Ha feels very confused and unhappy or ‘’Inside out’’ Because at school she doesn't understand a big part of the language and she's being bullied she also doesn't like the food in the united states. Ha is a vietnamese refugee in the united states and she is starting to learn english and understand america but she's having a hard time with school and the language and also the food. When she was at school the kids weren't nice to her at all. ‘’They threw rocks at me’’(Lai, 151). This quote shows how Ha is being bullied at school and is probably not enjoying it because usually when people throw rocks at someone they're trying to hurt them and if Ha is being hurt shes not having a good time. The kids at school throw rocks and bully her in other …show more content…
way as well and this is one of the reasons she doesn't like school in america kids also do mean things such as pull her arm hair ‘’They pulled my arm hair.’’(Lai, 151). He also doesn't understand not like the food in america ‘’I don't know where to sit any more than i know how to eat the pink sausage snuggled inside bread shaped like a corn cob’’(Lai, 144).
The quote shows that its hard being in school when you don't know how to eat or do simple things because He doesn't know what a hot dog is. So by saying pink sausage she means the ‘’dog’’ and buy the bread shaped like a corncob she means a bun and when she says ‘’...smeared with sauces yellow and red’’(Lai, 144) she means Ketchap (red) and mustard (yellow). The food Ha is talking about is a hotdog a commonly served food in america so, naturally she wouldn't know what is is or how to eat it she even goes as far as thinking the dish is making fun of the vietnamese flag ‘’I think they are making fun of the vietnamese flag…’’(Lai, 144). Another reason He might feel ‘’Inside Out’’ is because she doesn't understand how the english language or the school works ‘’...wish i knew enough english to tell her to listen to the diacritical mark’’(Lai, 140) When He came to america she didn't know english very well at all so when she went into a full english speaking home she didn't understand a lot of it and that frustrated her and may have made her feel very ‘’inside
out’’. In conclusion Ha is Very ‘’inside out’’ about many thing in this new place as would anyone be in the same situation but the main reasons she feels that way are she doesn't know the language, shes being bullied and she doesnt like the food.
Mark Twain best described courage when he said that, “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear” (Twain). Both in The One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey and Watership Down by Richard Adams, the authors deal with the topic of courage and each share a similar view on it as this quote. Indeed, both authors suggest that courage is not accumulated simply by acts of heroism, but rather by overcoming fears and speaking one’s mind as well. These books are very similar in the way that bravery is displayed through the characters in an uncommon way. Firstly, an example of bravery
Throughout the novel ‘One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ written by Ken Kesey, and the poem ‘Advice to Young Ladies’ crafted by A.D. Hope, there is evidence to suggest that the discourses represented by the characters in the novel and poem unveil the ways discourses of conformity underpin the characters’ actions, perceptions and motives, as well as inviting and silencing beliefs, attitudes and values. The author and poet are able to strongly convey their beliefs to the reader from their personal experiences. The four dominant discourses that both the novel and poem share and represents: conformity, sexuality and religious. These will be analysed and compared.
After Ratched’s outburst, the patients all stare her down, similar to the way she would do them. She refuses to take this fall from grace, and uses her silence as assertion in the group meeting. The staff decides McMurphy’s behavior is unacceptable and decides he must be moved to solitary confinement; however, Ratched surprisingly disagrees, and decides personally to take her time and play a sort of cat and mouse game with McMurphy. She gives him the job of cleaning the bathrooms, but he keeps badgering her, amazing Bromden at his willfulness. The patients take advantage of this chink in her armor, using this to complain about the rules in the ward. The ward is then taken to the hospital’s pool to swim, McMurphy learns
Everybody wants to be accepted, yet society is not so forgiving. It bends you and changes you until you are like everyone else. Society depends on conformity and it forces it upon people. In Emerson's Self Reliance, he says "Society is a joint stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater." People are willing to sacrifice their own hopes and freedoms just to get the bread to survive. Although the society that we are living in is different than the one the Emerson's essay, the idea of fitting in still exists today. Although society and our minds make us think a certain way, we should always trust our better judgment instead of just conforming to society.
Fred Wright, Lauren's instructor for EN 132 (Life, Language, Literature), comments, "English 132 is an introduction to English studies, in which students learn about various areas in the discipline from linguistics to the study of popular culture. For the literature and literary criticism section of the course, students read a canonical work of literature and what scholars have said about the work over the years. This year, students read One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey, a classic of American literature which dates from the 1960s counterculture. Popularized in a film version starring Jack Nicholson, which the class also watched in order to discuss film studies and adaptation, the novel became notable for its sympathetic portrayal of the mentally ill. For an essay about the novel, students were asked to choose a critical approach (such as feminist, formalist, psychological, and so forth) and interpret the novel using that approach, while also considering how their interpretation fit into the ongoing scholarly dialogue about the work. Lauren chose the challenge of applying a Marxist approach to One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. Not only did she learn about critical approaches and how to apply one to a text, she wrote an excellent essay, which will help other readers understand the text better. In fact, if John Clark Pratt or another editor ever want to update the 1996 Viking Critical Library edition of the novel, then he or she might want to include Lauren's essay in the next edition!"
