Inside Out And Back Again Analysis

Millions of refugees are forced to flee their homes every year. They leave everything behind. Have you heard of the escapees on the news before? These are people who are forced to flee their homes for many reasons. Mostly, it is due to war or natural disasters. At first, these refugees feel displaced and seem lost in this “new world.” They will face many challenges that turn them inside out, however, if they can overcome this, eventually, their lives will turn back again. In the story,Inside Out and Back Again, by Thanha Lai, there is a young girl named Ha. She lives a good life in Vietnam, except, that Vietnam has been taken over by the communists. Ha, like most refugees, had her life turned inside out and back again. This means that Ha’s life changed drastically and is trying to come back to normal. For Ha’s life to truly come back again, her character will need to be like what she was in Vietnam. In Vietnam, Ha had more confidence, she was more rebellious, and, most importantly, Ha still had hope. She will need to grasp these traits again for her life to truly come back again. Ha, just like many other refugees, endure

Refugees lives are turned inside out because they have to mourn the loss of their loved one, countries, and old lives. In the article “Refugee and Immigrant Children: A Comparison, they talk about refugees and what makes them turn inside out and back again. One quote that says this is, “Some have lost many members of their families and many have lost everything that was familiar to them.”(Fantino and Colak 590) This quote shows how refugees have to mourn the loss of all they have previously known whether this is a family member or something that meant something deeply to them. In Ha’s experience, she has to mourn the loss