The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do tells us about his life. It begins with how his family almost lost their lives since leaving Vietnam. It expresses the distress and anxiety of their struggles from crossing the Indian Ocean to Australia.
There are a lot of worries about their safety because of the chances of being attacked by pirates or dying from dehydration. For example, in the boat traveling from Vietnam, pirates attacked them and took all their food, water and personal possessions.
However, when they were attacked it shows heroism and boldness for Anh to stand up for his younger brother Khoa against pirates armed with weapons. At the end it makes me think a lot about Anh and how his family made it to Australia without losing anyone close
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In a way it’s like being in a dark cloud full of sadness, and then a bit of sunshine that gives you a symbol of hopefulness and optimism.
The book made me realise that everyone needs a helping hand from time to time. After Anh finished school and university with solid grades he went on to pursue a career in law, however he wasn’t happy with.
In reality he wanted to become a comedian but it took him a long time to do so. In the end it doesn’t matter what you want to do in life is long is your happy doing it. As Anh’s father Lee says (Follow You Heart and Be True To Yourself) “Anh Do or Lee”. This makes me strongly think about his quote in order to find success and happiness in life one must find a career you enjoy. But, not just that also work hard towards what you want to do. Yes it may take time to reach that goal but in the end it is worth it.
Overall some of the philosophies and key principles in the book make me think a lot about Anh and what he has achieved in life. From Fleeing from a war torn Communist state and almost losing his family in the process. Personally, I have learnt from Anh you can do anything you want in life if you put your mind to it and work hard to be something great and be more optimistic in
Anh Do truly understands this quote has wouldn 't have become one of Australia 's best comedians. The writing in The Happiest Refugee is above all inspirational so this book is necessary for the English circumlum. This book needs to be added as it is about a topic studied in schools. Australian identity. The Happiest refugee has immigration, racial bullying and the need to become Australian.
I would recommend this book to a friend because it tells you about how to appreciate what you have and never complain, they are other people that are struggling because they don’t have what you
This book, can relate to people who don't usually believe that they can make a change. That they have no effect on the world. This book, tells you straight up, that if you change yourself, you can change the world around you. This is very motivating, and a very awesome
Like many migrants, he has been through many difficult experiences on his journey to a new life in Australia. In his bibliography "The Happiest Refugee", he describes his schooling and educational experiences and his transition from Vietnam, to a new life in Australia. On page 96 of the bibliography, Anh Do talks about his parent’s beliefs and commitments to giving him and his younger brother Khoa a
Digging Up & Discovering the Theme of Thanhha Lai’s Inside Out and Back Again Being a refugee amid the Vietnam War and having to depart your home country to arrive somewhere completely different surely isn’t easy. At least, it wasn’t for Ha in Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. Young little Ha had to adjust to such a big change in her life. She had to undergo fleeing Vietnam to arrive at the United States, where nothing made sense to her. English has too many rules.
Ha is an example of the universal refugee experience because she goes through things that many other refugees go through, such as the feeling of being “inside out” and not belonging anywhere. Ha has to learn a new language and a whole new way of life, she has to give up many of her old traditions and ways of life like many refugees do. A universal refugee experience is something that is experienced by not all, but most refugees. Ha started out stubborn and forceful before they fled their home, "I decided to wake before dawn and tap my big toe on the tile floor first," (Lai 2). Ha is angry that only men 's feet bring good luck and she will not let that be the case for she wants to bring luck to her family.
In 2013 when Viet Thanh Nguyen began to write The Sympathizer, it had been 40 years since the Vietnam War. It had been 40 years since French and American military involvement ravaged a once beautiful countryside and littered lush forests with napalm. It had been 40 years since 2 million people were displaced from their country and left to die in the Pacific Ocean. In those 40 years, many works were published about the Vietnam War. These stories came from many, contrasting, perspectives.
Many of us are faced with tough times, hard decisions, and struggles but there are only certain people that have the willpower and determination to overcome those obstacles and change their life for the better. Many of us are faced by little challenges like when the alarm clock goes off for school. Do we get up and go to school or do we go back to bed? The immediate reward is going back to bed and getting the satisfaction of more sleep but the downfall is that you miss your classes. This didn’t seem like an important decision for me until I got to college.
He pointed out Mr. Cathey consistent bombardments of challenges and how he handle each situation. Every good point in his life such as becoming a father was met with a bad point in which he couldn’t go to school because he became a father. The author allowed us to feel happy for the situations that seemed any reasonable person would feel good about and upset about the unforeseen variables that tend to find Mr. Cathey. The author makes sure you feel the joy and pain of a young man who could have made it to a higher level but came up short because of his bad decision
The novel “Inside Out and Back Again” describes the life of a family of refugees searching to find home. It describes the highs and the lows of day-to-day life for the family, perfectly describing the universal refugee experience. The universal refugee experience is an umbrella term used to describe the myriad of trials and tribulations refugees endure as they move to a foreign place. These are experiences that all or most refugees typically go through in their process of finding a new home. Ha’s journey is a perfect example of the universal refugee experience.
I also agree with the opinion that suffering might never end, like the novel indicates through imagery at the very end. The author manages to combine happy moments with sad ones even though the sad ones takes the larger share. In addition, he accomplished his aim of having an audience that is glued to the book all along sine it is both engaging and informative. The author has a perception that the world is composed of more bad things than the good ones. This novel will be important to me as I explore the themes of post-apocalyptic fears and human struggles.
It taught me that strength and perseverance can make a significant impact in life. I also learned that forgiveness and the ability to forgive is much more powerful than I ever realized. This novel sucked me into the story and its characters and took me on an emotional ride of highs and lows. Finally, it forced me to reevaluate my previous judgement of the homeless.
It sets up a reader for thier future and what is to come: grief. The story shows how our relationships to others vary from person to person. People are caring and selfish, sympathetic and indifferent, hopeful and completely discouraged. Like any story, the readers gain their own lessons, but still explore the universal themes of loneliness, companionship, love, loss, and death. It shows us that grief can overtake us, as well as looking for an unapproachable
The concept of social justice encompasses finding the optimum balance between our combined responsibilities as a society, our responsibilities as individuals to contribute to a just society (University of New South Wales, 2011) and ensuring fairness, freedom and equality regardless of race, religion and ethical background. The social justice issue of Refugee’s suffers from a deprived extent of human dignity, human rights and social justice. The definition of a "refugee" is revealed in the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating which defines a refugee as an individual who: "owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the
The poem Refugee Blues was written by Wilfred. H .Auden in 1939 during World War Two. “Refugees Blues” is in reference to the abuse of human rights and the suffering, despair and isolation that all refugees experience during their journey of survival. The poet uses a range of techniques such as contrast, emotive language and personification to convey the hardship refugees had to endure.