Human beings have traveled long distances across the world for several reasons throughout time. At first, it was to find food and to find a warmer environment. Then humans would travel to a suitable area with better living environments, job offers and education. Recently, however, people have traveled to escape the war and conflicts within a community. Their town, city or country no longer provides them with the shelter and long life stability that they seek, so they end up leaving in order to escape the nightmares that are turning into reality. In a sense, migrating almost seems like a second nature to humans. It is what helps them survive and evolve. While immigration might seem like a normal part of one’s life, people often forget the …show more content…
He works closely alongside the South Vietnamese General and throughout their journey from South Vietnam, The Narrator would report back to his comrade Man in North Vietnam to help take down South Vietnam. Growing up, The Narrator did not have an enjoyable childhood. Often the bully of his friends and families bullying for being a mixed raced child. One incidence was during New Year when The Narrator was about five or six years old. He would greet his aunts respectfully, without missing any words in his holiday wishes, but his aunts did not hand him the red envelope with money in them like they did with his other cousins. His aunts would tell him that “I do not have enough. I am one short.” without offering any apologize to him. When he calculated the amount of money that he had and compared it with his cousins, he noticed that they were half his cousins. One of them even told him that was because he was half-blooded (Nguyen 140-141). Although this is not a direct cause of his developed of mental illness, it can be related due to the fact that he became guarded with his