Refugees In Inside Out And Back Again

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“Inside out” from the title Inside Out and Back Again shows how a refugee's life completely changes from straightforward and elementary to unsuitable and unfortunate . Ha, the main character in the book, went from a normal life of a normal girl to the struggling life of a refugee living in America where things are different from where she used to live. “Back again” shows when they are adapting to where they used to live. It’s showing how once they got to America they were struggling, but after a while they got used to there surroundings and they were comfortable with how they were living. This is the same with all refugees and many others who are moving around the world. Many people face trials causing them to stumble, but then after a while they are used to where they are living and get back up again.

Ha’s experience is shown in the book called “ Inside Out and Back Again”. She faced many challenges that refugees may face like feeling left out and struggling to learn a new language, which can be a huge struggle if the language you
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They too are made fun of at times and struggle to learn english. For example in an article about refugees living in Rochester it states,”I have heard some people saying bad words and staring at me like a stranger.” The text is saying how when some of the refugees moved here they were looked at and treated differently from others. The same happened with Ha she was looked at and treated differently from others. Also again the have to get used to where they live and try to forget some bad things that happened to them. To demonstrate in an article called Soccer helped many Refugees find footing in the U.S, it says,”Some children have lost more than their homeland. Some have witnessed one of their parents being killed, or they have been kidnapped and tortured themselves. So just like Ha they were not leaving just their home they were leaving behind certain things they had cared

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