The Role Of Refugees In 'Inside Out And Back Again'
Throughout the world, there have been millions of refugees fleeing their homes. Refugees are people who are forced to leave their home because of the fear that they are unsafe. When they are forced to leave, they leave behind many dear possessions. When that happens their lives start to turn “inside out”. But, when they mourn those losses and finally accept that those losses are gone, their lives finally start to go “back again”. In the novel “Inside Out and Back Again”, Ha; a girl who just turned 10, lives in south Vietnam during the war. Ha and her family face the challenges of leaving their home and being discriminated by their new community. As Ha matures through the year, she learns to let go of the past and hope for the future. Overall
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Their lives start to turn “inside out” while they are in the process of fleeing. One example was the experience of refugees in Bosnia, which one article wrote, “The Serbians who were predominantly Christian, decided that Muslims, should not be allowed to live in their new country.”(Gevert 10) The Muslims in Bosnia were discriminated just because of their religion and they had their lives turned “inside out” because of the Muslim ethnic cleansing. Ha also received discrimination just like the Muslims in Bosnia. Such as how Ha’s classmates make fun of Ha’s religion at school, she says, ”Someone pulls my hair, forcing me to turn and see a black hole in a pink face: Boo-Da, Boo-Da Girl. My palms cover my eyes. I run.”(Lai 207) As Ha moves to her new school in America, she receives discrimination from her new classmates and that makes it even harder for her to adapt to her new life. Ha also encounters an experience where her neighbors discriminate her by not even opening their doors, Ha describes, “Our cowboy says our neighbors would be more like neighbors if we agree to something at the … Baptist Church.”(Lai 169) Ha’s family even has to take up a new religion just to try to make the neighbors like her and that describes how she is being discriminated. Both Ha and other refugees have encountered discrimination, that have really turned their lives “inside
Their lives start to turn “inside out” while they are in the process of fleeing. One example was the experience of refugees in Bosnia, which one article wrote, “The Serbians who were predominantly Christian, decided that Muslims, should not be allowed to live in their new country.”(Gevert 10) The Muslims in Bosnia were discriminated just because of their religion and they had their lives turned “inside out” because of the Muslim ethnic cleansing. Ha also received discrimination just like the Muslims in Bosnia. Such as how Ha’s classmates make fun of Ha’s religion at school, she says, ”Someone pulls my hair, forcing me to turn and see a black hole in a pink face: Boo-Da, Boo-Da Girl. My palms cover my eyes. I run.”(Lai 207) As Ha moves to her new school in America, she receives discrimination from her new classmates and that makes it even harder for her to adapt to her new life. Ha also encounters an experience where her neighbors discriminate her by not even opening their doors, Ha describes, “Our cowboy says our neighbors would be more like neighbors if we agree to something at the … Baptist Church.”(Lai 169) Ha’s family even has to take up a new religion just to try to make the neighbors like her and that describes how she is being discriminated. Both Ha and other refugees have encountered discrimination, that have really turned their lives “inside