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    The “Happiest Refugee” is the official autobiography of the Australian comedian Anh Do. The book is based around his life story starting in Vietnam and then becoming a fascinating story about his triumphs and darkest hours. Anh and his family went through many challenges as depicted in his text and these included the struggles Ahn faced at St Aloysius School‚ thereby depicting his social context. Ahn Do’s journey over to Australia was also conveyed through the use of descriptive and emotive language

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    The two poems written by Langston Hughes‚ dreams and Refugee. These two poems have many similarities and they both talk about freedom. Freedom a word with many meanings and a word with different perspectives. Some people look at freedom in a totally different way‚ depending on where they live and the things they live through. Then there’s some people who don’t know what freedom is at all and the word means nothing to them. Well in the two poems they will describe two different points of freedom but

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    In addition to meeting the definition of a Convention refugee‚ Toben also meets the four criteria for determining whether or not someone is a Convention refugee. First‚ Toben is alienage. An alienage is someone who has been denied protection by their home country and is now unwilling to return. Toben had left Nigeria in April 2015‚ to come to Canada. Moreover‚ it has been noted that Toben was in fear of being persecuted by the Nigerian government. He has already been detained since he has joined

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    DRAFT 1 Writers always have a reason or purpose for writing stories. “The Happiest Refugee”‚ written by Anh Do‚ is a memoir describing his family’s journey from Vietnam to Australia‚ heartbreaking struggles in his life‚ and how he became such a well-known comedian. He uses comedy to lighten serious issues and shows the best of his life living in a dominant white society. He makes readers more aware of Vietnamese refugees‚ how they are not taking this country for granted‚ and breaks the dominant

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    Syrian Refugee Crisis The road for Syrian refugees is very daunting‚ more importantly‚ the road behind them‚ tells a story as the road in front of them. In other words‚ the life they left‚ was as complicated as the life they are living now abroad. The home the refugees left was in utter disarray‚ amidst protests‚ fighting‚ bombings‚ shootings‚ and even sporadic region wide control under Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Even after leaving‚ they confront new and arduous tasks‚ whether they

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    Butterfly Effect “In life the smallest things can make the greatest impact on the world”. This is known as the Butterfly Effect in chaos theory. The butterfly effects most famous example is a hurricane creation depending on whether or not a butterfly flaps its wings. For instance if a rat in a hurry is frightened it gives off a gas that tells all the other rats to run away saving the pack form harm. The most well-known illustration of the butterfly effect is also known as the ripple effect. The

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    Chapter 1: Introduction to Anh’s parent’s family‚ their struggles and background. “That’s not the way to treat a young lady.” (Anh’s father said) pg.3 “On their third meeting he buys her a lemonade and makes a young guy in the carriage stand up so that she can sit down.” (Father’s actions) pg.3 “This particular girl had been enrolled in a convent until earlier that year. She was supposed to be a nun by now‚ but the communists had closed down all the catholic churches and convents.” ( Anh on his mother)

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    Refugee’s‚ world wide‚ have to go through a very difficult adapting process to their new home. Refugee’s could get bullied and face discrimination‚ there for feeling inside out. There is a perfect book to model what refugees have to go through‚ Inside Out and Back Again. In this book‚ the story of a girl named Ha and her family fleeing for safety and their journey to feel at home in their new country‚ but it’s not that easy. When Ha goes to school she gets bullied as explained‚ “They pull my

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    and the affiliations they have forged within their own world. Experiences and relationships fabricate one’s personality and identity including their choice to belong‚ or not to belong. William Shakespeare’s As You Like It and Anh Do’s The Happiest Refugee delve into how belonging through relationships and the development of individual autonomy is influenced by personal‚ cultural‚ and social contexts‚ as the characters strive to identify what constitutes their own personality and sense of belonging

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    ’How does Auden tell the story in Miss Gee?’ I think Auden tells the story in Miss Gee in a way which makes you so engaged it feels disturbing to read about Miss Gee’s life and death. The poem on the whole is very short‚ representing the fact that Miss Gee’s life seems insignificant. Auden starts off the poem by saying "Let me tell you a little story". This is already implying that Miss Gee and her life story will probably perceived as insignificant by the reader‚ which is representative of

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