Ha in Inside Out and Back Again

The protagonist of the novel, Hà is a 10-twelvemonth-old Vietnamese girl. She lives with Mother and her 3 older brothers, Brother Quang, Blood brother Vū, and Brother Khôi, on the outskirts of Saigon in South Vietnam. She has never known her male parent, who has been missing in action since she was a infant. Hà is headstrong and finds her brothers extremely annoying. Notwithstanding, she adores Mother—Brother Khôi refers to her as "Female parent's tail." Female parent does her all-time to encourage Hà to non have her brothers' taunts seriously and to attempt to be well-behaved and accordingly feminine, only Hà struggles with this. On Tet (the lunar new year), for instance, Brother Quang is supposed to be the first to bless the house because he's the oldest male in the family unit, but Hà sneakily beats him to information technology. Hà is extremely fond of Vietnamese sweets and native fruits, particularly papaya. When Mother sends her to store in the market, Hà sneakily purchases a trivial scrap less of everything Mother asks for then she can afford a treat. At dwelling, Hà loves watching her honey papaya tree grow and produce fruit. Hà'due south family unit is forced to go out Vietnam to escape the budgeted Communist army, and Hà struggles with the move to suburban Alabama. Hà doesn't speak English language, which makes her experience "impaired" at her new school—even though she was amid the top of her class in Vietnam. To escape bullying, Hà hides in the bathroom during dejeuner and recess and refuses to look at anyone. Things start to go better for Hà when she meets her neighbor, MiSSSisss WaSShington, who begins tutoring Hà. MiSSSisss WaSShington helps Hà make friends (like Pem and SSsì-Ti-Vân), makes Hà bagged lunches, and steps in at school when the bullying intensifies. Hà also asks Brother Vū to teach her martial arts so she can fight back. But when Hà finally gets the opportunity to hurt her biggest bully, Pink Boy, she finds she doesn't like seeing him dislocated and afraid. Post-obit this, Hà confesses to Mother nearly purchasing sweets and blessing the firm before Brother Quan—but Mother assures Hà she'south done nada wrong and encourages her to run across that coming to Alabama was a lucky thing that happened to the family. The novel ends with Hà feeling more than secure in her identify in Alabama, in her family unit, and in her schooling.

Kim Hà Quotes in Inside Out and Back Once more

The Inside Out and Back Once again quotes below are all either spoken past Kim Hà or refer to Kim Hà. For each quote, you tin also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated past its ain dot and icon, similar this one:

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They're heading to Vūng Tau,
he says,
where the rich go
to flee Vietnam
on prowl ships.

I'm glad we've become poor
so nosotros can stay.

Folio Number: 11

Caption and Analysis:

Mother says
if the toll of eggs
were non the price of rice,
and the price of rice
were not the price of gasoline,
and the toll of gasoline
were not the price of gilt,
so of course
Brother Khôi
could continue hatching eggs.

She'south lamentable.

Page Number: 16-17

Explanation and Analysis:

Sometimes I whisper
tuyet sút to myself
to pretend
I know him.

I would never say tuyet sút
in front of Female parent.
None of us would want
to brand her sadder
than she already is.

Page Number: 23

Explanation and Analysis:

Like magic a crepe forms
to be filled with shrimp
and eaten with
cucumber and bean sprouts.

It tastes even better
than information technology looks.
While my rima oris is total,
the noises of the market
silence themselves,
letting me and my bánh cuon
float.

Page Number: 34

Explanation and Analysis:

V papayas
the sizes of
my head,
a knee,
two elbows,
and a thumb
cling to the body.

Still dark-green
just promising.

Folio Number: 41

Explanation and Analysis:

I am proud
of my power
to save
until I meet
tears
in Mother'south
deep eyes.

You lot deserve to grow up
where you don't worry nearly
saving one-half a bite
of sweet potato.

