The assignment is to write a argumentative three page essay with three sources analyzing Colum McCann’s essays “No Place Like Home” The essay should discuss key symbols, It should be three pages, and include three references in a fourth page MLA style Works Cited. McCann’s essay is non-fiction and speaks directly about social problems, customs and cultural problems. McCann’s essay speak honestly about real life issues today.
Figure out the message of your chosen essay and formulate a thesis statement or argument that sums up its main point. Your paragraphs should quote or analyze ideas in “No Place Like Home”
No Place Like Home question prompts:
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?
