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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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In the poem inside out there is a quote showing call to adventure. “I heard on the playground this years band Chung eaten only during test will be smeared in blood. The war is coming closer to home.”
In the poem watch over us there is a quote showing the crossing threshold which is “mother tells me she and father have a pact. If war separates them they know to find each other through fathers ancestral home on the north.” This is the part where they made the decision of leaving north Vietnam.

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1975: year of the cat
Kim hà
Missing an action
Unknown father
Birthday
Birthday wishes
Watch over us

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The Papaya tree:
1. papaya tree
2. promises
3. two more papaya
Hà doll:
1. choice
Brother Khoi chick:
1. sssshhhhhhhhh
2. eggs

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The relationship between há’s family
In there family hà is the girl and is the smallest so he dosnt get a lot of rights and decision making. But hà’s family still loves her especially mother since mother has empathy for hà. Brother khoi also has a same experience as hà since he is the second smallest in the family. Hà and brother Khoi both have empathy in each other shown in chapters last respect and sssssshhhhhh.

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Papaya
Traditional food.

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Chapter name: crisscrossed packs, should we, a day downtown, missing in action.
Think: in the chapter president resigns when the president says he is never going to leave the country. mother thinks that the president is lying. The quote is “mother lifts one brow, what she does when she thinks I’m lying.”

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Boat people want to stay alive and get to Guam and some boat people think they shouldn’t abandon the country and try suicide.
The US and there role in refugee assistance and resettlement. The US at first wants south Vietnam to win the war so communism could stop spreading then south Vietnam lost the war so the US feels sad about refugees from south Vietnam and save them

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Chapter amethyst ring is a sign for Symbolizm. The amethyst ring is the symbolizm of father showing the love from Hà’s family to father also showing how much mother loves her family since she is willing to sell the last of the remaining memory of fathers away.

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There are parts of the hero’s journey covered in part 2 at sea. The helper/ mentor in part 2 is the US since they are the people that rescued Hà’s family from danger. The growth new skills is is shown in chapters last respect when hà and brother Khoi gave the baby chick and the doll a funeral meaning they are forgetting there old life and welcoming there new life. The death and rebirth is the time when a Alabama family took them to Alabama and gave them a chance to survive in this society and giving the Kids in the family a chance to go to college.

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Boat people want to stay alive and get to Guam because they got abandoned and boats and planes are not willing to save them.
The US and there role in refugee assistance and resettlement. The US at first wants south Vietnam to win the war so communism could stop spreading then south Vietnam lost the war so the US feels sad about refugees from south Vietnam and save them to Guam.
Hà’s ready to fresh start since they move to new country and try to forget the old and accept the new also showing how much more mature hà is.
Mother always considers family in first place and chooses to resettle in US. Trades ring to get supplies also shows how mother is also accepting real life.
Brother quang is the english translator/ teacher goes to college and is the most reluctant to new life.

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Ha showed strong resilience towards being a refugee, going through a war in Vietnam, moving to US and adapting new environment, going through bullying and how her classmates and neighbors are not accepting a family that’s not white and not black skin colored to be in Alabama where there is strong racism. She’s also being resilience towards learning a new language because it’s really hard for someone that’s never speaked english to learn it and it’s a really difficult thing.

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Culture - how food changed from before to after war. How China influenced the food.
History - North vs. South Vietnam how the war impacted the world.

Refugee experience -  Resettlement experiences, how family’s adapted to new place.