Inside Out And Back Again Quotes

In the novel “Inside out & Back Again” written by Thanhha Lai , The main character Ha flees her home due to war. Her and her family were looking for a new home trying to start a new life. Although it wasn’t easy for her to start a new life she had to learn to overcome many challenges. In the novel Ha reveals that her life is related to the refugee life even though it was unexpected. When refugees flee their home, it affects them when they leave and find a new home, it also involves affecting them when their life is turned inside out,and it demonstrates why they relate to the refugee experience.

But was it for the best or for the worst ? The girl had much insight and could cope with almost anything, a 10 year old with a family and a home, a smart young lady who was unimpeachable, given the options to make her own decision she did so. While she did have her insecurities she would put them aside, and the contempt feeling went away. While in the kitchen, the girl walks in and drinks her water, knowing it was time for her piano lessons, she sits ¨Do i have to? {the woman thought for a moment} No, she said, only if you want to. Tell me i have to.¨[pg.16] When the girl wants her mother to tell her what to do, this symbolizes both the relationship they have and how the girl is still a child that wants reinsurance and is still dependent on her. Though during the time they were in the internment camp many things had changed her. The girl had became both reckless and careless, making impulsive decisions without thinking of the after effects or consequences. When she was in the internment camp, the girl became irresponsible and stop caring about everything “ In the morning she did not return until long after dark. She was always in a rush now...she ate all her meals with her friends. Never with the boy and his mother. She smoked cigarettes.[pg.92]” When the

In the poem, “Saigon is gone” , written by Thanhha Lai in the book “Inside Out and Back Again” expresses the tone of serious and scary. This poem is about a girl who is trying to escape the Vietnam War. When Hà, the main character, is on an escape boat she states, “people run and scream,” (page 68). The words “run and scream” represent a tone of scary because if I were to be in that situation, I would be very frightened and scared. Hà also writes, “ The pilot appeared below deck, wet and shaking.” (page 68). The condition that Hà was in seems very tense and alarming. The words, “wet and shaking” exemplify a very spine-chilling situation, which sets the tone for the poem. Closer to the end of the poem Hà, quotes what the pilot says below deck,

The article Doc-Lap at Last is closely related to Inside Out and Back Again. The two are similar because Ha said that the Vietnamese president was fake and untrustworthy when he cried fake tears at the Army family meeting. In 1956 that same President was accused for blocking the elections. Another comparison I made from reading Inside Out and Back Again and Doc-Lap at Last is that they both talked about troops patrolling their neighborhoods and cities. Ha said she wishes they would leave so she could jump rope outside after dark. One more comparison I made from the book and the article is that 1 out of 12 Vietnamese people were refugees. Ha’s best friend Titi and her family was forced out her home and into a different country.

For example, Jeannette’s parents never had a stable home, and had to sleep in their car or motels. This never stopped Jeannette or her siblings to have a future. The oldest sister, Lori, managed to move out because it wasn’t stable for her. Lori wanted Jeannette move in with her because she wanted her to be safe and get her education. She moved to New York. Consequently, their parents didn’t agree to this because they were young and needed to be with an adult at all time. Which was an disadvantage for them and the effect of it was that they didn't care about what their parent's opinion was. As a result, Jeannette went through a lot of not having a stable home which made her older sister think about their

For example, “Frank we should totally do this for the kids” (17). This is important because is shows the conflict of the mom constantly wanting to do things that no one else wants to do. This is also important because in the conflict where the mom doesn’t want to do something but the rest of the family does, it turns out in the same situation. For example, "but mom we want to go to the water park” (116). This is important because it shows the conflict where the mom says no when someone else wants to do something. This is also important because she acts like a complete control freak to the rest of the family which compares to the conflict. The mother creates a conflict bye wanting to or not wanting to do things others want to or not want to

of growing up, and the affects war has on her life and love. As it is

The parent’s decision to act freely and have no worries in life causes the family’s struggle, and leads them to poverty. The struggle for the family is shown in the quote, “Mom's salary created a whole new set of problems” (Walls.p.48). What this means is that money would solve all the family's problems, but it doesn't—mostly because the dad takes all the money. Later on in the memoir Jeannette says, “Mom decided Maureen

