https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk A reason why Ha is twisting 'inside out' is... This can be identified in the poem titled...when... en-us 2018-09-21 11:52:10 UTC 2018-09-21 18:48:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Manbag.png https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284488909 A reason why Ha is twisting "inside out" is because she had to flee from her home. The papaya tree she had cared for for such a long time had to be cut down so that the Communists wouldn't have it, the majority of the photographs to remind her of her past had to be burned so her father wouldn't be put in danger, she could only take one personal belonging to the US when they were leaving, she had to leave behind her father without knowing if she would ever see him again, she had to learn a whole new language or have everything be translated to her by her brother and she only got small portions of food and water a day during the whole trip.]]> 2018-09-21 17:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284488909 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489141 A reason why Ha is twisting 'inside out' is because she is being forced to leave Vietnam her home and move to The United States a country that is very unfamiliar to her. This can be identified in the poem titled "Saigon Is Gone" When they are fleeing Vietnam and a South Vietnam pilot lands on their ship and tells them that their city of Saigon has been won over by the communist. ]]> 2018-09-21 17:31:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489141 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489263 A reason why we see Ha twisting 'inside out' is because she has to start life kinda all over again. This can be identified in the poem titled "English Above All " shows how the focus for her family is learning a new language and mastering it. Since they are in a new land they would have to accommodate themselves to fit in and try to live their lives. Another example of this is in the poem "American Address"  This poem shows that Ha's family is trying to find one solid place to stay. ]]> 2018-09-21 17:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489263 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489278 A reason why Ha is twisting inside out is because Ha needs to move to a different country because the Communists took over Ha's home country of Vietnam. This can be identified in the poem titled, "Saigon Is Gone," when the helicopter pilot landed on the boat Ha and her family were on to leave Saigon, and said Saigon is gone and that the Communist claimed control.]]> 2018-09-21 17:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489278 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489298 Ha's life is twisting inside out because she is forced to leave her home in Saigon Vietnam to escape war and live in a place with a different language, America. For example in the poem, Last Respects, it explains former Saigon residents' emotions as the fact of Saigon being taken over sinks into everyone minds. Ha states the grief of many on the ship as they attempt or commit suicide due to the loss of their home. While it is not directly stated her side of how she feels, we can infer that she also may be experiencing grief based on how she mentions the ones who react and that the whole poem is to say the last goodbye to the only home she has ever known.]]> 2018-09-21 17:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489298 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489416 One way why Ha is twisting Inside out is she needed to evacuate her home in South Vietnam and now lives on the island of Guam. This can be seen in the poem "Tent city."]]> 2018-09-21 17:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489416 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489516 A reason why Ha is twisting 'inside out' is because Ha is forced to flee her home in Saigon due the the Vietnam war, leaving almost everything that she has behind. This can be identified in the poem titled...when..]]> 2018-09-21 17:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489516 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489517 Ha's life is twisting "inside out" because she's in a new country and she doesn't know how to speak the language. In the poem titled,"Life n Waiting" when Ha is trying to learn English from that the camp workers are teaching them. ]]> 2018-09-21 17:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489517 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489546 A reason why Ha is twisitng "inside out" is because she has to move away from her home and try to escape a war. This could be identified in the poem titled "Quiet Decision" when Ha's mother worrys that she shouldnt have a life like this and that they will move.]]> 2018-09-21 17:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489546 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489589 A reason why Ha is twisting 'inside out" is due to her leaving Vietnam. This can identified in the poem titled, "Last Respects." when Ha throws away a white bundle into the sea. Furthermore, the bundle contained her mouse bite doll and her brother's dead chick. These two items have been foreshadowed in several previous poems to be Ha's and as well as her brother's prized possession. This demonstrates that Ha is changing or developing as a character by doing something as drastic as throwing her doll.]]> 2018-09-21 17:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489589 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489604 Ha is twisting inside out because of the war. Because of this war, she has to leave her home and become a refugee. As a refugee, she goes through new experiences and has to adapt to different things like in the poem "First Rule" where she starts to learn English. ]]> 2018-09-21 17:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489604 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489657 A reason why Ha is twisting "inside out" is because she has to leave her home, Vietnam, because of the communist who are in control of South Vietnam now because of the war. This can be seen in the poem titled Choice when Ha's family has to make a decision to escape South Vietnam or to stay.]]> 2018-09-21 17:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489657 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489667 A reason why Ha is twisting 'inside out' because she is struggling to adapt to her new life In the United States which is completely different than her home in Vietnam. In the poem "Neigh Not Hee" Ha is trying to enroll into a new school without knowing any English, which she has a difficulty learning. Along with her not knowing hardly anything about life in the United States she falsely thinks that her sponsor will ride a horse to school and embarrasses herself by thinking that.]]> 2018-09-21 17:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489667 anaise61034 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489693
