Ha, From 'Inside Out And Back Again'

Ha, from “Inside Out and Back Again” and refugees in the transcript “Forgotten Ship” feel inside out through the process of them trying to leave their home country and escape to a new, safer country. For example, “The first hot bite of freshly cooked rice, plump and nutty, makes me imagine the taste of ripe papaya although one has nothing to do with the other.” (Lai 78) Ha has not had freshly cooked rice or any hot food in a number of days so is giving her a feeling of inside out because she is used to having freshly cooked and hot food every day. This example from the transcript states, “As he was loading his helicopter, had his family killed. They’re standing waiting to get on the helicopter, his family was machine-gunned. He was just sitting in the helicopter. He was the pilot. He stood there and looked at them. They were all lying dead.”(Doyle) So, the pilot is having the sensation of inside out because, he has just lost all of his family due to them trying to leave on a helicopter that was escaping the war. Another example from the book states that, “We have landed on an island called Guam, which no one can pronounce except Brother Quang, who becomes translator for all.”(Lai 96) So, in return Ha is feeling inside out because this is so different from back home, everything is different like language, culture and the people.
Now knowing the evidence, Ha and the refugees from the transcript “Forgotten Ship” have in fact felt inside out through their journey of trying to flee their home country and making a live in a new