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Má’s sister, who moves to the United States three years before Thi Bui and her family, then sponsors their visas and houses them in Indiana. In retrospect, Thi thinks Ðào and her family were more Americanized and probably looked down on the Buis for being “fresh-off-the-boat.” When Má and Bố realize they cannot stand the cold in Indiana and decide to move west to sunny California, Ðào is personally offended.
Ðào Quotes in The Best We Could Do
The The Best We Could Do quotes below are all either spoken by Ðào or refer to Ðào . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8
Quotes
Our cousins were older and had been in America for three years already.
We probably embarrassed them with our fresh-off-the-boat appearance.
“Don’t be such a REFUGEE! Eat it [the cereal] in a bowl with some MILK!”
“I don’t LIKE milk! And who DOESN’T eat cereal out of the box?”
“Well, at least don’t eat like that in front of my house where everyone can see you!”
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Ðào Quotes in The Best We Could Do
The The Best We Could Do quotes below are all either spoken by Ðào or refer to Ðào . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 8
Quotes
Our cousins were older and had been in America for three years already.
We probably embarrassed them with our fresh-off-the-boat appearance.
“Don’t be such a REFUGEE! Eat it [the cereal] in a bowl with some MILK!”
“I don’t LIKE milk! And who DOESN’T eat cereal out of the box?”
“Well, at least don’t eat like that in front of my house where everyone can see you!”
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