The message each author is trying to convey is that this war, and specifically the fall of Saigon and what was happening at that time was terrifying. For example, “avoiding the obvious escape path...where the Communists are dropping all the bombs they have left”(Lai 67) and “Mother is sick...barely creeps along”(Lai 67). From this and the rest of the poem Saigon Is Gone, we can infer that Ha and her family are standing on this gigantic crowded navy ship terrified that they are going to get bombs dropped on them, just imagine the madness, terror, and chaos going through their minds at this moment. The words and phrases the author uses like dropping all the bombs they have left, creeps along, it’s over, and Saigon is gone help us to visualize
