Discrimination In 'Inside Out And Back Again'

Do you know what Refugees are what they do how they live and how they survive. Refugees are people that have to leave there home all because of war, they have to leave and find new ones far away. Before war happened in Vietnam Ha was different she was sneaky because when she went to get groceries she would by fried dough for herself, and she was mean because when she would hide her brothers sandals when she got mad at them. The title of the book makes you wonder a little by the words inside out and back again, the author Thanhha Lai had a good idea for making this book for a history lesson. Refugees like Ha and her family turn back again when they find better home like Ha she stared understanding more.

The part Inside out of the novel's title Inside out & back again relates to the universal refugees experience of fleeing home. For a refugee to feel ¨Inside out” they lose a part of themselves. In Refugee Children In Canada, it states that ¨perhaps the greatest threat to the children

The stories of refugees around the world can be very interesting and even sometimes scary, like how they go through hard times and even life threatening situations and work hard to get out of them. In the novel, “Inside Out and Back Again” the author, Thanhha Lai, wrote about a refugee named Ha. The author wrote about how Ha struggled during her life as a refugee who lived in South Vietnam, and moved to Alabama. The author showed many ways of how the title of the book is clearly related to the story. First, Ha’s life in Saigon was mainly peaceful until she got caught in between a war between the north and south Vietnam's.

Ha and her family went through many difficulties throughout the year. For example, in the novel Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai it states “Someone called me Ching Chong” (pg.152). This quote verifies that Ha and he family are having their lives turn “inside out” because Ha can’t fit in with her classmates and she is getting bullied by her classmates. In addition, in the chapter “One Mat Each” is states “Everyone knows the ship could sink” (pg.63). This quote also demonstrates that Ha and her family underwent the universal refugee experience of turning “inside out” because Ha and her family are putting their lives into danger so they can be safe and go to a new

“Pink Boy avoids us, and we’re glad” (Lai, Page 229). Standing up to her bully made her more confident because bullies make you feel bad about yourself and you become insecure, so when the pink boy left her alone after confronting him she felt free and regained her confidence. Ha’s story is like the stories of other refugees because most of the refugees ended up in a good place. “Here, people don’t judge you by your religion”, (Children of War).

The life of refugees is rougher than you think. Ha is the main character in the novel Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. Ha is just a 10 year old girl who lived in Saigon, South Vietnam. Ha lived when the Vietnam war was still going on. Her family was poor and going through bad times. Ha´s and the refugee's life will turn Inside out then turn back again.

There are approximately 65.6 million refugees in the world and they are probably abandoned or friendless, because their friends either leave the country or are left behind. Sometimes refugees wish they could stayed in their country, watching the war, rather than being at a safe place, but without friends, (Brice). Ha is the main character in the book, Inside Out and Back Again, by Thanhha Lai and is ten years-old. Because of the war, Ha’s best friend, Titi, left her to go to a safer place. Ha is always lonely at her new school, to the point where she would rather be in the war, than being safe too. Refugee children, like Ha, sense the feeling of loneliness and don’t fit in, until they meet people who assist them and make them connect

Racism has been around in many countries for many years and is still found to this present day. Every person has their story to tell and for each distinct story one has faced discrimination and is the victim if not the creator. As a future teacher one must realize and notice these occurrences. After watching the film Crash by Paul Haggis I could relate my education course background to the film by approaching racism, socioeconomic status, and gender roles. Each individual topic has an affect towards individual people and their families then later counters a domino like effect like in the movie.

