Inside Out And Back Again By Thanhha Lai

The title of the novel Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai, relates to the universal refugee experience because when any refugee from anywhere first leaves they’re home there lives turn “inside out”, meaning that their lives are turned completely upside down. Then eventually as they get used to their new home they eventually start to get used to the new lifestyle and most times learn the language of their new home. For instance in in the book “Inside Out And Back Again” Ha has to flee her home due to southern Vietnam being struck by war with the North.
Refugees are forced to flee their homes when when factors like natural disasters, war and persecution, or environmental crisis hit.The process of fleeing home is a hard and painful time for
They begin to find friends and learn the language of that country. When refugees start to feel home again they start to move past changes and begin to adapt to their new lifestyle. For example in “Children Of War” Amela says “When I say I'm a muslim they don't react like “oh i don't want to be your friend because you're Muslum” some people here don't even know where Bostina is, but they're really nice and try to help. Things are better because i get to go to school.” Amela is saying when she says she's Muslim people don't react negatively and people are affable about it. She is also elated that she can go to school here in the U.S. Some people that she talks to about it don’t even know where Bostina is but they still are amiable with her and try to help her. In addition in “Escape From A War Zone” Zayn says “ My classmates have welcomed me, but until my English gets better, it’s hard for me to really get to know them. That's just motivating me to work on my English.” Zayns classmates have been very kind to him and are welcoming him. Zayn says it's hard for him to get to know him that well until he gets better at English, which is motivating him to work on his English even more. Students quickly accepted Zayn and he wants to get to know them more, so he is motivated to learn english. He is feels accepted in his new school and he is becoming used to it here. When he gets better at