The meaning of home differs from person to person and it is unique to only one address or a family that lives there. A home provides shelter and protection and it is the first place in each individual’s life. Each house symbolizes that place of one’s earliest years being nurtured privately. In Amy Tan’s short story, “A Pair of Tickets”, the symbolism of home influenced the main character, June May, in a way that made her feel both at home and foreign in China. She constantly compares her original home, California, to China; however, the purpose of reconnecting with her home and family made her find a part of herself. In Amy Tan’s “A Pair of Tickets”, June May experiences the crisis of dual identity,
The meaning of home differs from person to person and it is unique to only one address or a family that lives there. A home provides shelter and protection and it is the first place in each individual’s life. Each house symbolizes that place of one’s earliest years being nurtured privately. In Amy Tan’s short story, “A Pair of Tickets”, the symbolism of home influenced the main character, June May, in a way that made her feel both at home and foreign in China. She constantly compares her original home, California, to China; however, the purpose of reconnecting with her home and family made her find a part of herself. In Amy Tan’s “A Pair of Tickets”, June May experiences the crisis of dual identity,