In a way, her statements may sound nagging. However, this sentiment is something many people yearn after from their childhood, something they recognize as love when they become too old to receive it from their mothers. Thus, throughout the play, Mrs. Gibbs lets the readers feel the nostalgia of their childhood and look back how the love of the mother, the love of maternity truly looks like. Next, let me start the comparison between Mrs. Gibbs and the people that could be found back in my hometown in terms of the love especially towards their children. To begin with, my hometown is called Jin-Gwan-Dong which is often referred to as the Swiss of Seoul, surrounded by a peaceful, environmental-friendly nature just like Grover’s Corners. In Our Town, Mrs. Gibbs showed constant love and concern towards her children. This is not very different in my home town either; actually it is nearly impossible to find a mother who does not provide her children with her best love, such love that pours all her energy and might. Nearly every mother in this world takes great care of their children and tries her best in whatever she does as a mother. However, the shape and aspect of the love seem to have quite a huge difference: The love is mostly concentrated on children’s academics and school work in Jin-Gwan-Dong. In Our Town, Mrs. Gibbs does not really care about what and how George and Rebecca are studying at school and does not mind at all

The Time in Between by David Bergen tries to show a different kind of cultural understand than is usually shown within the Vietnam war narrative. Bergen tries to highlight the cultural similarities instead of the cultural differences, where there is a sense of cultural appreciation. During the Vietnam war there has often been a stigmatization towards the Vietnamese that associates them as the enemy, they are seen as the opposing other. There is often an Eurocentric view of the Vietnam war that tells the story of the white male American solider and very rarely has another perspective been represented through media and literature. The attempt to acknowledge the war from the other perspective through the Vietnamese solider is used in The Time in Between. The trauma that is often associated with the Vietnam war is seen through the lens of the white male solider, often forgetting the the symptoms of trauma were experienced by both sides. The trauma from the war becomes a bridge between the two cultures and subverts the stereotypes of the Vietnamese as being the cultural “others”.

She sees that her parents were constantly in motion, they were always moving around, trying to stay safe. They never really had a home because they had to move their lives around so often. She realizes that she was only a small part of Vietnam because she didn’t experience the hardships as an adult who had to deal with all the stresses of making decisions; she just had to follow her parents. She sees through her own child how difficult it must have been to have children and have to make these sacrifices and go through so much loss and turmoil so

Based on what I’ve read so far in the novel Inside Out and Back Again, the main character Ha and her family are having a hard time making the decision to leave their home and travel away from danger in Vietnam or to stay and face the danger of war. In the story it states, “Brother Khoi says, What if Father comes home and finds his family gone?” Here this is suggesting that Brother Khoi doesn’t want to leave in hope that his Father will soon return. Also, it said, “Mother says, I’ve lived in the North. At first, not much will happen, then suddenly Quang will be asked to leave college.

“The Gangster We Are All Looking For”, by Le Thi Diem THuy is a narrative that gives us a peek into the life of a Vietnamese family trying to adapt to the United States of America. Through the perspective of our unnamed female protagonist, we see what it is like growing up in a brand new country and the struggles she faced along with her parents, Ma and Ba. One of her parents, Ba, goes through living in the US with a lot of baggage in his past weighing him down, a conflict just as difficult, if not more than in juxtaposition to our protagonist's journey to growing up. Ba’s relationship to the past contributes to the work’s meaning as a while by being a main fuel source of conflict and showing that no matter how strong you were, things can still hurt you, a central theme of the book.

Living in England during World War II had an impact on her life because it coincided with the time that she was moving around, making it symbolic of her life at that time. She would be lured into a false sense of security in a new home (think of the times in between bombings) and then her world would be turned upside again as she was moved away from her father, and into beaten down homes, and then again to a somewhat

Gia đình also known as family in vietnam is worshiped in Duong Thu Huong’s Paradise of the Blind. Family in the novel has a purpose in everyone’s life because “after all, blood runs thick” (187). Hang, the main character in the novel knows exactly how much family should mean to her. Between Hang’s mother Que always caring for her brother, Hang’s Uncle Chinh and Hang’s Aunt Tam always sharing memories of her brother, Hang’s Father Ton who passed away are example of what family means in the culture of Vietnam. Hang though never truly gets the meaning of family until her Aunt Tam is dying.