Dark Dreams Essay

In the novel Dark Dreams scallywag 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 unclothe away everything that was precious in Vietnam from its people. The Vietnamese were forced to live without any freedom either below the tough supervision of the communist party or in a re-education camp.It also says that the completely bliss these people have was hope of escaping the country to have another chance at freedom in another land. In this story Nga-Huynhs family risked their lives to escape Vietnam and she was only twenty-one years of age. They went through an unrestrained and a painful journey. The only way to travel to Australia was by boat 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 may sink and they will run out of food.Nga-Huynh sacrificed a lo t 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 do her into an even stronger person. Anyways she is now happily married, working woman with two daughters. She also lives in Melbourne and has found aliveness in Australia very pleasant and would even call it her home. However she would like to go back to Vietnam and chitchat what has happened to the country since she left it in 1979.