Refugee Experience

Refugees are characterized as people who are forced to flee their country. During the circumstances of having a fear of being persecuted because of race and religion or war. A captivating noble written by Thanhha Lai, called Inside Out and Back Again, explains the hardships of what a refugee experiences. At only the age of 10 Ha, the main character is forced to flee her home because of war, leaving behind everything. After staying in a crowded refugee camp for a short period of time, Ha and her family gets moved to the USA to settle. There Ha has to adapt to their culture, language, and their way of life to fit in, like numerous other refugees. Ha's refugee experience relates to the universal refugee experience. The primary purpose of people becoming refugees are the causes of wars. In the article "Children of war" it had stated on page 25, "After the war started, you could not even go out of your house. I had to crawl through my apartment on my
Despite the fact, that it was only simliar to Lai's experience, other refugees predominantly children has went through what Ha experienced. In the poem "Loud Outside" on page 145 and 146 it states, "A pink boy... pulls my arm hair. Laughter.... He pokes my cheek. Howls from everyone. He pokes my chest. I see nothing but squeezed eyes, twisted mouths." It demonstrates how Ha had gotten bullied by the children at her school. Just like Ha, other refugees gets bullied because they can't stand up for themselves, seeing that they can't speak a certain language the bullies speak. Futhermore, Ha says, "No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama."( War and Peace, 195) However, many refugees also would choose their homeland over the asylum. Considering that it takes time for them to adjust to the foriegn place and for some it can be problematic. As in result, they want to go back to their homeland even if it is in