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"i bite down on a thight might as well bite

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"Brother Quang speaks quickly in the language I must learn." (95) Ha doesn't know much about the language

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¨Glass Glass-es all day I practice squeezing hisses through my teeth this is showing how she feels upset and frustrated because she can´t pronouce the words correctly.

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"Our cowboy, who never takes off his tall, tall hat, delivers us to his huge house, where grass spreads out so green it looks painted." (115)- this shows that she is already talking about the new envrioment.

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So much for rules! whoever invented English should be bitten by a snake -this shows that it was hard for ha to learn a new something new

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"to make it worse, the cowboy explains here we go
neigh, neigh neigh, not hee, hee, hee.
No they don't.

Where am I?" (134)

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"I can't read a baby book. Who would believe I was reading Nhat Linh? But then who here knows who he is?" (130)- I think this shows that Ha has to start all over in academics even though in Vietnam she was probably at a really high reading level.

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" I bite down on a thigh ; might as well bite down on bread soaked in water"(121)- this shows that Ha is having a hard time in Alabama with the food that she is eating because it is really new to her.

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Ha turns inside out when she has to get used to the food in Alabama caused she is used to the kinds of food they ate in Vietnam. On page 119 it says " Most food our cowboy brings is wrapped in plastic

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"Our cowboy who never takes off his tall,tall hat deliver us to his huge house, where grass it looks so painted. Stay until you feel ready." This shows how ha family is trying to get ready to adapt to alabama.

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"A woman who pats my head while shaking her own. I step back, hating pity," (132)- this shows how she isn't normal for someone to pat her head for like pitty positive reasons.

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"We are used to fresh-killed chicken that roamed around the yard(120)" this shows how Ha family is not used to the food in Alabama.

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"I wish she wouldn't try to make something bad better"

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"Brother says i have to put nouns at the end of every sentence i say even if it has a s at the end"

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"Whoever invented English should be bitten by a snake" (128) This is showing that Ha is getting very mad that she cant get English right away. So this is showing that she not used to speaking English.

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