Ha is feeling inside out proof of this is,“GOOONNNNGGGGG rings out; how soothing a real gong sounds” (Lai 233) Ha’s feeling inside out because her mother continues the traditional/ ritual of praying using the gong incenses and chants as she did back in Vietnam, however in Vietnam she would pray for the father to return safely now she is praying because she realized that the father is gone. Ha is feeling inside out a example of this is “Here, people don't judge you by your religion.” (Brice) For this reason they are feeling back again because the refugees have a struggle going into a new life and when the refugees find friends and realize they won't judge you they have friends like they did at home. To point out “The sugar Ha’s melted off leaving plump moist chewy bites. Hummm… not the same, but not bad at all.” (Lai 234) Therefore, Ha is feeling inside out because she is tasting her papaya again and she had papaya when she lived in Vietnam and it's reminding her of her papaya that she used to have. In conclusion Ha and refugees are struggling to find their personal belongings
The comparison of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Man’s Search for Meaning are that in life we all need/have a purpose. McMurphy, Chief Bromden, and Nurse Ratched all relate to the quote perfectly in many ways. Purpose and meaning of life is what people need to be able to live the fullest.
Synopsis: The movie is based on the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest written by Ken Kesey. Jack Nicholson stars as a prisoner, Randle McMurphy (Mac), sent to a mental institution for further evaluation of behavior during incarceration. Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) takes on the challenge of treating Mac even though he does not exhibit signs of a mental illness. Through the experience of residing in a psychiatric institution, Mac forms a strong bond that is life-changing with another patient, Chief (Will Sampson).
Not only are men and women become refugees, but, children and teenagers are also becoming refugee victims of natural disasters, war, and or racial and religious discrimination. In the novel, Inside Out and Back Again, Hà is feeling dumb beCause she doesn’t know enough english to tell her teacher that she has already learned some things that no American human being would probably NEVER LEARN IN THEIR LIVES!!! Hà is a very smart and intelligent girl who is relearning everything she's already learned. She feels dumb because the class claps for her as she recites her ABC’s and her 123’s in front of them. Hà finds out once she arrives home, that Brother Vù has been acting happy, when he actually hasn’t had the best of days either. Hà doesn’t want to run away from Pink Boy and his friends because they’re bullies. I inferred Hà isn’t a coward based off of the fact that she shouldn’t have to run away from bullies when she asks Brother Vù to teach her to fly kick. When Hà and Pink Boy fight, Pink Boy decides to throw a punch at Hà and she squats down in dùng tào. Hà shifts her upper body to the left and Pink Boy flies to the ground. Hà thought that she would enjoy seeing Pink Boy in pain. Hà is surprised how she made Pink Boy fly into the ground and she reveals the soft side of herself by actually feeling sorry for Pink Boy. Back Again in real life, means that that person is regressing to their normalcy, finding a new home and new friends, adaptation, new routine, finding
She was very intelligent back in South Vietnam where she understood the language and culture of her peers and teacher. In her classroom at school, the rude bully she is being bullied by is up at the chalkboard trying to do math that he just can’t figure out. “Pink Boy// stands at the board.// He can’t multiply 18 by 42.// I go to the board,// chalk the answer// in five moves.// My cheekbones lift// to the ceiling// until I see horror// on the faces// of Pem and SSsi-Ti-Van” (Lai 187). This shows character development because it shows how Ha is so used to how things were done at her old home, she doesn’t understand how people in her new home act. So her brain and body are developing to her new
On page 165 of Inside Out and Back Again we learn that Ha will begin taking lessons with Miss Washington. Page 165 reads “She volunteers to tutor us all. My time with her will be right after school.” This tutoring is to help Ha in her spare time, as she is struggling with her lessons in school. On page 157 it reads “So this is what dumb feels like. I hate, hate, hate it.” This shows that Ha feels upset as she is learning at a much slower pace than the other kids in her class. Page 158 of the novel reads “(I wish) that English could be learned without so many rules.” From this the reader can infer that that Ha is having difficulty learning English while trying to keep up with her regular assignments at
“The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.” (Solzhenitsyn) Lord of the Flies is a famous allegory written by an author named William Golding. It was published in 1954. Lord of the Flies is about a group of boys that are stranded on an island. They are forced to work together in order to survive. In the beginning of the book, they actually had a good start for civilization, but throughout the book, each boy turns more and more savage by the minute. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding presents the idea that there is evil in everyone’s hearts, even if they’re a very good person.
“One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo’s nest”(Kesey 310) is an old children’s rhyme which is used as an epigraph for the book’s title. This theme continues throughout the novel; the patients on the ward are the birds flying in the opposite direction of Nurse Ratched and McMurphy ends up being the “one [who flies] over the cuckoo’s nest”. The book is thoroughly narrated by the main character, Chief Bromden, who is the son of the chief of a Columbian Indian tribe. The reasons behind the story being told in Chief Bromden’s point of view is because this character portrays himself in the story to be deaf and dumb and has the advantage
I sent the soldiers to join their comrades and took Nathan and Peter into my cabin aware Nathan was looking at me greedily. He knew The Major was away and if he wasn't back by dark I would be calling for him to join me in my bed. He was no substitute for my Major who made me feel alive and sent me to a place no other man could, but it was an efficient way of keeping Nathan at my beck and call.
Ha is being turned inside out in the way she is treated by kids at school, the kind of food she’s eating, and learning to speak English. When Ha moved to America she had to redo the grade she was already in. “I already learned fractions and how to purify river water” (Lai, Page 156). Ha is inside out because she is confused. She is a grade above everyone else, and knows how to do things they might not. She feels angry when the class praises her because it makes her feel dumb.