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Escape from sai gon
Alyssa, Jen, Kate & hong anh
Long escape to America as part of "Operation Babylift" during the last chaotic days.
plot structure
Climax
Conflict-
person vs person
South Vietnam fought with North Vietnam.
Conflict between North Vietnam and United States
Conflict between Long's stepfather and his mom
South Vietnam began to rapidly fall to North Vietnam.
When Long's mother died, his grandmother took care of him in Saigon. However, his grandmother didn't have enough money to raise him so she put him in an orphanage.
He lives in a Ohio family with the new name "Matt" and becomes a young doctor.
Falling action
Rising action
Exposition
Resolution
plot structure
In the Vietnam war, over a million children were orphaned. Long is Amerasian, a mixed- race child, has little future in Vietnam. He has to try to survive in Vietnam.
He journeys back to Vietnam, ready to reconcile his Vietnamese past with his American present.
- The book's theme was about the emotions and conditions that a Vietnamese family would experience during the Vietnam war.
- The theme talks about how Vietnamese families suffer and they get separated from their families or would get killed.
Theme
- Immigration/Adoption : Long was rescued by an American family.
- Family death: He was depressed as his mother died.
- Family relationship: He was separated from his elderly grandmother.
Theme
vocab
vocab
inquisitive
Inquisitive:
Page. 77, "He had an inquisitive mind, and he talked to Matt about everything going on in his new son's life."
Definition: curious
She was inquisitive about everything.
Example
Pungent
Page. 16, "This was accompanied by an explosion of squawking or squealing, followed by the pungent odor of blood."
Definition: smelling very strong
Pungent
The pungent smell of onions.
example
plantation
Plantation
Page. 9, "When at last it did, the driver had brought Long to a vast plantation that had once belonged to the French."
Definition: a large farm on which people grow particular type of crop
Each year should therefore show an increase in the production of plantation rubber.
example
exquisite
Exquisite
Page. 15, "Another street delicacy was squares of custard tied up in strong green leaves so they looked like exquisite little packages."
Definition: extremely beautiful, delicate.
Look at this exquisite painting.
example
discrimination
Discrimination
Page. 25," Long would not have family to protect him from discrimination he might suffer because he was Amerasian."
Definition: treating a person different.
discrimination between right and wrong.
example
Plight
Page. XIV, "I have long felt that the story of the plight of the war orphans."
Definition: a situation that's hard to get out of.
Plight
We must direct our efforts toward relieving the plight of children living in poverty.
example
Frantically
Page. 43, "As the days passed, the American staff at Holt frantically tried to locate a privately chartered plane to airlift the children to safety."
Definition: fear, anxiety.
Frantically
Her heart raced as she frantically searched for a place to hide.
example
Prongs
Page. 27, "Trying to to stab something with four prongs made little sense for him."
Definition: one, two or more long, sharp points on an object.
prongs
Additionally, the plastic prongs are coated for comfort and safety.
example
Checkpoints
Checkpoints
Page. 44, "In the streets, new blockades and checkpoints sprang up overnight."
Definition: a place where people stopped & asked questions at a border between two countries.
Our car was stopped at a police checkpoint before we were permitted to cross the border.
example
Intrigue
page. 3, " In the midst of war, it was full of energy, intrigue and excitement."
Definition: interest of, fascinate.
Intrigue
I was intrigued by your question.
example
POV
The author used third person omniscient perspective. It described the life of a Vietnamese American growing up in the war but also talked about the other characters that were affected in the story. The author used rhetoric by adding quotes from the main character and telling details of the scenery.
POV/ Tone
tone
Tone
- Impartial - The story was unbiased as it only discussed about the conditions of the people and it also included Long's actual response to the events in the book.
- Calm - It told the story in a calming way since it wasn't intense and easy to read.
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