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"I throw the dictionary down and ask Brother Quang"(129) This shows that Ha is dynamic because she changes from being excited about coming to America to being confused and frustrated.

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"I wish she wouldn't try to make something bad better" (116) this shows she doesn't like it but her mom wants her too

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"beef and potatoes tasting like salty vomit." (88) This shows that Ha isn't used to that type of food she thinks it's nasty.

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"Even at our poorest we always had beautiful furniture and matching dishes. Mother say's be grateful. I'm trying." (126)- this shows how she doesn't feel like she fit in because she isn't accustomed to her new home and feels weird living in Alabama.

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we bite. the skin tastes as promised, crunchy and sality ,hot and spicy.¨I bite down on a thigh; might as well bite on bread soaked in water

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"where am i"(134)- this shows that ha doesnt know where she is when she is about to ride the horse because she never been there before and its all new to her

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"to make it worst the cowboy explain horses go neigh neigh neigh not hee hee hee". this show ha is inside out because she is not use to trying to speak something other then her own native tong.

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"You hor-ssssse? Hee, hee, hee. I go,go." (133) - this shows that Ha is struggling to learn English

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"I bite down on a thigh; might as well bite down on bread soaked in water." (121) This shows that she not use to American food and think it is nasty.

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"Who will believe I was reading Nhat Linh? But then,who here knows who he is" (130)- This shows that Ha' doubts that anybody in Alabama would know what she is reading about or who certain people who she is used too is.

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"To make it make it worse the cowboy explains horses here go neigh, neigh, neigh, neigh not hee hee hee"(121)- this show Ha does not understand the language here because it very different from  Saigon.

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¨I throw the dictionary and ask Brother Quang... forcing mysef to say, you hor-sssse? Hee,hee,hee, I go,go. My personal cowboy shakes his head¨(129) This shows Ha is struggling to to adapt to the English language.

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"A women pats my head while shaking her own i steep back hating pity" {132} This shows that Ha would not be treated the same and it would make her feel like an outcast.

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"Until you children master english, you must think, do wish for nothing else. Not your father not your old home, not your old friends, not our future"(117). This shows Ha's life is being turned "inside out" because she is being forced to learn english.

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"One look at our cowboy's wife, arms, lips, eyes contorted into knots, and we repack." (115) This shows that the family isn't comfortable with Alabama and is uncomfortable with the wife.

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"I bite down on a thigh; might as well bite down on bread soaked in water". This shows Ha is feeling inside out by shes not used to eating american chicken.

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"where grass spread out so green it looks painted"(115)  this shows how she is not vary common with how the grass looks in america compared to grass in vietnam

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"...who ever invented english should be bitten by a snake."(128)this shows Ha doesn't like english because it is hard.

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"The wife insists we keep out of the neighbors' eyes," (116) - this shows her family doesn't feel welcome in America by the other people in their neighborhood