In the novel Inside Out and Back Again‚ there’s this girl named Ha who is 10 years old who lives with 3 older brothers and her mother. She lives peacefully in her hometown in Saigon. Now the Vietnam War has reached her home‚ so Ha and her family are forced to flee home as Saigon falls to the Communists. Ha moves to Alabama where she will soon faced a lot of challenges because she is a refugee‚ but will soon overcome these challenges. Ha was a girl who was stubborn and sneaky. When she was still in
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anyone who has to leave their home due to destruction in their country. When they move far from their homes they have to look for a safe place to live . Leaving to find a new home makes them feel as if their lives are turning “inside out”. The novel Inside out and Back Again Thanhha Lai the author speaks about Ha and her family living in a war. Ha is a 10 year old Vietnamese girl who comes from a single parent and a traditional background. Ha’s family decides to flee from their home because of the
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the book “Inside Out and Back Again” the author Thanhha Lai talks about a 10 year old refugee named Ha‚ who goes through struggles and face challenges that show her dreams‚ grief and healing. In the book refugees went through a lot. For example‚ when refugees fled home‚ they had to live in very rough conditions. Also‚ when refugees found a new home‚ they had to restart their lives and try to fit in. Throughout all of this the refugees felt like they were inside out and then back again‚ because they
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How Was Ha’s Life Turned Inside Out Ha‚ a ten year old girl and her family have to flee their home in Saigon in the novel Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. Ha’s story is very similar to that of other refugees around the world. Refugees are defined as “people who are residing outside their countries and cannot return due to a well-founded fear of persecution because of their race‚ religion‚ political opinion‚ or membership in a particular social group”. Ha’s story is similar to other
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The 7 Habits of Highly effective Teens the author was trying to help teens today to understand that in life you need to do certain things as a teenagerto make sure you do well. In life as a teenager So he decided to write a book about it there are 7 habits he talks about in the book.In the book he all so talks about some of his experiences and how he could relate to them when he was a tennager. He all so pots some of the letters he got from people in the book who asked a question on that habit he is
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up! Teens have probably heard this enough to last a lifetime. In the book‚ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens‚ Sean Covey lists 7 habits that help out teens. Habit 2‚ begin with the end in mind‚ and habit 7‚ sharpen the saw‚ are very important. If teens begin with the end in mind‚ and plan ahead‚ it might get everyone off your back for those grades. Also‚ if teens take time to sharpen the saw‚ they can chill out and take time for themselves. Today’s teenagers struggle with having time to study
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Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhhai Lai is a story told in verse that reads like the diary of a ten-year-old girl. It is the story of a year in life of Kim Hà. Hà lives in Saigon with her mother and three brothers. Her father has been missing for nine years‚ and the family is uncertain if he will make his way back to them. Hà loves her life in Vietnam; she loves the food‚ the market‚ going to school with her friends‚ and watching her papaya tree grow. But the Vietnam War and the Fall of Saigon forces
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Even with my glasses‚ or is it because of my glasses‚ I still could not see. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens‚ Sean Covey explains that having incomplete or flawed paradigms about yourself and others is like wearing glasses with the wrong prescription. Taking a first step and walking through a new door can create the beginning to a paradigm shift. I walked in wearing a wacked pair of glasses. Those jacked-up glasses kept telling me that I could not‚ would not‚ and did not fit in. The glasses
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individual resiliency. The main character‚ Ha‚ from Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai‚ dealt with numerous difficulties when adjusting to her new school in Alabama. Refugees often battle with not being accepted by peers when arriving to their new school until they meet and become friends with new people. When a foreigner is adjusting to a new school‚ they often feel like they don’t fit in. For example‚ in the book‚ Inside Out and Back Again‚ “I eat candy in toilet.” Ha doesn’t really know
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Shouts ring out like gunfire; flashes of light exploding from small green bombs; deafening‚ murderous. These memories replay throughout countless refugees’ minds everyday‚ kindling feelings of trauma day by day. Not only are refugees cursed with these events which are stained in their minds- but they also experience constant racism‚ anxiety‚ and hopelessness as they attempt to assimilate into a culture that is now being forced onto them. The everyday struggles of a refugee‚ or a person forced to
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