A reason why Ha is twisting 'inside out' is because her life was happy & peaceful now sorrowful and devastating. This can be identified in the poem titled, "Titi waves good bye" when...]]> 2018-09-21 17:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489693 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489713 A reason why Ha is twisting 'inside out' is that she s moving to a totally different country. So in " Saigon is gone"we see her actually in the process of moving to America after the fall of Saigon.  This means she needs to learn a new language. which can hold her back from doing a lot of things in this new country.]]> 2018-09-21 17:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489713 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489714 A reason why Ha is twisting 'inside out' is because she's beginning to learn a new language. This can be identified in the poem titled "Second Rule" when Ha is learning the basics and the rules of English pronunciation and writing. ]]> 2018-09-21 17:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489714 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489742 Ha's life is twisting inside out because she is forced to move to a new country and has to get used to the things their as things like learning a new language, and moving to a new place being a refugee. This means she will probably never going back to her home. This can be identified in the poem titled "English Above All."]]> 2018-09-21 17:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489742 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489750 A reason why Ha is twisting inside out id because in Third Rule on pg 128 were Ha is trying to learn a new language English but she is frustrated because there is to "much rules".This shows that she twisting herself inside out because it shows that she learning how to adapt into a new environment ]]> 2018-09-21 17:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489750 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489798 Some of the reasons of why Ha is twisting inside out is because she now has to flee her country and seek refuge. Ha was also twisting inside out because of the restricted amount of items on the ship.]]> 2018-09-21 17:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489798 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489802 One reason why Ha is twisting 
'Inside Out' is she has to leave everything she is familiar with in order to go to a place that is safer. This can be identified in the poem titled "Watch Over Us" on page 50 in stanza 1, "Uncle Son returns and tell us to be ready to leave any day." ]]> 2018-09-21 17:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489802 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489852 A reason why Ha is twisting 'inside out' is because she has to leave her home conutry and learn a different language. As seen in the poem "Last respects" and "Third rule" in "last respects" it shows how they feel about the conutry and in "third rule" Ha expresses how she struggles and finds english dumb.]]> 2018-09-21 17:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489852 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489981 2018-09-21 17:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284489981 rebecar61128 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284490054 A reason why Ha's life is twisting inside out is because its changing completely. Before Ha lived happily in her home in Saigon. Then war began between south and north Vietnam and her family and her had to flee with other refugees for safety on ships. In the poem 'In the Dark' on page 65 Ha states "In the dark/ a nudge here/ a nudge there/ and we end up/ back on the first ship/ in the same spot/ with two mats. Without lights/ our ship glides ou to sea]]> 2018-09-21 17:33:44 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284490054 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284490209 One reason why Ha is twisting "inside out" is because she is forced to flee her country with her family and start a whole new life and learn a whole new language. One piece evidence is from the poem "Neigh Not Hee" when it says "Some verbs switch all over just because. I am. She is. They are. He was. They were. Would be simpler if English and life were logical."This shows that she is confused on how English works or is said and is having a difficult time with it.]]> 2018-09-21 17:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284490209 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284490219 A reason why Ha is twisting inside out is because her life is completely changing from the way it used to be. Another reason can be that she has to learn a new language and eat different things than before such as burning photographs of her father as seen in the poem titled, "Left Behind," where they only choose one thing to take and leave the rest. Even leave their home behind in a boat with little food and water than she is used to.]]> 2018-09-21 17:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284490219 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284490334 A reason why Ha is twisting 'inside out' is because she left Saigon into a land war away that she doesn't know very well. This can be identified in the poem titled "Wet and Crying" when they cut the tree and the papaya off even thought it doesn't say much the papaya is supposed to represent Ha and the tree her home.

]]> 2018-09-21 17:34:18 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284490334 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284490339 A reason why Ha is twisting 'inside out' is because she has to leave everything behind to flee Vietnam. This can be identified n the poem titled "Alabama" when Ha states ," Our entire family / has a sponsor / to Alabama."]]> 2018-09-21 17:34:18 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284490339 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284490377 Some reasons that Ha is twisting "inside out" is because she has to learn a new language.This can be identified in the poem titled "First Rule" when Ha takes the whole day trying to hiss through her teeth. Another reason is that she needs to move to another place that she doesn't recognized. This can be identified in the poem titled "]]> 2018-09-21 17:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284490377 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284490614 A reason why Ha is twisting 'inside out' is because she is moving places and she doesn't know the differet style and she will have to adjust. This can be found in "Last Respects". ]]> 2018-09-21 17:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284490614 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284491276 A reason why Ha is twisting 'inside out' is because she has to adapt to the different changes she will experience here in the United States. This is seen in the poem titled "Golden Fuzz" when she states that her brother spoke in a language that she herself will have to learn.]]> 2018-09-21 17:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284491276 https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284492290 Ha is twisting inside out and back again because she adjusting to her new life which is different from her old life]]> 2018-09-21 17:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/amadrid/kzrr8us0dvwk/wish/284492290