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"Until you children master English, you must think, do, wish for nothing else. Not your father, not our old home, not your old friends, not our future." (117)

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In the text it says "even at our poorest we had always had beautiful furniture and matching dishes."  this shows how even her living arrangement is different
(pg 126)

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" we are flown to another tent city in humid,hot Florida,where aligaters are shown as entertainment.

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one piece of evidence that i found was " i cant even read a baby book.This explains what Ha has to do to change her life in Alabama and understand the language

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"I bite down on a thigh; might as well  bite down on bread soaked in water."(pg.121) This shows that she has to get used to the food they she is given.

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" we are used to fresh-killed chicken that roamed the yard snacking on grains and worms" (120)
This shows that Ha and her family are experiencing new things.

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"For a family to leave, an American must come and sponsor a family"Ha and her family didn't have a sponsor for a home at this point.

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"Horses go neigh, neigh, neigh not hee hee hee. No they don't. Where am I?" (134)- shows  that Ha is already not fitting in by not really knowing the language as much as the American people  and feels like she's lost.

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"Whoever invented English should be bitten by a snake."(128) - This shows that one way Ha is turned "inside out" is by the frustrating process of learning English.

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"I'm getting better at hissing, no longer spitting on my forearms." This shows Ha turning inside out as she has to learn english. Although she doesn't like it she is starting to get better at some of the things to help make her american life better.

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"Brother quang is tired of translating our sponsor takes me to register for school alone"(131). This means that Ha is trying to learn English that they did not ever learn in Vietnam

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"I can't read a baby book. Who will believe that I was reading Nhat Linh?" (130) - shows how Ha doesn't  know how to read an English book, so she believes that no one will see how smart she actually is.

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"We are used to fresh-killed chicken that roamed the yard snacking on grains and worms". (120) This shows that Ha and her family are going threw something new that they aren't used to.

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"Mother says be grateful.
I'm trying."  (126) - Shows Ha is trying to change because back in Vietnam she was ungrateful now she is trying to change by showing some type of thanks.

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"I can't read a baby book"(130)- shows how she can't believe that she has to read baby books again.

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" I study the dictionary because grass and trees do not grow faster just because I stare... Jane: not listed sees: to eyeball something spot: a stain run: to move really fast" (129). Ha is having trouble learning English and understanding how the dictionary works.

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"Mother wipes the corners of her mouth before passing her pieces into her napkin... I force yum-yum sounds... I hope to ride the horse our cowboy surely has." (121) This shows that Ha's life is turning inside out because she is trying a new food for the first time and she doesn't like. By saying "I hope to ride the horse our cowboy surely has" she means that she wants the same encouragement and happiness that he has & want to feel normal like the "cowboy" does.

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"I open Mother's white handkerchief. Inside lies my mouse-bitten doll, her arms wrapped around the limp fuzzy body of his chick. I tie it all into a bundle. Brother Khoi nods and I smile." (86) - Shows how Ha is becoming more altruistic.

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"The wife insists we keep out of her neighbors' eyes" (116) - shows how her family doesn't feel welcome in Alabama

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challenges that Ha Faces fleeing home is that she has to get used to her new life style for example she tries to start a conversation with the cowboy but she can't pronounce the words right. For example on page 133 it says "I say hor-ssssse and hee, hee, hee until my throat hurts." This shows how she faces challenges with her english