Happiest Refugee Speech

English Speech; the Individual Experience in the Happiest Refugee by Anh Do
Good morning/ afternoon Mr Ostrowski and fellow classmates, What if you were completely stranded without any water, food, but next to all of your closets relatives on a boat so small you could feel other people breathing? Well, this is exactly what Anh Do experienced at a very young age, however still has a vivid image of it. The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do is one of the most intriguing and adventurous auto biographies, that I personally believe is a impacting insight on the distress of a little Vietnamese boy, as well as the upbringing of a young male that has a chance to make difference. From this book, the cultural aspect that is demonstrated during his family traditions …show more content…
Though there has certainly been difficulty in his life with the separation and destruction of some relationships with his relatives, most of these experiences have made him and his family closer than ever. For example when you go home, and have an argument with your mum perhaps about cleaning your room, in about five minutes after you have decided to move out and live on the streets, she comes in and you make up right? Well this is kind of the same with Anh and his Dad, or especially his Dad and his uncles except he kind of drowned all of their life savings but that’s not the point. The bond with his younger brother Khoa and his little sister Tram is most definitely effective throughout the book, and the closeness and dedication that his mother has for her family. During time in which they would struggle not only in their daily lives, but the vivid images that poured of those terrible days on the boat. “quickly surrounded by seven men with knives and guns,” proves that the family as a working group, achieved their goals and one extremely important one for Anh, providing for his family that have all sacrificed so much to help one another and to live a normal