Related Characters: Kim Hà (speaker), Female parent (speaker)

Page Number: 47

Explanation and Analysis:

Mother says yellowish papaya
tastes lovely
dipped in chili salt.
You children should consume
fresh fruit
while you can.

Brother Vū chops;
the caput falls;
a silver blade slices.

Black seeds spill
like clusters of eyes,
wet and crying.

Folio Number: lx

Explanation and Assay:

The start hot seize with teeth
of freshly cooked rice,
plump and nutty,
makes me imagine
the taste of ripe papaya
although one has nothing
to do with the other.

Related Characters: Kim Hà (speaker)

Page Number: 78

Explanation and Analysis:

Brother Khôi nods
and I smile,
but I regret
not having my doll
as before long as the white bundle
sinks into the sea.

Related Symbols: Dolls

Page Number: 86

Caption and Analysis:

I have never seen her
without this purple rock.
I tin can't fall comatose
unless I twist the ring
and count circles.

Brother Quang says,
NO!
What's the point of
new shirts and sandals
if you lose the concluding
tangible remnant of beloved?

I don't understand
what he said
merely I hold.

Folio Number: 103-04

Explanation and Assay:

Then by chance Mother learns
sponsors prefer those
whose applications say "Christians."

But like that
Female parent amends our organized religion,
saying all beliefs
are pretty much the same.

Page Number: 108

Explanation and Analysis:

I seize with teeth down on a thigh;
might every bit well bite down on
bread soaked in water.

Nevertheless,
I force yum-yum sounds.

I hope to ride
the horse our cowboy
surely has.

Page Number: 121

Explanation and Analysis:

No, Mr. Johnston
doesn't have a horse,
nor has he ever ridden one.

What kind of a cowboy is he?

To make information technology worse,
the cowboy explains
horses here get
neigh, neigh, neigh,
non hee, hee, hee.

No they don't.

Where am I?

Page Number: 134

Caption and Assay:

I tap my own chest:
.

She must have heard
ha,
equally in funny ha-ha-ha.

She fakes a express joy.

I repeat, ,
and wish I knew
enough English
to tell her
to listen for
the diacritical mark,
this 1 directing
the tone
downwardly.

Page Number: 140-41

Explanation and Analysis:

On one side
of the bright, noisy room,
calorie-free skin.
Other side,
nighttime peel.

Both laughing, chewing,
as if information technology never occurred
to them
someone medium
would show upward.

I don't know where to sit down
whatsoever more than
I know how to swallow
the pinkish sausage
snuggled inside bread
shaped like a corncob,
smeared with sauces
yellow and red.

Related Characters: Kim Hà (speaker)

Page Number: 143-44

Explanation and Analysis:

I shout, I'm then mad.
I shouldn't have to run away.

Tears come.

Blood brother Vū
has e'er been afraid
of my tears.
I'll teach you defence force.

How will that assist me?

He smiles huge,
so certain of himself.
Yous'll encounter.

Page Number: 152-53

Caption and Analysis:

I'm furious,
unable to explain
I already learned
fractions
and how to purify
river h2o.

So this is
what impaired
feels like.

I hate, hate, hate it.

Folio Number: 157

Caption and Analysis:

She makes me learn rules
I've never noticed,
like a, an, and the,
which human action every bit little megaphones
to tell the world
whose English
is still secondhand.

[…]

A, an, and the
do not exist in Vietnamese
and nosotros empathise
each other only fine.

I pout,
but MiSSS WaSShington says
every language has annoyances and casuistic rules,
too as sensible beauty.

Page Number: 166-67

Explanation and Analysis:

I try
but tin can't fall asleep,
needing amethyst-ring twirls
and her lavender scent.

I'm not as skillful every bit Mother
at making do.

Page Number: 174

Caption and Assay:

Things will get ameliorate,
just you expect.

I don't believe her
merely it feels good
that someone knows.

Page Number: 182

Explanation and Analysis:

No one would believe me
but at times
I would choose
wartime in Saigon
over
peacetime in Alabama.

