Inside Out And Back Again
Many refugees face hardships when they flee their country for safety. They often do not get the respect that they deserve. Many people do not realize all the consequences refugees face since they fled and how their lives have been turned inside out. The novel Inside Out & Back Again written by Thanhha Lai is about a girl named Ha and how her family flees during the Vietnam War. Throughout the novel their lives had been turned inside out and they returned back by end of the novel. Inside Out & Back Again definitely is an appropriate title for the novel for so many different reasons. First of all, Ha’s life was turned inside out when she moved to Alabama. In the story, Ha had trouble adjusting to her new class because she did not feel like she
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In the story, Pinkboy was having trouble multiplying two numbers and then Ha went up to the board. She answered the problem and embarrassed Pinkboy. In the novel it stated “ ... but right now I feel smart” (188). This demonstrates that Ha’s life is “back again” because she now feels smart again like she did in Vietnam. Before, Ha did not feel smart because she could not express what she had learned in Vietnam. But now she could show how smart she was by answering a question that Pinkboy could not. Another way Ha’s life was “back again” was when Miss.Washington was helping Ha learn English. Ha was having a hard time learning English which made it hard for her to communicate with others in her class. In the novel it stated “She makes me memorize one new word a day … My vocabulary grows! She makes me learn rules I’ve never noticed” (166). This proves Ha’s life was “back again” because she was now better at communicating with others. Before, Ha could not express what she felt with others which made her really frustrated. But now she can stand up for herself when she needs to and actually communicate more with her new classmates. By the end of the book, Ha’s life was “back again”. Inside Out & Back Again is definitely the best title for this novel because it described exactly what happened to Ha’s life. Like many other refugees, Ha’s life was turned inside out but luckily, her life was “back again” by the end of the book.
In the story, Pinkboy was having trouble multiplying two numbers and then Ha went up to the board. She answered the problem and embarrassed Pinkboy. In the novel it stated “ ... but right now I feel smart” (188). This demonstrates that Ha’s life is “back again” because she now feels smart again like she did in Vietnam. Before, Ha did not feel smart because she could not express what she had learned in Vietnam. But now she could show how smart she was by answering a question that Pinkboy could not. Another way Ha’s life was “back again” was when Miss.Washington was helping Ha learn English. Ha was having a hard time learning English which made it hard for her to communicate with others in her class. In the novel it stated “She makes me memorize one new word a day … My vocabulary grows! She makes me learn rules I’ve never noticed” (166). This proves Ha’s life was “back again” because she was now better at communicating with others. Before, Ha could not express what she felt with others which made her really frustrated. But now she can stand up for herself when she needs to and actually communicate more with her new classmates. By the end of the book, Ha’s life was “back again”. Inside Out & Back Again is definitely the best title for this novel because it described exactly what happened to Ha’s life. Like many other refugees, Ha’s life was turned inside out but luckily, her life was “back again” by the end of the book.