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"I feel guilty having not once thought of father I can’t wish for him to appear until I know where we’ll be" page 90

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“I can’t wish for him to appear”
This quote shows that ha has to accept she can’t get her father back

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""South Vietnam no longer exists"
Ha is sad that her home no longer exists

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The commander calls all of us above deck for a formal lowering of our yellow flag with three red stripes.

Ha learns that she has to deal with her country ofishaly bing gone.

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“I feel guilty not having one thought of father”

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“Water,water,water everywhere...”
This shows that she is losing everything she once had like her country and her doll

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“I don’t know them so their pain seems unreal”
Everyone is having a hard time trying to cope with what happened and their struggle to survive and Ha is basically unaffected and shows no emotion for anyone other herself

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“I hold his hand: Come with me. He doesn’t resist.”
This shows how Ha cares about her brother and is doing her best to comfort him, as Khoi is in so much pain like everyone else on the ship.

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“I tie it all into a bundle”
I believe this quote shows that all of of the citizens had to let something go. This shows how Ha has changed from an immature child, into an understanding girl, who realizes the hardships.

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“Wearing clean nightclothes smelling of the sun

Ha misses her old life and struggles to keep moving forward

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“I feel guilty having not once thought of father”.
Ha has started to get caught up in the moment and sidetracked about the things that are happening and not focusing on the important things.

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“Water,water,everywhere making me think land is just something I once knew like...” This is the strongest example of how Ha changed because she misses how great her life is, which she never did in her old life. Plus, she is realizing how great her life was.

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...”it’s impossible to predict how much longer we’ll be floating”
It shows how she is becoming more mature by staying patient

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"I feel guilty, having not once thought of Father" Ha has changed on the ship and stopped thinking about her father

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“South Vietnam no longer exists”
This shows Ha’s home is gone which is a gigantic change. It also goes on to sho Ha comferting her brother which is a big change of a shellfish girl always trying to beat her brothers. This change has bonded their whole family!

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“Brother Khôi nods, and I smile, but I regret not having my doll”
Page 86
By throwing away her prized possesion, the only remnants of the way her life used to be, for the sake of her brother, Ha shows that she has become compassionate. We know that the doll means a lot to her, yet she sacrificed it for the sake of the happiness of another. This shows incredible compassion and empathy, so coherently differing from the girl she was at the beginning of th novel- a girl who pulled other people’s curls and pinched them, who hid her brother’s sandals.

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“Brother Khôi stinks; we can’t ignore it”
This shows how she has changed because she used to whine when she didn’t like something but in this quote, Ha said this straight forward and calm and instead of just complaining about herself.

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“And I smile but I regret not having my doll as the white bundle sinks into the sea.” - page 86
I think that this quote shows how Ha has grown closer to her family because she is willing to make sacrifices to help them.

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“I can’t wish for him to appear till I know where we’ll be” Page 90

This quote shows how she cares for her father but she is also selfish in thinking about if she will ever reach. She says that she remembers her father, but first she needs to know if she will ever reach land.

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“I regret not having my doll as soon as the white bundle sinks into the sea”
Brother Khoi is hurting because his chick is gone, so Ha helps cheer him up. The struggle is how everyone doesn’t want to let go of their home, and wants to savior every bit of it. This shows how Ha is caring for her family at times of need, even sacrificing her own stuff

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“...my mouse bitten doll... I tie it all into a bundle... and smile but I regret not having my doll as soon as the white bundle sinks into the sea”

At the start of the story she would not let the doll out of her sight but now she’s letting it go.

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“I feel guilty having not once thought of father.”
This quote shows that the is thinking of other people and can be un-selfish. If she is feeling guilt, it means that she is at least partially sorry for what has happened during the time that she was only thinking of herself. She has grown by being able to regret and care.

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“saying it’s bad enough being trapped in putrid, hot air made from fermented bodies and oily sweat” She feels disgusted and doesn’t feel comfortable, so this changes her by how she feels about the situation she isn’t in right now.

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“Water, water, water everywhere making me think land is just something I once knew.”
Ha misses her old home & life. She appreciates what she had before more now.

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“Sip”, “don’t waste”, “impossible to predict how long we’ll be floating”- These quotes show that ha has to adjust to the struggle of the unknown, not knowing how long they’ll be floating for. Ha has changed as she isn’t eating or drinking as frequently to preserve the food she has

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“I hold his hand:come with me”
Ha is sad because when they are lowering the flag and south Vietnam’s no longer exist. Ha thinks that at this time she’s should be the older sister and made Herve older brother put his chick Andy doll to rest into the sea and watched it sink.