Folio Number: 194-95

Explanation and Analysis:

I thought I would love
seeing him in pain.

Simply
he looks
more than defeated than weak,
more helpless than scared,
like a caged puppy.

He's getting upward.

If I were to kicking him,
it must exist
now.

Page Number: 225-27

Explanation and Analysis:

Yet
on the dining table
on a plate
sit down strips of papaya
gooey and damp,
having been soaked in hot h2o.

The sugar has melted off
leaving
plump
moist
chewy
bites.

Hummm…

Non the aforementioned,
but non bad
at all.

Page Number: 234

Explanation and Analysis:

I tell her
a much worse embarrassment
is not having
a souvenir for Pem.

Related Symbols: Dolls

Folio Number: 246

Explanation and Analysis:

chanting.

The chant is long,
the voice
low and certain.

Finally
she appears,
looks at each of u.s..

Your begetter is
truly gone.

Folio Number: 250

Explanation and Assay:

This Tet
there's no I Ching Teller of Fate,
so Female parent predicts our year.

Our lives
will twist and twist,
intermingling the old and new
until it doesn't thing
which is which.

Folio Number: 257

Explanation and Assay:

Kim Hà Grapheme Timeline in Inside Out and Dorsum Once again

The timeline below shows where the character Kim Hà appears in Inside Out and Dorsum Over again. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

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...sweep hope away or "splash away joy." Everyone celebrates their birthday today, so now the narrator is 10. As a 10-year-erstwhile, she can learn embroidery and can scout her papaya tree... (full context)

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...Out. Every new year's day, Female parent visits a fortuneteller. This year, the fortuneteller predicted that the narrator'south family's lives will "twist inside out." The narrator wonders if this means that the soldiers... (full context)

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Kim . The narrator introduces herself as . Brother Quang remembers that the first fourth dimension he saw... (full context)

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Papaya Tree. 's papaya tree grew from a black seed. At present, it'south twice as tall equally . Brother... (full context)

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TiTi Waves Good-bye. It's at present early March, and watches as her all-time friend TiTi sobs in the car adjacent to her two brothers.... (full context)

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Missing in Activity. explains that nine years ago on this 24-hour interval, March 10, Male parent left on a navy... (full context)

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...years ago, she had enough money to remember virtually buying a car. On the weekends, accompanies Female parent to the marketplace, where Mother drops off new garments and collects profits from... (full context)

...turn, Blood brother Khôi puts his egg under a lamp in the hopes it volition hatch. knows she should back up her "almost tolerable blood brother," only she loves dipping bread in a... (full context)

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Experience Smart. has afternoon and Sabbatum classes this year. Since she has the mornings free, Female parent sends... (full context)

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Ii More Papayas. At the offset of Apr, spots ii more than papayas on her tree. They're "Two green thumbs" that by summer volition... (full context)

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Unknown Father. All knows well-nigh Father comes from the little things that Mother occasionally slips into conversation. He... (full context)

...north to accept a medal. Manifestly, the pilot has been a Communist spy for years. doesn't understand—the Communists captured Male parent, then why would a pilot piece of work with them? Brother Quang... (total context)

Birthday. Since is the youngest in the family unit, she gets to gloat her actual birthday. She commonly... (full context)

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...story, Mother closes her eyes. Her optics are like no one else'south: they're almond-shaped, like 's, but they're deeper like Westerners'. has always wanted her female parent'southward eyes, but Mother encourages... (full context)

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Birthday Wishes. After that night, makes clandestine wishes. She wishes she could exist similar the boys and get a tan... (full context)

...in the spring, President Thieu puts on a long ceremony for "war wives." Mother takes to the ceremony because after President Thieu is done talking about winning the war, republic,... (full context)

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Soon, hears the noise and bustle of downtown. She and Mother cease at an open market place,... (full context)

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...dry." But Mother smiles and says they tin mix the rice with yam and manioc. knows how the poor eat; Mother isn't fooling her. (full context)

