The Happiest Refugee - A Memoir by Anh Do

You nates magic spell painful situations around by dint of laughter. If you can find inclination in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.  This extract by Bill Cosby, is a quote that encompasses the idea of using laughter and happiness to overcome the nigh extreme hardships in life. The Happiest Refugee, a hi theme written by Anh Do, is a biographical biography that encompasses this same idea. The memoir is around the life of renowned comic Anh Do and the series of momentous events Anh experienced during his life which do his personality today. Through the direction in which Anh constructs his narrative by means of his use of selection of detail, structure, sequencing and the dash he uses in his memoir, Anh manages to start out more(prenominal) than just the study of his life but to a fault the invaluable lessons he wise to(p) along the way. The main lessons that he brings through the use of his the said(prenominal) expository techniques include: everything happens for a reason, be positive and cypher pass on get you agglomerate and finally work for your dreams and they will come true. By imparting these life lessons to his readers, Anh attempts to engage the readers on an emotional level in order for his lessons to be more resonant.\nFirstly, Anhs uses structure, sequencing and the style of his writing to convey to readers his first life lesson that everything happens for a reason. Throughout the entirety of Anhs memoir, he structures the nature of his stories to ensure a blissful or tragicomical bilgewater reviews a criminal or saddening story. By doing this, he manages to ensure the tone of his memoir stays positive therefrom reflecting his optimistic personal voice. He also manages to go gain ground than retell a story but to convey a lesson about life that everything happens for a reason. This is best shown when Anh sequences the humorous story of their family receiving free clothes to follow his familys harrowingly des criptive and melancholic boat journey. During this boat journey, Anhs ...