Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhhai Lai is a story told in verse that reads like the diary of a ten-year-old girl. It is the story of a year in life of Kim Hà. Hà lives in Saigon with her mother and three brothers. Her father has been missing for nine years‚ and the family is uncertain if he will make his way back to them. Hà loves her life in Vietnam; she loves the food‚ the market‚ going to school with her friends‚ and watching her papaya tree grow. But the Vietnam War and the Fall of Saigon forces
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In the novel “Inside Out and Back Again” the main character Ha‚ has faced many hardships in her life when she arrived in America. The title of this book is appropriate because the difficult days Ha had faced became better and she overcame those difficulties. “Inside out” is appropriate because when Ha had to leave her home because of the war‚ she had to go on a ship to get to America. On that ship‚ her life got worse and worse. They had no room to sleep‚ go to the bathroom and more. Ha says‚
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The Book Inside Out and Back Again tells the story of a ten year old girl named Ha. Her entire life was changed by the Vietnam War‚ it caused her to move from Saigon Vietnam all the way to Alabama. Throughout the story there are many symbols that stand out‚ these symbols would tell part of the story. These symbols would help Ha and her family live life‚ the symbols were the Papaya Tree‚ Amethyst Ring‚ Ha’s doll‚ and Bruce Lee. The symbols were told in different parts of the story‚ without these symbols
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Because What We are of What We Believe For every generation‚ there is a destiny. For some history decides‚ for this generation the choice must be our own. Our destiny in the midst of change will rest upon the changed character of our people and on their faith. In a land of great wealth‚ families must not live in hopeless poverty. In a land rich in harvest‚ children must not be hungry. In a land of healing miracles‚ neighbors must not suffer and die untended. In a great land of learning and
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We see and understanding things not as they are‚ but as we are. Discuss the claim in relation to at least two ways of knowing. People grow in different societies‚ in different cultures‚ people have own experience and knowledge. From the beginning of our life we all are different. By the law of nature we cannot be the same. This claim states that we see and understand things not as they are‚ but as we are so we cannot understand or see something objectively (as they are) because we add our opinion
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they learn from you and what ‚might be easy for you might not be easy for them because sometimes some people in this country are treated better than others. In the poem ‘Let America Be America” there is a line that says “O‚ let America be America again—The land that never has been yet—And yet must be—the land where every man is free” and I compare this line with a line from the poem “ Theme for English B” and it says “Well‚ I like to eat‚ sleep‚ drink‚and be in love.I like to work‚ read‚ learn‚ and
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In the novel Inside Out & Back Again‚ by Thanhha Lai. We have characters named Ha‚ Mother‚ Vu‚ Quang‚ Pam‚ Steven‚ Cowboy‚ and Miss Washington. It takes in Vietnam in 1975-1976. They will go through lots of the troubles that other refugees experience too‚ this is called the universal refugee experience. They will have trouble leaving home and finding a new home‚ they will be inside out for a while. They will also have trouble when they eventually come back again. They will experience very similar
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Patent Motorwagen in Germany. The company started by Karl Benz’s creation of the first “petrol-powered” car patented in January 1886. The Mercedes car was first introduced and marketed in 1901 by “Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft”. However‚ it wasn’t until
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And another reason for making life so important would be because how lonesome and horrid war can be and from seeing so much death. Imagery – “Outmoded‚ dignified‚ Dark and untenanted”‚ The empty house is described by these description but once again is linked to war. From being in a trench so long‚ war gets “outmoded”‚ War is often glorified or “dignified”‚ all war is “Dark”‚ and the longer war goes on the more vacant or “untenanted” it becomes. But Edward Thomas could quite possibly be describing
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Wave Interactions Waves that meet each other or an object in the environment may interact. There are several types of interactions that waves may have. Reflection occurs when a wave bounces back after striking a barrier. Reflected sound waves are called echoes; reflected light waves allow us to see objects. Refraction is the bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another. One common example of refraction of light waves is the broken pencil effect that can be observed when a
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