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...on President Ford, a siren goes off. This signals that school is airtight—a month early. is then mad that she pinches her desk mate, Tram, who's tiny and nervous. Mother... (full context)

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...At that place are at present 5 papayas on the tree. Some of them are every bit large as 's head; others are as large every bit a knee or her thumb. They're all green, merely... (full context)

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Bridge to the Sea. Father's best friend, Uncle Son, visits 's family. He's short and always smiles, unlike Begetter, who was tall and serious. Sometimes, when... (full context)

...if Father comes back and they're gone. Brother Vū says they have to become, but knows he just wants to get to where Bruce Lee lived. Mother's eyebrows twist every bit... (total context)

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Sssshhhhhhh. Just earlier dawn on April eighteen, Brother Khôi shakes awake and leads her to the dorsum garden. He shows her a tiny, fuzzy, just-hatched... (total context)

Quiet Determination. The side by side evening, helps Mother peel sugariness potatoes to mix with the rice. Every bit she goes to chop... (full context)

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Early on Monsoon. 's family pretends that the monsoon came early. They tin can hear bombs, which audio like thunder;... (total context)

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The President Resigns. watches the Television. On it, President Thieu looks shockingly "deplorable and yellow." He cries and... (full context)

...He as well says they can't tell anyone, or everyone in Saigon will storm the port. explains that Uncle Son and Father were in the aforementioned graduating navy grade, and it's... (full context)

...tin can't stand hurting anyone. Female parent tells him that he can make Father proud by obeying. looks at her toes, but she knows her brother is staring at her. Finally, though,... (full context)

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...in their packs. For their last detail, it'due south their choice what they desire to bring. chooses her doll. She one time let a neighbor infringe the doll, and the neighbor left... (total context)

...Lee. Brother Khôi leaves behind the glass jars in which he raised fighting fish, and leaves her hammock. Female parent chooses 10 family photographs and burns the balance—they tin can't get out whatever... (total context)

Wet and Crying. 'due south biggest papaya is light yellow flecked with green. Brother Vū wants to cut information technology down... (full context)

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Sour Backs. When and her family get to the port on the afternoon of April 29, they realize... (total context)

One Mat Each. 'southward family unit boards a ship and settles on 2 straw mats below deck. Just by dusk,... (full context)

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In the Dark. Uncle Son appears and leads Mother, , and 's brothers off the ship. Apparently the next ship over is better equipped with... (full context)

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Saigon Is Gone. listens to Mother'south swishing fan, whispering adults, and faraway bombs. The commander told everyone to... (full context)

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...transport crawls along the river. Passengers are supposed to severely limit their water intake, simply struggles to comply. Mother sighs, and doesn't blame her. It tin't be easy having... (full context)

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Due south-l-o-w-fifty-y. Very slowly, nibbles the terminal chip of cooked rice from her pack. It's hard and moldy on... (total context)

Rations. It's now May iii, and has been at sea for three days. Finally, the send hits the bounding main and heads... (full context)

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...children to be idle. After a week at sea, Brother Quang starts education English lessons. wishes he'd stick to simple, useful phrases, just when in that location's no developed watching, he tells... (full context)

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Female parent insists that when isn't in class, she stay within eyesight—which makes feel similar a baby. Eventually, Mother... (full context)

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One time Knew. It'southward at present May 12. With so much water everywhere, starts to think that land is just something she once knew. She also once knew... (total context)

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Final Respects. has now been at sea two weeks. The commander calls anybody above deck to formally... (total context)

One Engine. The transport stops in the heart of the night. Mother hugs close and won't let her go. They're terrified: it'll exist much worse if the Communists... (full context)

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...deck belongs to women. They form lines to take sponge baths and use the bathrooms. always stands with Mother, and every night, Mother points to the moon and observes that... (full context)

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...huge American ship nearby, with men in white uniforms waving and smiling. The commander of 'southward ship is at present in his fancy navy uniform, and realizes why she likes him:... (full context)

