Summary Of The Poem 'Inside Out' By Ha

Ha is a very optimistic person with her circumstances. First of all, in the poem “Inside Out”, she says “Maybe the soldiers will no longer patrol our neighborhood, maybe I can jump rope after dark.” Even with the terror of war that is only miles away from her, she tries to look at the good side of it. Secondly, in the poem “1975: Year of the Cat”, she writes “Mother warns how we act today foretells the whole year,” and “Everyone must smile no matter how we feel.” Ha thinks that she has to be as cheerful as possible so it could hopefully bring her good luck and take all of the bad things in her life away. Finally, in the poem “Early Monsoon”, Ha asserts that “We pretend the Monsoon has come early. In the distance bombs explode like thunder,