Third Body Paragraph (Connections to Enrichment Reader): In the book, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, a young girl named Anne, who is a few years older than Ha, is also a refugee from World War II. Despite of different background, Ha and Anne, like all refugees, experience having their lives turned “inside out” and the “back again.” Almost all refugees experience the universal refugee experience. In Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne wrote in her diary, "So we could not do this and were forbidden to do that…Our freedom was strictly limited… Jopie used to say to me, ‘You’re scared to do anything, because it may be forbidden’” (Frank 4). This shows how Anne is an internal character who keeps her thoughts to herself. Her only …show more content…
In addition, the article, “Panic Rises in Saigon, but the Exits are Few”, states, "'I called hoping that I could speak to her in one more time,' he added. Now I will never talk to her again'" (Butterfield 55). This quote demonstrates how this person lost his family because they had to leave while he was at work. Due to this, he lost his family like many others. This is a universal refugee experience because many people were forced to leave their families behind in order to survive. This relates to Anne because she also lost many things. For instance, she lost freedom, as mentioned before in this paragraph, which may seem abstract compared to the loss of family, but important nonetheless. This shows how Anne had lost many possessions because of war, just like the man in the article. Ha also lost her father because of the war. Thus, numerous refugees experienced and are experiencing similar losses because it does not matter why or how they became refugees; they all experience the universal refugee experience. These shows how there are always wars that made refugees who they are. All refugees go through painful changes to turn “inside out” but most managed to get their lives “back again” as they settles in their new homes. Anne, Ha,