There's no place like home?
Dorothy was right: there’s no place like it. We go through life dodging wicked witches of all cardinal directions but, ideally, our homes are places where we feel most comfortable. At home we should no longer have to battle immorality. In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy struggled to find her way back to her family, her friends, and her lifestyle in Kansas. The story of Dorothy Gale resonated the human desire to return home after being forcefully removed from them. We have a natural desire to take refuge there. Finding your way home was the developing concept that I chose to analyze in my reading of The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill. Throughout my reading, I made note of Aminata Diallo’s determination to return to …show more content…
In Bayo, Aminata demonstrates an evident distaste in the chief's wife, Fanta: “I did not like that woman” (21). Her father, Mamadu Diallo, then expresses how Aminata should manage: “Then you must learn to hide your disrespect” (21). This builds onto the idea that home is where our morals originate
Similarly, Kate in Crow Lake learns how to subsist based on the morals of her home: “Emotions, even positive ones were kept firmly under control. It was the Eleventh Commandment, carved on it’s very own tablet of stone and presented specifically to those of presbyterian: Thou Shalt Not Emote” (Lawson 9).” The selection from Crow Lake supports that our life morals are influenced heavily by our childhood home. The ideal home is where morals are planted in which bloom or wither later in our …show more content…
I happen to disagree. After going through this whole process, I am able to realize that home is not a “place” nor “permanent” residence. From this point on home is not a destination, but with and who you’re with. Aminata failed to understand that even if she returned to Africa, home would no longer exist because her community was gone. She was convinced that home could only be in her village when -- in my opinion -- home where we can learn fixed routines and morals, make memories, and feel safe. Where you are on the map cannot determine when you’re home. Instead, where you are with your members in your intimate circles does.
“Well, I -- I think that it -- that it wasn't enough just to want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em -- and it's that -- if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own backyard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with! Is that right?” (The Wizard of
Dorothy was right: there’s no place like it. We go through life dodging wicked witches of all cardinal directions but, ideally, our homes are places where we feel most comfortable. At home we should no longer have to battle immorality. In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy struggled to find her way back to her family, her friends, and her lifestyle in Kansas. The story of Dorothy Gale resonated the human desire to return home after being forcefully removed from them. We have a natural desire to take refuge there. Finding your way home was the developing concept that I chose to analyze in my reading of The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill. Throughout my reading, I made note of Aminata Diallo’s determination to return to …show more content…
In Bayo, Aminata demonstrates an evident distaste in the chief's wife, Fanta: “I did not like that woman” (21). Her father, Mamadu Diallo, then expresses how Aminata should manage: “Then you must learn to hide your disrespect” (21). This builds onto the idea that home is where our morals originate
Similarly, Kate in Crow Lake learns how to subsist based on the morals of her home: “Emotions, even positive ones were kept firmly under control. It was the Eleventh Commandment, carved on it’s very own tablet of stone and presented specifically to those of presbyterian: Thou Shalt Not Emote” (Lawson 9).” The selection from Crow Lake supports that our life morals are influenced heavily by our childhood home. The ideal home is where morals are planted in which bloom or wither later in our …show more content…
I happen to disagree. After going through this whole process, I am able to realize that home is not a “place” nor “permanent” residence. From this point on home is not a destination, but with and who you’re with. Aminata failed to understand that even if she returned to Africa, home would no longer exist because her community was gone. She was convinced that home could only be in her village when -- in my opinion -- home where we can learn fixed routines and morals, make memories, and feel safe. Where you are on the map cannot determine when you’re home. Instead, where you are with your members in your intimate circles does.
“Well, I -- I think that it -- that it wasn't enough just to want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em -- and it's that -- if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own backyard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with! Is that right?” (The Wizard of