2010, Form B. “You can leave home all you want, but home will never leave you.” —Sonsyrea Tate
Sonsyrea Tate’s statement suggests that “home” may be conceived of as a dwelling, a place, or a state of mind. It may have positive or negative associations, but in either case, it may have a considerable influence on an individual. Choose a novel or play in which a central character leaves home yet finds that home remains significant. Write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the importance of “home” to this character and the reasons for its continuing influence. Explain how the character’s idea of home illuminates the larger meaning of the work. Do not merely summarize the plot.
It has always been said that "Home is where the heart is". No matter how far you physically travel, the quote tells us that there will always be a special place for you at home. A home is defined as a place where the people you love and care about congregate. This quote provides hope that, your home will always mean something special to you, and the same of it for you. Both Willy and Biff exemplify the true meaning of this quote in the play "Death of A Salesman" by Aurthur Miller.
Biff returns home after drolling on and on with his life of doing nothing to quite literally find himself. Before returning home, Biff wandered around aimlessly from job to job, not enjoying a minute of it. His return to home added some well needed clarity to his mind. His home and the people in it, gave Biff the push to try and pursue his "Dreams", when really that what was he needed to realize that is not what he wanted. Biff was able to find out the true meaning of success and happiness thanks to his home. With out this the book would lose one of the most valuable dimensions of the the plot. Not only did Biff benefit from his return home, but so did his entire family. The value of bringing back Biffs heart and spirit to the home, caused quite a reality shock to the family. This placed many people back on thier right track.
Biff was not the only one to leave the home and family, just to return. Like many say "Like father, like son." Biff's father Willy also had to come back home to truly find himself. Willy is a traveling salesman and was rarely home. The trips quite literally caused Willy to lose his mind, almost death. The return home, with all his loving family there caused Willy several emotional roller coasters. After many ups and downs, both returning family members were at peace. So even though Willy did pass away, it was almost and ending of satisfaction that wouldn't have occurred with out their return home.
The value of home majorly adds the to themes and plot of this book. With out the significance of home, the characters would have never been able to find success, satisfaction or happiness.
~Dana
Great job! Especially good start, it started to lose momentum towards the end but really good beginning. The only thing i would work on is staying strong throughout the essay. Other than that great thesis, great intro, and great point with good evidence. Good work!
ReplyDeleteGood essay, your intro was good, and your thesis was good too, but I would have put more detail into it to make it seem a little stronger. Like George said, the ending started to slow down and the conclusion could use some more detail. I liked the way you addressed the prompt and used multiple characters from the play, not just one. Overall, nice essay.
ReplyDeleteGood idea in using Death of a Salesmen for show that home is nopt just a physical dwelling place. You do a good job describing how Biff loses his sence of home, but i'm not quite sure how it supports the quotee "hone is where the heart is". It is plausible, but there should be comentary discussing how Biff's heart is at at home with his family, despite the conflicts. Also, as George and Grace said, Your second body paragraph on Will is weeker than you support about Biff, partly beacuse there is too much summary and not enough commentary that adress the quote that you use for your thesis.
ReplyDeleteoverall nice job.