Countless Bosnian Refugees: Poem Analysis
Like Bosnian refugees, Ha is an example of the universal refugee experience due to the fact that both had to live in refugee camps. According to, “Children of War” by the author Arthur Brice, “tens of thousands of young Muslim war victims are languishing in refugee camps in Croatia”(Brice 25). Countless Bosnian refugees are evacuating from their home country. And with nowhere else to go, they are forced to live in refugee camps in a different country. Similarly, in the poem entitled “Tent City” by the author, Thanhha Lai, the protagonist Ha states, “Many others arrived / before us / and are living in green tents / sleeping on cots”(Lai 96). These “tents” and “cots” that Ha explains are part of a refugee camp in Guam. Ha will be living