[1] Unknown, (2017). From boat to bellylaughs: Anh Do and The Happiest Refugee - ABC Sydney - Australian Broadcasting Corporation. [online] Abc.net.au. Available at: http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/08/31/2997522.htm [Accessed 11 Apr. 2017].[2]Schmidt, L. (2017). Anh Do. [online] The Sydney Morning Herald. Available at: : http://www.smh.com.au/money/investing/profile-anh-do-20110131-1abk3.html [Accessed 8 Apr. 2017].

Anh named his book “The Happiest Refugee” because he had faith in Australia not to turn it down because of the word refugee. Anh like likes to show things as they are and not to avoid the difficult topics.

 

 

Anh believes that there are plenty of kind people in the world and that we need to be more open to them. He believes this because as soon as his family arrived in Australia they were supplied with clothes from a local school. Anh said there was a slight mix up and his brother got a dress[1]. The Do family found this really funny and he says that this fact has stuck with them. This makes Anh and his brother want to give back to everyone.

 

 

Whilst on the boat Anh’s brother Khoa was dangled off the edge of a boat by pirates and when the whole family made it to Australia their dad left them a year later[2]. Through all of this hardship Anh kept going and after it had happened Anh decided he was going to buy his mum a house. Eventually at the age of 20 Anh finally bought his mum a house and he said it was his biggest achievement.

 

[1] [2]Unknown, (2017). From boat to bellylaughs: Anh Do and The Happiest Refugee - ABC Sydney - Australian Broadcasting Corporation. [online] Abc.net.au. Available at: http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/08/31/2997522.htm [Accessed 11 Apr. 2017]. 

Some of Anh’s publishers thought that having the word “refugee” in Anh do’s book it would put people off. So they tried to avoid the topic completely like many other people in the public. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like many people in western society we’re brought up in quite a privileged background and a lot of the time we forget to be grateful. 

 

Many people believe that other people are grateful so they can get something out of it. A lot of the time people sometimes forget to enjoy the good things in life and blame other people for it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many people have a worldview where if they have gone through something that is traumatic they think that is an excuse to everything including not doing anything. 

 

Lots of people’s biggest achievement is very self-involved an only about themselves. People may thank other people but their biggest achievement isn’t about them

 

Anh Do is a very famous person because of his comedic status and appearances in many public T.V shows. As said above Anh writes and goes on T.V shows that aren’t “main stream” yet they make it on main stream T.V. This just proves Anh has the power to influence the public in many ways. But the main things Anh does is open people’s eyes and gives them all the facts about refugees so people can make an informed decision. He doesn’t tell people what to think he just gives them different ways of thinking about it.

When Anh was writing his book “The Happiest Refugee” the publishes and lots of people he was around where telling him to change the book name to something other than refugee. But Anh believed in the public to buy the book anyway. He took a risk of sorts and believed in thousands of people to buy his book no matter the title. 

Anh has done many T.V shows to do with refugees and unlike many other refugee shows Anh’s don’t try and force you to change your ways. Anh gives you facts and he delivers you these in a kind way. He can get serious but he never forces the facts down your throat. Once he’s delivered the facts he then doesn’t tell you what to believe. He leaves it up to you.

There are many people who are against refugees and would dislike Anh Do’s views a lot. There are even political parties who are against refugees and some of them would be quite offended by Anh Do’s views. 

 

Thompson, P. (2017). Talking Heads - Anh Do. [online] Abc.net.au. Available at: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/talkingheads/txt/s3022815.htm [Accessed 8 Apr. 2017].

Unknown, (2017). Anh Do – the refugee comedian and keynote speaker with a heart for helping change the world. [online] Christiantoday.com.au. Available at: http://christiantoday.com.au/news/anh-do-the-refugee-comedian-and-keynote-speaker-with-a-heart-for-helping-change-the-world.html [Accessed 5 Apr. 2017].

Unknown, (2017). Anh Do's Brush With Fame. [online] ABC Television. Available at: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/anh-dos-brush-with-fame/ [Accessed 5 Apr. 2017].

Unknown, (2017). Australian of the Year Awards. [online] Australianoftheyear.org.au. Available at: https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/honour-roll/?view=fullView&year=2005&recipientID=148 [Accessed 11 Apr. 2017].

 

[1] Unknown, (2017). From boat to bellylaughs: Anh Do and The Happiest Refugee - ABC Sydney - Australian Broadcasting Corporation. [online] Abc.net.au. Available at: http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/08/31/2997522.htm [Accessed 11 Apr. 2017].