The Happiest Refugee Essay

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The text The happiest refugee by Ahn Do and the text The Boat illustrated by Matt Huan deal with the main idea of when facing unpredictable hardships human relationships are necessary. Both texts aim to highlight that individuals who were refugees are still affected by the experience later in life. The texts explore protection and Survival . The text formats are in the style of a narrative and graphic novel.

Matt Hugns graphic novel "The Boat" heightens the importance of human relationships in emotionally trying and unfortunate situations. In the four troubling panels, unrecognizable bodies are violently thrown around from the un-relentless storm that their boat has been caught in. The torturous events show the precariousness of life and …show more content…

While Huynh presents his work in a graphic novel Do writes a narrative that both focus largely in this storm. Do finds himself surrounded by family and friends while Huynh portrays his characters to have no connection whilst these details are diffrent both find them selfs relying on human relationships. Huynhs bleak images compliment Dos vivid description of the horrific circumstance, the fourth panel contains Mai's worried face just after the storm has broken trying to look for Troung, this sense of commitment to the relationship shows how deep the need to protect the young boy and even help her with her own mental survival. Do has his family and his mother that hold on to him throughout the raging storm, by Do's mother never letting go and protecting her sons this relationship proves to help protect her little boys. In correlation Do has support all around him whilst Mai is left all alone needing to protect other while she has no one to protect her. Do and Huynh both convey the need for human relationships as they provide protection and help with

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