His Quest to Find Happiness
Anh Do and His family faced adversity several times throughout their journey. Two types of adversity that they faced were poverty and racism.
Anh faced poverty all through his journey. His mother didn't earn much and his father ran out on he and his family. He demonstrates how he was poor when he was describing his shoes. "The vinyl didn't breathe and the shoes made my feet smell like three-day-old road kill that had been hit while eating parmesan cheese." (pg. 86) This shows his poverty because his shoes are cheap and nasty but it also shows that he overcame poverty by having a positive attitude and a great sense of humour.
He shows that he also faced racism a little later in his book. "An opposition player called out 'Im going to smash the gook'. Immediately my mates rallied around me. 'Number fours just called Anh a gook!' The message went around and for the rest of the game my Aussie teammates belted the living daylights out of this guy every time he got the ball." Anh shows in this quote that he had the support of his teammates and the people around him to help him through tough situations.
Anh faced poverty all through his journey. His mother didn't earn much and his father ran out on he and his family. He demonstrates how he was poor when he was describing his shoes. "The vinyl didn't breathe and the shoes made my feet smell like three-day-old road kill that had been hit while eating parmesan cheese." (pg. 86) This shows his poverty because his shoes are cheap and nasty but it also shows that he overcame poverty by having a positive attitude and a great sense of humour.
He shows that he also faced racism a little later in his book. "An opposition player called out 'Im going to smash the gook'. Immediately my mates rallied around me. 'Number fours just called Anh a gook!' The message went around and for the rest of the game my Aussie teammates belted the living daylights out of this guy every time he got the ball." Anh shows in this quote that he had the support of his teammates and the people around him to help him through tough situations.
