engineering to become what he was meant to be” (Lai 255). This shows how Ha’s brother Quang is getting his life back together and his heading off to college to start working. If child refugees want to get there life back together after being forced out of there home, they need to do things like Quang to move on with their daily life. Refugees will also start to find things that are similar to their past lives, “At least the moon remains unchanged” (Lai 89). This shows how refugees such as Ha’s mother finds similarities between their old country and there new home. The moon is something that you will have forever and won’t change no matter where you live in the world. “I tell her I’d like to plant flowers from Vietnam in her backyard. I tell her Tet is coming and luck starts over every new year” (Lai 254). Ha is making connections and is doing things that she used to do at her old home, and is doing them here in the United States. She is also still celebrating the same holidays that she used to and is staying true to her old life. This shows a sense of getting back to where she started and going back to her normal lifestyle. Refugees can also stay true to their old life, but do things that they have always wanted in their new home. “Mother has always wanted an engineer, a real doctor, a poet, and a lawyer” (Lai 256). This demonstrates how Ha’s mother can still live her dreams and have her kids do what she