What are some of the big challenges the family are facing on their journeys from the boat, to the 'tent cities,' and finally at their new home in Alabama? Use specific examples from the story to show how these problems are impacting the family. In the section "Out the Too-High Window," Ha describes the new city and says it is "clean, quiet, loneliness." Why does Ha feel so lonely? Explain your thinking.
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Some of the big challenges for Ha and her family are:
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We have to remember that they’re not just any people, they moved from Vietnam into Alabama and they are clearly struggling with paying bills and all that stuff.
Learning in school
Ha and Khoi are attending school and for Ha she’s getting teased a lot and made fun of
because she’s dIfferent.
Staying a family
They’re also having trouble with staying a family and staying connected. Khoi and Ha are
doing it well, but the rest of the family is not staying connected and not reacting to each
other the way they used to.
Ha probably feels so lonely because she really has made no friends and she doesn’t have anyone to play with she doesn’t want to make friends at school because she’s afraid that people will tease her instead of make friends with her.
Great job Lindi!
DeleteI liked how you explained each part.
Nice job.
There are many big challenges the family is facing on their journey from the boat, to the 'tent cities,' and finally at their new home in Alabama. First, on the boat they do not have enough water and food to eat and Ha and her brother have to throw the dead chick overboard with Ha’s doll. At the new house in Alabama, some difficulties are the cowboy has a mean wife, school is hard for Ha because she can’t learn English and kids are mean to her and church is hard, too. On the boat when Ha and her family didn’t have enough food this must have been hard because, if life wasn’t already difficult for Ha, then she had to be hungry all the time. At the start of the journey everyone got rice three times a day. When the ship ran out of food, then everyone had a meal once a day. Same with the water. Throwing Ha’s doll and the dead chick overboard wasn’t easy because Ha loved her doll. They had to do this because the dead chick was really stinky and everyone was complaining. The text states, “Alone at the back of the ship, I opened mother’s white handkerchief. Inside lies my mouse bitten doll. Her arms wrapped around the limp fuzz, body of his chick. I tie it all into a bundle. Brother Khoi nods and I smile, but I regret not having my doll as soon as the white bundle sinks into the sea.” This shows that brother Khoi loved his chick, but he had to throw it overboard because it was so stinky. SInce the Cowboy has a mean wife, living in Alabama is even harder for Ha. I think if the Cowboy’s wife had been more welcoming to Ha and her family, then the first few weeks in Alabama would have been easier for Ha and her family. For example, the wife said they shouldn’t show their faces around their neighbors. This wasn’t very considerate because one of the neighbors, Miss Washington, is now teaching Ha English. Learning English has been hard for Ha, because she comes from VIetnam. In our language there are so many different rules, like add an “S” to the end of a word even if there is an “S” already there. These rules can be challenging to remember. When kids tease Ha, this doesn’t help anything because, Ha can only focus on the mean words. So far in the book, no one has offered friendship to Ha. At church, things are really hard, too. When Ha and her family were dunked under water, this scared Ha. Ha doesn’t understand what is going on because in VIetnam her family had a different religion. It must be tough for Ha to have to change everything that she has lived with for the last ten years in Vietnam.
ReplyDeleteHa feels so lonely because she feels like she is in a different world. First, she has no friends. If you don’t have friends, you feel very lonely because you only have your family members. Next, she doesn’t know how to communicate. Because she can’t communicate, Ha can’t ask questions about the life she’s stepping into. For example, in the book Ha wanted to talk to the Cowboy to ask if he has a horse. Ha didn’t know how to ask this, so her brother had to translate. Lastly, Ha feels lonely because everything she faces is a new experience and something she’s never done before. This makes life especially difficult for Ha.
The big challenges the family is facing, is Ha going to school because thats scary and Ha needs help with school(and english) so she can be smart and get a job. The mom wishing for pop to come home, and brother Quang after work being so so angry. Ha feels lonely because she doesn't have her Pop. She has tons of people in her family but feels lonely because of Pop. She hasn't seen him in a long time and she is wondering if pop is captured or if Pop died. Living in Alabama is nice for them because they have a cowboy who's nice. They have a tutoring teacher. Thats good for them.
ReplyDeleteSome challenges the family faces are things like leaving behind culture, not speaking English, and having people reject them because of their religion. I think it will work out for them eventually, because they’re learning English and going to church and regular schools, and Ha’s making friends.
ReplyDeleteI think Ha feels lonely because its obvious she’s homesick and she wants all her traditions and her home back and her friends. She might also be lonely because wherever she goes, people start to tease her. An example of this is when the book says, “when they wonder if i lived in the jungle with tigers, growling and stalking on all fours.”
Some challenges the family faces are things like leaving behind culture, not speaking English, and having people reject them because of their religion. I think it will work out for them eventually, because they’re learning English and going to church and regular schools, and Ha’s making friends.
I think Ha feels lonely because its obvious she’s homesick and she wants all her traditions and her home back and her friends. She might also be lonely because wherever she goes, people start to tease her. An example of this is when the book says, “when they wonder if i lived in the jungle with tigers, growling and stalking on all fours.”
Some of challenges Ha and her family are facing since they left saigon are learning the language,getting used to the food, and getting used to the culture of America.Why Ha feels so lonely is she has no friends and all the kids at school are mean to her.For example when they were going outside for recess a boy pulled her arm and laught at her.
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