Refugees Flee With Nothing
Ha, like many refugees around the world, are fleeing home and encounter challenges that make them feel inside out, like the lack of resources to flee their country. While Ha is fleeing Saigon by boat, she says, “The ration is now half a clump of rice only at morning and night and one cup of water all day.” (Lai, 88) Unfortunately, Ha and her family are getting even worse rations of old, moldy, expired rice. But it is the only thing to eat, so the refugees are forced to eat it. Some refugees that were living in refugee camps claimed, “Food and water are provided, but they are rationed.”(Catherine: Refugees: Who, Where, Why) Refugees in camps don’t have very many things like food and water to live off of, slowly malnourishing …show more content…
When at a refugee camp, Ha thinks, “...for having the heart to send cases of fish sauce to Guam. (Lai, 100) The Vietnamese were very thankful to now have barrels and barrels of sauce to spice up their boring rice and canned vegetables. However, sometimes they needed more than just water and food to help. “The Kirk’s military mission was to shoot down any North Vietnamese jets that might try to stop U.S. marine helicopters, as they evacuated people from Saigon.” (Forgotten Ship: Transcript) The U.S. sees that the Vietnamese didn’t have very many resources, such as helicopters and submarines, to evacuate their people. So the U.S. sent in their helicopters and war machines to help evacuate the country. Ha and her family, while on this cramped boat and on their last grains of rice, watch, “Boxes and boxes pass onto our deck. Oranges, apples, bananas, cold sweet bubbly drinks, chocolate drops, fruity gum.” (Lai, 92) The U.S. swooped in to help out the starving Vietnamese with a boat filled with delicious fruits and soda. The Vietnamese were able to triumph over hunger and thirst because of the assistance of fellow countries by sending them food by the crate and water by the barrel, making them feel a little more like they were at
Ha, like many refugees around the world, are fleeing home and encounter challenges that make them feel inside out, like the lack of resources to flee their country. While Ha is fleeing Saigon by boat, she says, “The ration is now half a clump of rice only at morning and night and one cup of water all day.” (Lai, 88) Unfortunately, Ha and her family are getting even worse rations of old, moldy, expired rice. But it is the only thing to eat, so the refugees are forced to eat it. Some refugees that were living in refugee camps claimed, “Food and water are provided, but they are rationed.”(Catherine: Refugees: Who, Where, Why) Refugees in camps don’t have very many things like food and water to live off of, slowly malnourishing …show more content…
When at a refugee camp, Ha thinks, “...for having the heart to send cases of fish sauce to Guam. (Lai, 100) The Vietnamese were very thankful to now have barrels and barrels of sauce to spice up their boring rice and canned vegetables. However, sometimes they needed more than just water and food to help. “The Kirk’s military mission was to shoot down any North Vietnamese jets that might try to stop U.S. marine helicopters, as they evacuated people from Saigon.” (Forgotten Ship: Transcript) The U.S. sees that the Vietnamese didn’t have very many resources, such as helicopters and submarines, to evacuate their people. So the U.S. sent in their helicopters and war machines to help evacuate the country. Ha and her family, while on this cramped boat and on their last grains of rice, watch, “Boxes and boxes pass onto our deck. Oranges, apples, bananas, cold sweet bubbly drinks, chocolate drops, fruity gum.” (Lai, 92) The U.S. swooped in to help out the starving Vietnamese with a boat filled with delicious fruits and soda. The Vietnamese were able to triumph over hunger and thirst because of the assistance of fellow countries by sending them food by the crate and water by the barrel, making them feel a little more like they were at