Home is place where a person feels most comfortable and welcome. In the novel Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin home is what the protagonist is searching for, but once he finds it he is not able to remain there. Throughout the novel home is alluded to as a magical place, almost like the Garden of Eden. David finds himself a physical home, but mentally he will not allow himself to ever have one. David has no permanent home throughout the entire novel he is searching for one yes, but one finds a temporary one. David wants to find a magical place where he feels free, safe, and able to be himself. He is never able to do this however because he can never come to terms with himself on his sexuality. One of the comparisons in the novel to home is
