I Hate Everyone In America Quotes
One universal challenge that Ha and other refugees struggle with is being ridiculed and judged because they are not of the same religion as everyone else in the new country. Therefore, they are bullied / harassed because of it. “I hate everyone!!!! A lion’s paw rips up my throat, still I scream, I hate everyone!!!!” (Lai 209) Ha, from Inside Out and Back Again, feels she does not belong. She is so upset about this, that she is outside of her home, screaming, “I hate everyone!!!!” “Sometimes I wish I’d stayed at war rather than being here without friends” (Brice) The quote is self explanatory, really. She wishes she stayed back home in the war sometimes, because she deals with discrimination and harassment at school, and feels it would be better
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for her if she had stayed back in the war. “I eat candy in toilet. Mrs. Washington looks panicked. WHAT? How can I explain that dragonflies do somersaults in my stomach whenever I think of the noisy room, full of mouths chewing and laughing.” (Lai 180) Ha, from Inside Out and Back Again, feels she does not belong in the social environment that is the lunch room, for fear that that is the most likely place she is to be harassed the most. In conclusion, Ha and other refugees struggle with being ridiculed and judged because they are not the same as everyone else.
Another common challenge Ha and other refugees struggle with, is finding home and finding ‘sunlight in the rain;’ to be able to ignore all of the racial comments and ‘find peace.’ “Mother strokes my head.
Chant, my child, Breathe in, peaceful mind, breathe out, peaceful smile.… Chant, Nam Mô A Di Đa Phạ̑t, Nam Mô ೩uan Thế Âm Bô̕ Tát.” (Lai 198) She is chanting with her mother and feels comfortable again after so much religious discrimination at school. “When I say I'm Muslim, people don’t react like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to be with you, I don’t want to be your friend because you're muslim’ ” (Brice) The people being nice as to the people being, well, not so nice, is a relief when it comes to being a refugee. “I am afraid to look at Mrs. Washington. You hate me? Child, child. She comes close and hugs me. Right then I tell her about the pancake. She hugs me tighter, then pulls out a book. A book of photographs: a dragon dance at Tet.” Ha feels good, knowing that someone understands her and her culture, and understands the struggle of being a refugee. In conclusion, Ha and other refugees also struggle with finding home and being able to see through all of the racial comments and be able to be
happy.
for her if she had stayed back in the war. “I eat candy in toilet. Mrs. Washington looks panicked. WHAT? How can I explain that dragonflies do somersaults in my stomach whenever I think of the noisy room, full of mouths chewing and laughing.” (Lai 180) Ha, from Inside Out and Back Again, feels she does not belong in the social environment that is the lunch room, for fear that that is the most likely place she is to be harassed the most. In conclusion, Ha and other refugees struggle with being ridiculed and judged because they are not the same as everyone else.
Another common challenge Ha and other refugees struggle with, is finding home and finding ‘sunlight in the rain;’ to be able to ignore all of the racial comments and ‘find peace.’ “Mother strokes my head.
Chant, my child, Breathe in, peaceful mind, breathe out, peaceful smile.… Chant, Nam Mô A Di Đa Phạ̑t, Nam Mô ೩uan Thế Âm Bô̕ Tát.” (Lai 198) She is chanting with her mother and feels comfortable again after so much religious discrimination at school. “When I say I'm Muslim, people don’t react like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to be with you, I don’t want to be your friend because you're muslim’ ” (Brice) The people being nice as to the people being, well, not so nice, is a relief when it comes to being a refugee. “I am afraid to look at Mrs. Washington. You hate me? Child, child. She comes close and hugs me. Right then I tell her about the pancake. She hugs me tighter, then pulls out a book. A book of photographs: a dragon dance at Tet.” Ha feels good, knowing that someone understands her and her culture, and understands the struggle of being a refugee. In conclusion, Ha and other refugees also struggle with finding home and being able to see through all of the racial comments and be able to be
happy.