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...ships draw so close together that they expect like they're kissing. Sailors pass boxes to 's ship. They contain food: fruit, bubbly drinks, and chocolate drops. Then, the American ship tows... (full context)

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Golden Fuzz. When a black dot appears in the distance, and the other passengers are instructed to pack their bags and line up. Groups of... (full context)

Tent City. and the other passengers are now on an island called Guam. Nobody except Blood brother Quang... (full context)

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...pond instead. Girls flock to spotter Disney cartoons, and they environs Brother Vū likewise. listens to the girls beg Blood brother Vū to intermission more wood equally she goes to... (full context)

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...they can go a cup. Since Blood brother Vū hands the fish sauce out in teacups, once takes a gulp of fish sauce thinking information technology's tea. Even though her breath smells... (full context)

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...her from America, where he trained in the navy, and buy needles, thread, and sandals. has never seen Mother without the ring, and she has to twirl it around Female parent'due south... (full context)

Some other Tent City. and her family unit fly to another tent urban center in Florida. There, the organizers bring in... (full context)

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Our Cowboy. To , the sponsor "looks just like / an American should." He's tall, with a large belly,... (total context)

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Unpack and Repack. Days subsequently, and her family members are giddy as they go off the aeroplane in Alabama. Their... (full context)

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English Above All. and her family spend all their time in the cowboy's basement, where they don't see... (full context)

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...you're talking about multiple things—fifty-fifty if there's already an southward there. So, glass becomes glasses. spends her 24-hour interval practicing her hissing. She figures that the person who invented English probably... (full context)

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...most food wrapped in plastic or canned. Any meat comes chopped up and frozen. Mostly, 'south family lives on rice, soy sauce, and canned corn. But today, the cowboy brings fried... (full context)

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Out the Also-Loftier Window. Out the window, can come across that every house has a bright green one thousand. All the houses have big... (full context)

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2d Rule. learns to add together an s to verbs when ane person performs the activeness in the... (full context)

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American Address. The cowboy finds 's family a house on Princess Anne Road and pays three months' hire. Female parent can't believe... (full context)

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inspects the house. There are two bedrooms and a washing machine—nobody here will do laundry... (full context)

...give-and-take to his brother, this will be the showtime Male parent's brother hears of Father'due south disappearance. shivers with hope. (total context)

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...an due south when they become plural. There's 1 deer, and there are as well two deer. asks why deer doesn't get an s but monkey does. According to Brother Quang, nobody... (total context)

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Passing Fourth dimension. Since staring at the grass and copse doesn't do annihilation, studies the dictionary. She looks up Jane, which isn't listed. Sees ways "to eyeball something,"... (full context)

Neigh Non Hee. Since Brother Quang is tired of translating, the cowboy takes to register for school. figures he'll allow her ride his horse. She starts to... (full context)

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On the walk home, works upwardly her courage and asks the cowboy, "You, hor-ssssse? / Hee, hee, hee. /... (full context)

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...simply tells him, "College." Blood brother Khôi gets a bike, but Mother insists that even though is the oldest kid in the fourth grade, she isn't one-time enough for one. Female parent... (full context)

Sadder Express joy. wakes up on the commencement day of school with dragonflies in her belly and eats... (full context)

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Rainbow. stands in front of the class while MiSSS SScott speaks. Each student says something, but... (total context)

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Black and White and Yellowish and Red. When the bong rings, follows her classmates to line up and walk downward the hallway. She takes a tray... (full context)

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Loud Outside. When the bell rings over again, follows her classmates exterior. All the kids of all colors surround , shouting and pushing.... (full context)

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Laugh Back. The pink boy and two of his loud friends follow domicile. To help her walk faster (she doesn't want to run), counts her steps... (full context)

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Serenity Inside. When gets home, Brother Khôi is there, sitting silently. joins him, and they shell peanuts... (full context)

