The characters in “The Courter” fought with the sense of belonging. Some character like Aya and the narrator parents struggled with their past and the separation of their homeland. Aya felt trap in between the two cultures. She loved her homeland and struggled to belong in the place where she now lived. She had an attempt to adapt to England and grow roots. She established a relationship with the courter (porter of the building). This relationship gave her a sense of companionship in a land that was strange to her. The courter was a bridge that connected her between her two worlds. He showed her around London. “He took her ‘up West’ to show her the visitors’ London she had never seen” (186). He showed her new things that she hadn’t done before.
