Dark Dreams Essay

In the novel Dark Dreams page 47 The Waves to Freedom The Story of Nga-Huynh Diep (by Gracia Diep, aged 15), it tell us how the Vietnamese were treated. It says that the communist parties were to come and strip away everything that was precious in Vietnam from its people. The Vietnamese were squeeze to live without any freedom either under the tough inspection of the communist party or in a re-education camp.It also says that the lonesome(prenominal) happiness these people have was hope of escaping the country to have another(prenominal) chance at freedom in another land. In this theme Nga-Huynhs family risked their lives to pull out Vietnam and she was only twenty-one years of age. They went through an worked up and a painful journey. The only way to travel to Australia was by gravy holder and they had to follow the smugglers. The smugglers not only let her family travel by boat but also other families as well. So it was risky. The boat whitethorn sink and they will run out of food.Nga-Huynh sacrificed a lot for a chance at freedom and has come out maintaining her strong character. It says that the experiences of her escape from Vietnam havent weakened her they have made her into an even stronger person. Anyways she is directly happily married, working woman with two daughters. She also lives in Melbourne and has rear life in Australia very pleasant and would even call it her home. in time she would like to go back to Vietnam and see what has happened to the country since she left it in 1979.