This book gets readers thinking why refugees actually do come to Australia and finding out how they cope here.Showing the difficulty that refugees go through once they reach Australia is a key eason why he wrote this memoir.Īfter leaving nearly everything behind them, when refugees enter Australia, they begin a nevv life. He challenges this idea by consistency repeating his mothers words “give back to this country that gave us a second chance”, This shows that they were graceful for Australia’s help and wanted to repay it. The dominant way of thinking is that these people are here to take our jobs and our money. It describes their encounter with the pirates, who took anything valuable and left everyone traumatised This chapter of the book lets people understand that refugees do not come to Australia as easily as everyone thinks they do.Īnh Do wrote this memoir to show people that refugees are not here to rip off the country.
The first chapter is of his family (three generations) on a small boat, travelling from Vietnam to Australia. He makes readers more aware of Vietnamese refugees, how they are not taking this country for granted, and breaks the dominant stereotypes.He also uses this book to get more public appearance The most important reasons why Anh Do wrote this book was to make others aware of refugees and what they go through to get to Australia. He uses comedy to lighten serious issues and shows the best of his life living in a dominant white society. “The Happiest Refugee”, written by Anh Do, is a memoir describing his familys journey from Vietnam to Australia, heartbreaking struggles in his life, and how he became such a well-known comedian.
The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do crunchiebabe31 DRAFT 1 Writers always have a reason or purpose for writing stories.
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