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“ until you children master English you must think, do, wish for nothing else”pg117  she was able to speak at her old country now that she move to America she have to learn English

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Pierce “mother sighs I don’t blame her having a daughter who either dying of thirst or demanding release” of 74

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Pierce “mother sighs I don’t blame her having a daughter who either dying of thirst or demanding release” of 74

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Ha has changed by letting her doll go on page 86

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Page 90, " ...we will wait for him across the world, I feel guilty, not once thought of father..." This shows how ha has matured from wanting him to come and just show up to waiting and making sure they are safe, and not being selfish. #matured #Hachanges

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She used to be kinda childish and unaware of reality but now that her father is missing in action and Saigon has fallen and she has no home anymore she is realize how life really is altering her look on the world

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“I hope TiTi got out”

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“I regret not having my doll as soon as the white bundle sinks into the sea.”

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Ha has changed because of the circumstances on the ship like hunger which has made her more aware of what’s going on in the world around her

"no one has offered to share what I smell”

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“Inside lies my mouse-bitten doll, her arms wrapped around the limp fuzzy body of his chick... the white bundle sinks into the sea.” Pg. 86

Ha has become more mature as she no longer thinks about herself, but about others because she gave up her doll to make brother Khoi happy.

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She used to be so insecure. She was ashamed of her looks, and even if she is now, she’s not showing it. She now has matured and learned that life’s isn’t easy, and it
isn’t going to be what you exactly want. Instead of worrying of her looks, she now worries of her and her family’s survival. I know this because the novel says so.

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"I can’t wish for him to appear until I know where we’ll be.” (Pg.90) Ha wants to be with her father, but because of the war, she has to worry about her safety and life before she has time to worry about another. She didn’t have to do this before.

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“I feel guilty, having not once thought of father “
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Ha is sad that she is forgetting her father and she is changing because she is forgetting the life she once had in Vietnam.

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“Not having my daily as soon as the white bundle sinks into the sea” pg86 because earlier in the book she would have never given up her doll this shows that she is more mature.

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HA IS WORRYING MORE ABOUT HER AND HER FAMILY, SHE IS SADDER AND WAYYY LESS CAREFREE THEN FROM THE BEGGINING OF THE BOOK.

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HA IS WORRYING MORE ABOUT HER AND HER FAMILY, SHE IS SADDER AND WAYYY LESS CAREFREE THEN FROM THE BEGGINING OF THE BOOK.

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“I feel guilty have not once thought of father”
Ha use to think of her father all the time but since she got on the ship she haven’t thought of him

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Ha changed because she don’t like sharing food with other people

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Ha has changed by being more aware about this situation by sectioning her food and doing more of needs than wants my evidence is “Half a clump of rice only at night and morning.”

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Page 82, stanza 1, Ha does not have clean clothes and be as clean as she was at home. Because they are on the ship. Showing she does not smell good like she did at home. #changes #smells