Inside Out And Back Again Analysis

The title of the novel Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai, relates to the universal refugee experience because everyone that has gone through being a refugee has experienced their life being turned inside out by having inside challenges like emotions, fleeing their home and finally “back again when you are able to find home in a new country and are happy again, in a different country where the might not fit in. The universal refugee experience is when you have your life turned inside out which means that you have had to flee home or have something bad happen and being forced to leave, it is also the inside challenges you face along the way.These inside challenges could included emotions like sadness, anger and hope. When a refugee has started

Ha was forced to leave due to communists entering South Vietnam and taking over power. Many refugees face similar experiences with civil wars and wars in general. For example in the book Inside Out and Back Again Ha the main character had to flee her home in Vietnam, in the book it states “Camp workers teach us english mornings and afternoons.” This show that Ha is faced with learning a new language. This can be very hard because will she is learning the language itis hard for Ha to talk to others about how she feel and how things are in her life during the hard times of fleeing home. She faces many other challenges but this I feel has an impact on how she will face challenges ahead without being able to speak fluent english. Turning inside out is hard to explain but basically it is when you have something dramatic happen in your life (usually bad) that make it so your life is totally different, makes it so your life has turned upside down or inside out. In the article Children of War one of the refugees getting interviewed named Amela said “Sometimes I wish I’d stayed there watching the war rather than being here safe but without friends” This show how refugees though they may be safe in another country dont always want to be there. It can be hard to fit in if you don't speak the language and look different. Things like these can lead to bullying and

Turning back again means you are beginning to make friends, start working or going to school, finding your home, and are cheerful again. It a sense in is when you start to thrive in the new country that you are living in. Saddly in can be very hard to feel accepted. Things happen like bullying, there are different types of bullying like physical, verbal and other different types. Bullying can be hard to deal with but unfortunately many refugees have gone through it. Even older people as well as kids get bullied, they get bullied by neighbors, classmates and employees. In the article Children of War one of the people being interviewed “Sometimes I wish I'd stayed there, watching the war, rather than being here, safe, but without friends.” This shows that it is hard to adjust to new life in a new country where you might not have friends. The quote was said by a refugee named Amela. For many refugees it is very hard to turn back again but it is possible. In the book Inside Out and Back Again the main character Ha started to turn back again after a hard long journey to feeling accepted. For instance in the book Ha says “I will write in my journal October 14th most relieved days.” This shows that Ha has started to turn back again she is starting to feel relieved and accepted. October 14th was the day that Ha made her first friends in school