Fly Kick. sneaks into her brothers' room and shakes Brother Vū awake. Exterior, she tells him that... (full context)

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asks Brother Vū why he was whistling before. Brother Vū explains that someone called him... (total context)

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Chin Nod. When is halfway downwards the block the next morning, she hears Brother Khôi's bike. He pats... (full context)

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Feel Dumb. MiSSS SScott points to so to the English language alphabet. recites the alphabet, and then MiSSS SScott motions... (full context)

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Wishes. wishes that Brother Khôi wouldn't stay silent about what he goes through every day, that... (full context)

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Hiding. These days, Blood brother Vū makes everyone call him Vu Lee. has to say information technology without giggling in lodge to get her defense lessons. At school,... (total context)

Neighbors. When someone throws eggs at 's front door, the cowboy says it's "Simply dumb kids." He says the same when people... (full context)

...out that MiSSSisss WaSShington is a widow and a retired instructor. She volunteers to tutor and her brothers. will visit correct subsequently schoolhouse, but she'southward afraid to tell the... (full context)

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New Word a Mean solar day. MiSSSisss WaSShington has rules of her own. Every mean solar day, she makes memorize a discussion and practice it ten times. Every time remembers a word, MiSSSisss... (full context)

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More Is Not Better. Now, understands when kids shout "ha-ha-ha" to make fun of her name, or when they ask... (full context)

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...exist more polite if the family agrees to something at the local Baptist church. When and her family get in at the church, the cowboy and his married woman (who isn't smiling)... (full context)

watches her brothers "become[] dipped," and and so it's her turn. Mother says nothing, even though... (full context)

...taps her nails on the table to signal she wants to be alone to dirge, goes to their chamber. Nonetheless, she continues to listen to Mother as she chants. The... (full context)

When Mother comes in, she turns away from ; she wants to exist solitary longer. sniffs quietly for lavender as Mother sighs and... (full context)

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...if a chiliad might brand more sense. Similarly, y and e are sort of interchangeable. thinks that whoever invented English language should've learned to spell. (full context)

...live catfish the all-time, and information technology tasted wonderful when Vu Lee cooked it. At present, since and her family were dipped at church, the cowboy brings gifts more often. Vu Lee... (total context)

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Someone Knows. Today, learns the discussion delicious. MiSSSisss WaSShington asks if 's lunch was succulent. She waits patiently... (full context)

admits she always eats in the bathroom, but she can't explain why. She doesn't know... (full context)

Most Relieved Day. stays in class during lunch the next twenty-four hours, and MiSSS SScott only nods. This is... (total context)

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Smart Once more. Pink Boy is at the board, struggling to multiply 18 by 42. goes to the lath and works it out rapidly. She smiles—until she sees the horrified... (total context)

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Hair. I day, a daughter with dear-colored pilus ties her pink ribbons into 's hair only then pulls the ribbons off—pink doesn't look skilful on . Next, three girls... (full context)

The Decorated One. These days, Vu Lee can't dedicate his fourth dimension but to . In the mornings he delivers newspapers, and in the afternoons he flips burgers. At sunset,... (full context)

...by soldiers "of the losing side." In theory, MiSSS SScott is showing the class where is from, simply she should've chosen pictures of papayas, or of Tet. It seems unbelievable,... (full context)

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Female parent's Response. Mother strokes 's hair and walks her through chanting and animate peacefully in and out. chants equally... (full context)

MiSSSisss WaSShington'south Response. is quiet during her tutoring session with MiSSSisss WaSShington. She looks around the room until... (total context)

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gasps when she sees a moving-picture show of a papaya tree heavy with ripe papayas. Excited,... (full context)

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Cowboy'due south Response. Just earlier school, the cowboy arrives at 'south house—MiSSSisss WaSShington told him well-nigh the pancake incident. Now, the cowboy, MiSSSisss WaSShington, Mother, and... (full context)

...of Vietnam. This time, she shows landscape photos and one of the Buddha. She asks if she'd like to say annihilation, and offers that she knows Buddha. Kids laugh... (full context)

