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Jot down what you've learned about the perspectives of the following:

Ho Chi Minh and North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Ha
Mother
Brother Quang
Brother Vu
Brother Khoi

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Context:
The Vietnam War led to a decline in the working population, uncertainty in the economy and a rise in debt due to government spending being focused on the war and not society's infrastructures (ex. schools, food production, etc).

Connection to IOBA;
We see Ha's family experience inflation when they see the cost of food rise dramatically and they are hardly able to afford basic food staples such as potatoes and rice.

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- The impact of French Colonialization on Vietnamese culture
- French-Vietnamese post-colonial relations

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- The influence of Chinese and Russian communism on North Vietnam
- Comparing the arrival of communism in Korea vs Vietnam

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Relevant Poems:
Papaya Tree
Two More Papayas
Promises

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HERO'S JOURNEY: Explain how Ha’s experience illustrates the Hero's Journey. 

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HERO'S JOURNEY: Explain how Ha’s experience illustrates the Hero's Journey. 

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Poem: Promises

Point:
The papaya represents Ha while the trunk represents her old life.

Evidence:
"cling to the trunk" (cling = to hold on tightly)

Explanation:
Ha and her family cling to their old life as a way to cope while the war changes everything around them.

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THEME: Select a prominent theme from IOBA. Describe how the theme develops throughout the story. 

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THEME: Select a prominent theme from IOBA. Describe how the theme develops throughout the story. 

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*Examples of Themes:
Culture and Tradition
War
Resilience
Family Relationships/Friendship
Language
Etc (your choice - must be pre-approved by teacher)

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SYMBOLISM: How does symbolism enhance the reader's connection to the characters? Explain how symbols represent the characters and their experiences.

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SYMBOLISM: How does symbolism enhance the reader's connection to the characters? Explain how symbols represent the characters and their experiences.

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*Examples of Symbols:
Papaya Tree
Doll
Chick
Amethyst Ring

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Call to adventure-“should we leave our home?” (p44)
“In the distance bombs explode like thunder, slashes lighten the sky, gunfire falls like rain.” (48)

Meeting a mentor-“Uncle son, father’s best, visits us.” (42)
“Uncle son returns and tells us to be ready to leave everyday.” (50)

Crossing threshold-“Thousands found out about the navy ships, ready to abandon the navy.” (61)
“ Everyone knows the ship could sink, unable to hold the piles of bodies that keep crawling on like raging ants from a disruptive nest. But no one is heartless enough to say stop because what if they had been stopped before their turn?” (64)

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Courage-“Like clusters of eyes, wet and crying.” (60)

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The papaya tree-the papaya tree symbolizes Ha because it shows the process of her growing. First she was green, just a normal girl will a normal life, not knowing the harsh reality. Then, she turns yellow, Becoming more mature and understanding the war and her mother. When she becomes ripe, she knows that being sad will only make her mother worry, so she acts like she doesn’t care and understand so she can let her mother not worry. When the papaya has been cut open, the seeds are like her inside feelings that she keeps away from everyone else. Wet and crying for the desperate situation her family is in.

Ha’s doll-Ha’s doll is like her. The mice bit marks are like invisible scars she has from all the things she has experienced. Her father, the war, the inflation, the hunger. All of these she consider as learning experiences to learn and grow, which is why she loves the doll more for her scars.

Brother Khoi’s baby chick- Brother Khoi insistes her not to go, where he mentions the newborn chick and Ha’s papaya tree. This symbolizes how they want to keep their normal life stable instead of having to go elsewhere. The trunk of Ha’s papaya tree is the stability of her normal life, and brig Brother Khoi and Ha doesn’t want to change that. The baby chick is like a new motive for brother Khoi to protect his old life from new experiences.

The amethyst ring-the amethyst ring is like Ha’s doll for mother. It remind mother of the old memories without the war and the time she had spent with her husband.

