No Place Like Home
Choose one set of question prompts and use them to begin writing a well- formulated three page essay. These essay prompts are for you to use as needed. As you write, reflect upon what you have learned so far from pre-writing and either one or both of these essays.
If you are writing about “No Place Like Home” answer the following questions:
What is the meaning of the title? Why does the author allude to the Wizard of Oz in the title?
How does the author say the immigrant feels about “home”?
How does their travel change or wound them?
What is the difference between an emigrant and an immigrant? What is the effect of being both?
What is the meaning of the Portuguese word “Saudade” and why does the author associate it with the holidays?
How does the writer and/or ordinary person use memory and literature to make a home?
