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" We wear all new clothes, even underneath."

This image represents a tradition that is practiced during the holiday Tet. Ha and her family wear new clothes when they celebrate Tet in order to promote a fresh beginning to the new year.

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"He was captured on Route 1 an hour south of the city by moped."

This image indicates that many soldiers were captured during the Vietnamese War. This includes Ha's father. Father was on a navy mission when he was captured and never returned back home.

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"A pilot for South Vietnam bombed the presidential palace"

This image shows the presidential palace submerged in smoke, which is the site the South Vietnamese were faced during this time.

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"In the distance bombs explode like thunder"

This image shows how Ha can see the bombs going off, but isnt affected by the bombing physically (her house is not being bombed).

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"I can no longer be your president but I will never leave my people or our country"

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was the president during the Vietnamese Civil war. He also fled Vietnam a few days before the North had become victorious in the Civil War.

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"Thousands found out about the navy ships"

This image signifies the thousands of Vietnamese that were desperate to flee by ship just like Ha's family.

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"Other girls must be made of bamboo, bending whichever way they are told."

This image represents how packed the ship was, and how people had to sit a certain way in order for everyone to be as comfortable as they could be.

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"One woman tries to throw herself overboard, screaming that without a country she cannot live."

This image shows that the Vietnamese would jump off the ship to attempt suicide. They attempted suicide because they know that they lost everything with the loss of South Vietnam.

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"For a family to leave, an American must come to camp and sponsor a family."

This image shows many South Vietnamese people waiting for someone to come and sponsor their family so that they can be able to leave.

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"Tall and pig-bellied, black cowboy hat, tan cowboy boots, cigar smoking teeth shining"

Ha's sponsor resembled this man in the picture.

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"He pokes my cheek. Howls from everyone. He pokes my chest. I see nothing but squeezed eyes, twisted mouths. No, they're not curious."

This image represents how Ha was being bullied in school. It was her first day and people were making fun of her appearance.

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"Eggs explode like smears of snot on our front door....Bathroom paper hangs from our willow...A brick shatters the front window, landing on our dinner table along with a note. Brother Quang refuses to translate."

Ha's family and sponsors are being harassed by their neighbors. They resort to vandalism and vandalize the sponsor's house.

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"I'll pack you a lunch and you can eat at your desk.""Can it be this easy?"

Ha and her teacher had a conversation about her eating in the bathroom. Ha eats in the bathroom due to not having friends and being surrounded by her bullies. The teacher persuades her to try making friends. In order to help Ha, her teacher, Miss Scott, packs Ha a lunch bag and invites two nice children to befriend Ha.

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"A roar. Pink Boy and I turn. A gigantic motorcycle. The rider in all black stops. The helmet comes off. VU LEE!"

Ha's main bully, Pink Boy, was chasing Ha. Brother Vu intimidates Pink Boy to leave with his motorcycle. Brother Vu is Ha's "hero."

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"When home, Mother retreats to our room, misses dinner, remains soundless. Your father is truly gone."

This image shows the amethyst ring that Ha's mother received from Father.  Mother asked for a sign showing that Father is gone. The sign was the ring's disappearance. This showed Mother that Father is really gone.

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"An Engineer, a Chef, a Vet, and Not a Lawyer"

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"An Engineer, a Chef, a Vet, and Not a Lawyer"

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"Brother Quang has started night school to restudy engineering to become what he was meant to be....Vu Lee refuses to apply to a real college, instead will go to a cooking school in San-fran-cis-co, where his idol one walked....Brother Khoi announces he will become a doctor of animals."

This quote shows how all three of Ha's brothers had pick their careers. They are successful and succeeding. The three brothers went for a major based on their strengths. for instance, Brother Khoi loved pets, such as his chick, so he got a career in being a doctor for animals.

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"I truly learn to fly-kick, not to kick anyone so much as to fly."

Ha learns how to control her temper. She now knows that violence is not the answer, which is what her mother has been teaching her since the beginning of the novel.