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-He wanted his country to be modeled by communism.
-He wanted independence for Vietnam and fought France.
-He (the North) won the war and fought for communism and teamed up with Laos and Cambodia.
-South Vietnam teamed up with America to fight for capitalism but lost the war.
-Most refugees are from the south.

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-She wants a normal childhood with her father.
-She feels small and out of breath.
-She admires her brothers and Mother.
-She doesn’t have an opinion about the world herself.
-She sees how the war affects her mother.

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-Wants her family to be safe and happy and wants her husband to come back.
-Needs to move to somewhere else for a better life to keep her family safe.

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-Wants to rebuild the country from falling apart.

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1. Mother thinks that they are saved as they got sponsored to Alabama
2. Mother feels relieved because at least they have a place to be, but also afraid of the strange surroundings
3. Mother wants to have a normal and safe life for her family

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Trials and failures-“After two weeks at sea the commander calls all of us above deck for a formal lowering of our yellow flag with three stripes.” (85)
Grow new skills-“Camp workers teach us English mornings and afternoons.” (98)
Death & rebirth-“…our entire family has a sponsor to Alabama.” (110)

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Friendship/relationship language-“After one week on the ship brother Quang begins English lessons.” (79)

“I don know them so their pain seems unreal next to Brother Khoi’s, whose eyes are as wild as those of his broken chick. I hold his hand: come with me.” (85)

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Brother Khoi’s broken chick- this chick is the thing brother Khoi thinks he still power over with. With all of the things that happening within his life, he feels that this is the only thing he can control, he can protect. When that chick dies, he is losing the only thing he has control over, which means he now has to accept the fact that nothing will be the same anymore.

The bundle- the bundle represents their past, because since that are escaping, their lives are not going to be the same anymore, so it’s like forgetting the part, and starting new. The sign if Ha”s doll hugging the chick means that all though Ha is smaller then Brother Khoi, she will always be there for him.

The amethyst ring- the amethyst ring for mother means the eternal memory of father, wish she still has hope for. It reminds her of her past, of how nice and plain it was, how happy it was.

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1. The boat people wants to flee to somewhere safe without dying
2. The boat people feels relieved that at least they are on the boat, but they don’t have a destination, which makes them feel desperate.
3. The boat people thinks that they have a lot of chance to die on the boat ;/

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1. They want to seem great and kind in front of citizens, and it’s the most they can do after the south lost.
2. They feel that they need to do this, because if they had helped the south enough, this wouldn’t happen. So it’s their responsibility to take care of these refugees.
3. They think that doing this will make them seem great in front of the refugees and the citizens. It’s the most they can do after the loss of Saigon.

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Ha is having a little trouble accepting this all, as represented in the bundle, she regrets immediately after her doll sinks into the sea. The doll had meant stability in her life before, and now it’s gone. Just like brother Khoi, she’s afraid of the uncertainty that migh happen in the future.

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1. He wants stabile and control over his life
2. He feels sad and afraid of the future
2. He thinks everything is not the same anymore and is afraid.

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Revelation-“I never thought the name of my country could sound so sad.” (200)
Atonement-“it’s time to tell mother what misery keeps pouncing on me.” (212)
Gets gift-“on a plate sits strips of papaya gory and damp having been soaked in hot water…Not the same, but not bad at all.” (234)

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Culture and tradition-“a book of photographs: a dragon dance at Têt, schoolgirls in white áo dàis, a temple built on a tree trunk.” (201)

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Papaya tree-in part 3, the papaya tree still represents Ha, but Ha’s emotions and thoughts about the world had dramatically changed. She is no longer the naive, innocent, happy girl she once was. In the poem not the same and not bad at all, the author is trying to show how ha had changed drastically, and is not really happy with that change. Ha is unfamiliar with the strange and different environment she is in, and even though it’s been months, she still misses home. And her life in school isn’t that ideal as well. In the poem not bad at all, the context means that even though her life is not ideal, there are people like her mother supporting her. So she is starting to accept the change.