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Inside Out And Back Again By Thanhha Lai

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In the novel, Inside Out and Back Again, Thanhha Lai tells a story of a 10-year-old girl, Ha, and her family’s experience of living in Vietnam and having to flee to Alabama due to war. Background Info: When fleeing a country, many refugees experience the universal refuge of becoming refugees because they are forced to leave their destroyed homes and travel to a new, different country. This could turn a person’s life “Inside Out” which means that their lives is impacting negatively. Preview 3 points: 1. Many refugees around the world experience losing family members as they flee their homes, which Ha also experienced through losing her father.(explain wym by loss of family member) 2. As Ha finds a home, she experiences dependency reversal …show more content…

Body paragraph 1: Claim: Many refugees around the world experience losing family members as they flee their homes, which Ha also experienced through losing her father. Context: In the article, “ Children Of War,” author talks about how there was a new government formed , and they couldn’t leave and go anywhere. Article:The author writes, “In May, my mom, my sister, and I tried to escape war from the part of town while my dad stayed behind” (Brice 2). Context: In “Left Behind,” Ha writes about the things that she, her brothers, and mother had to leave behind. Novel: She wrote, “ We cannot leave evidence of father’s life behind that might hurt him” (Lai 59). Explanation: Losing a family member can be scary and because you sometimes don’t know where they’re at and if they’re alright just like. Ha has experienced the same thing as the other refugees when she lost her father. He didn’t die or anything, but he was taking away from the Communists(North Vietnamese) when they were to flee home. Just like the other refugees, Ha and her family needed their father so they would feel comforted through the hard times they went through, but they didn't know where he was at which is more painful than leaving …show more content…

Body paragraph 2: Claim: As Ha finds a home, she experiences dependency reversal just like many other refugees, which are turning their lives “inside out”. Context: In article, “Refugee and Immigrant Children: A Comparison,” the author writes about the similarities both, refugees and immigrant experience. Article: She wrote, “At home, both groups may experience a role of dependency reversal in which they may function as interpreters” (Fantino 1). Context: In “NOW!,” Ha talks about the time she and her mother wnt grocery shopping to buy egg rolls to eat on thanksgibing day. Novel: The poem states, “She has me ask the butcher Please grind our pork” (Lai 217). Explanation: This evidence shows that Ha’s life changed to dependency reversal, which means that she became independent, by translating into a language she’s not fluent in at that time. Ha had to rely on herself and help her parent out at a young age instead of her mom helping her out. This case was similar to other refugees. Transition Sentence: The experience was intense knowing that she was independent which is the same for other

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