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In the story Inside Out & Back Again Ha told her story of how she had to flee her home and struggle to get to a safe place. Her life became a lot harder because she had to persevere through hunger, being poor, and adapting to a strange place that she now had to call home.
Since in Vietnam there was a big war, Ha and her family had to leave or escape to another country. The family had to leave in a boat, with Uncle Son.(60) War was getting closer and closer so they had to leave as soon as possible. For Ha’s brothers Khoi and Quang, was really sad and mad because they had to leave their dad’s possessions, because they somehow thought dad was going to come back.
During that time people became very poor since all their valuable things behind.

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