Hate It. is too angry to go inside when she gets home. She digs a pigsty by... (full context)

...he's going to simply work on engines. Mother is so happy that she cries, just pouts. Is she ever going to get a turn to exist happy? (full context)

Confessions. decides it'south time to tell Female parent why she's been so miserable, so she admits that... (full context)

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Mother assures that she's taking on too much. Female parent says she's just superstitious; if did anything,... (full context)

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At present! accompanies Mother and Brother Quang to the grocery shop, where Mother buys ingredients for egg... (full context)

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Du Du Face. Again, boys are chasing and yelling "Boo-Da" at her. runs toward Blood brother Khôi, but she however has to... (full context)

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...apparently, Pink Boy is getting his cousin, a sixth-class girl who's extremely muscular, to beat out up on Monday. (full context)

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A Plan. doesn't even take to tell Brother Khôi most the threat, since he heard that 'south... (full context)

Run. With five minutes to go, gets set to run. She races out the door as soon as the final bong... (total context)

A Shift. Pink Boy runs toward , and squats so she's set. Pink Male child puts his fist out and when he's... (full context)

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WOW! hears a roar, and both she and Pink Male child turn toward the sound. A huge... (full context)

The Vu Lee Effect. Now, Vu Lee always picks up after schoolhouse. This means that people always desire Pem, , and SSsì-Ti-Vân to sit... (full context)

...Quang money to nourish night college, Vu Lee jerky, Brother Khoi two fighting fish, and a new coat. MiSSSisss WaSShington gives a gong and jasmine incense to Female parent, an engineering... (full context)

Non the Same. The parcel MiSSSisss WaSShington gave contains dried papaya. This papaya is chewy, waxy, and sticky—information technology's not like papaya at all.... (full context)

Merely Cracking. Mother slaps 's paw and tells her to compromise, merely refuses. Instead, she goes to bed and... (full context)

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Gift-Exchange Day. On December 25th, "souvenir-exchange twenty-four hour period," Pem comes over with a doll— told her about the mouse-bitten ane that she lost. almost screams, as the doll... (full context)

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...non call up his old family unit. Blood brother Khôi wonders if Father joined a monastery in Tibet. doesn't have whatever exciting what-ifs, but she can't permit her brothers win. So, she asks... (total context)

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A Sign. Female parent keeps quiet about Begetter, but she chants every dark. knows Mother is waiting for a sign, and she thinks that she'll decide what happened... (full context)

No More. knows that she's supposed to wear all new habiliment items when she returns to school... (full context)

Seeds. wears the wearing apparel to sleep and explains to Female parent what happened. She says that she... (full context)

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...all help Mother expect around the cafeteria, bathroom, and parking lot. Mother's eyes stay wild. is afraid of what Female parent's expression will wait like if the ring is gone. Finally,... (full context)

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...family unit gets domicile, Mother goes to her room and stays there through dinner. Around bedtime, and her brothers hear the gong and and so Mother chanting. At present, her voice is "low... (full context)

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Eternal Peace. Mother puts on her brown áo dài, 's brothers wear ill-fitting suits, and wears a pink ruffly apparel. She hates it, but... (full context)

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Start Over. is trying to explain Begetter's ceremony to MiSSSisss WaSShington, but information technology's difficult to get all... (total context)

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...children to be an engineer, a poet, a "existent doctor," and a lawyer. She asks if she likes to fence, and snaps that she doesn't. Mother smiles, and ... (total context)

...of unlike ingredients than usual. Information technology's non exactly the aforementioned, but it'southward non bad, either. and her family unit members smile the entire offset three days of the year. They all... (full context)

Mother also sets upward a permanent altar on a tall bookshelf and displays Father's portrait. tin't look at it. She holds her incense stick and waits for the gong to... (total context)

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Source: https://www.litcharts.com/lit/inside-out-and-back-again/characters/kim-ha

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