Home In John Steinbeck's The Clay Marble

Home to many refugees in America tell a story of their homeland and what they left behind. A place where their childhood memories remain and is passed down to the second generation. For the most part, the theme of home carries a lot of happiness, but it also comes along with many grievances. Refugees are unique people who experience both of these conflicting emotions. Many refugees who come to America realize that the place they call home does not resemble the original meaning. Every scenery or environment they lay eyes on, do not trigger any sense of valuable memories early on in their life. A place where people call home is a place that has made a huge impact in their life. Home is refugees origin.
In the book, “The Clay Marble”, the theme of home ties to family. As a family, Dara, Sarun and their mother are forced to go on a journey to look for the Nung Chan refugee camp where they can temporarily call home. Despite all the obstacles, the family wish to come back home after the war to settle down. They have not given up hope of rebuilding their lives again; starting with their home that they have lost since the war. Home has made them stronger and given them determination to continue. A quiet farm life is simply the motivation. Near the end …show more content…
Homeland is a place where they did not have to face inequality and discrimination from other ethnic minorities. In America, there is not a true sense of home, rather a place where they reside to avoid war and oppression. Refugees are treated unfairly because of the language barrier, making it impossible to find a job. But when they do, they are paid lower wages. As explained in the documentary, refugees are disappointed of racial discrimination in America, in consideration that they have paid for freedom that a high price for leaving everything behind to find freedom. Refugees value their land where they grew up, the land that have bonded them to the