Ha from Inside Out and Back Again and other refugees from the article “Children of War” all experience the same upsetting feeling of being inside out because they have lost everything familiar to them. One way that they feel inside out because of the loss of their possessions is in the poem “Last Respects” it states, “Brother Khoi nods and I smile, but I regret not having my doll as soon as the white bundle sinks into the sea.” (Lai 86). Ha goes through a struggle when she gives up her doll, the one possession that she was allowed to take with her as they were leaving, to help her brother and give him comfort for the loss his chick. Another way that represents the universal refugee experience of feeling inside out because of loosing everything is that in “Children of War” it explains, “Everything completely changed. One minute we had everything, then we had nothing.” (Brice). Plainly it is stated that the people in the Bosnia at that

In today's age can you imagine getting sent away with the rest of society's garbage to rot away in an asylum just for not being the same as everybody else? This is nearly impossible to think about although their is still hatred and discrimination in the United States we have improved drastically compared to the 1950’s idea of ‘Normal.” The people who did not fit in were the people seen as different in any form compared to a white male. Women were were expected to stay at home and cook for their families while the men provided for them and their children. People were seen as lesser just because of their skin color. The people who went against these normal conventions were the outsiders and either sent away to institutions for being seen as ill

Ha’s life as a refugee is a life experience is something that only the strong can go through, and her entire family made it. When refugees flee home, it is because of fear that their family will be torn apart by the war when they leave home, family, friends, memories, basically the perspective of the person is leaving what they desired. Then when they finally do find a home, (not all), they are greeted with new challenges, one of many is that acceptance in their new home, some people probably don’t want to make a living in their new home, “But life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not”. But when people turn “inside out” they feel empty inside and everything is useless, they have to start over from square one and become “back again”. When they become happy again and accept what has happened to them, so they can move forward in life. This book is mostly about a girl with her family who was in a war, so they left of fear of being torn apart by the war because they will be safer than where they are at in the moment, Saigon Vietnam, but are greeted with challenges in the Alamba U.S.A.

Jordan Peels’s Get Out (2017) is entertaining through its chilling aspects; however, it also focuses on an extremely important issue in today’s society. Peele uses the combination of sound and graphics to portray the ongoing issue of racism. In this film, a black man by the name of Chris (played by Daniel Kaluuya) is going to meet his Caucasian girlfriend of 4 months- Rose’s (Allison Williams) parents. Chris is very paranoid that his skin color may be a problem with Rose’s folks, but she assures him that her parents are loving of everyone no matter their skin tone. When Chris arrives to Rose’s parent’s upscale property, he is a little uneasy. The housekeeper and groundskeeper are African American and they have a very strange persona, which increases his discomfort. Through tone and dialogue, Get Out expresses how the factor of racism has continually added to the aspect of racial paranoia.

In the novel “Inside out & Back Again” written by Thanhha Lai , The main character Ha flees her home due to war. Her and her family were looking for a new home trying to start a new life. Although it wasn’t easy for her to start a new life she had to learn to overcome many challenges. In the novel Ha reveals that her life is related to the refugee life even though it was unexpected. When refugees flee their home, it affects them when they leave and find a new home, it also involves affecting them when their life is turned inside out,and it demonstrates why they relate to the refugee experience.

Many refugees, including Ha around the world face challenges that cause them to have an impression of feeling inside out, such as language barriers. In the book Inside Out & Back Again By: Thanhha lai, Ha has language difficulties when moving to the U.S. “I’m getting better at hissing” ( Lai, 123). For many people learning English it can be very difficult, such things like add s to verbs acted by one person, even if there's already an s sound nearby. Ha is having a hard time during school with adding the s but she is getting better. Also in the article Til Gurung Speech he talks about the same problems with the English Language. “Many of us do not speak English” (Gurung). When refugees arrive in the U.S. many of them do not speak English.

The movie The Blind Side was released in 2009. It is about a young man, named Michael Oher, who grew up in a poor environment. In the beginning of the movie, Michael was homeless and not currently attending school. All of that changed when a woman, named Leigh Anne Tuohy, offered Michael the chance to stay with her and her family. The Tuohy family was well off, unlike Michael, so it was an adjustment for both the family and him to live together. However, the family was very warm and welcoming to Michael, which differed from many of the other people Michael encountered. In the movie, Michael experienced racism, discrimination, and prejudice towards him from a variety of people.