Topic > Analysis of Homelessness by Anna Quindlen - 1196

Having a home and having a home coincided. Families have lived in the same home for generations, but now the sentimental value of having a home has changed. As Quindlen says, “There was a time when where you lived was often where you worked and where you grew the food you ate and even where you were buried. When that era passed, at least where you lived was where your parents had lived and where you would live with your children when you grew weak” (Quindlen 215). However, over time, this has also changed. Now we have grown up to live in a house and then carry on as if nothing happened. The sentimental value of a home has decreased. Quindlen demonstrates that “suddenly, where you lived was where you lived for three years, until you could move on to something else and something else again” (Quindlen 215). However, those who don't have a home would give anything to feel that sentimental feeling that came with having a home. But that's exactly the problem; for most people, home and home no longer coincide. We can own a house but not have a home, or vice versa. After all, “Home is where the heart is. There is no such place” (Quindlen 214). People can have a home without having a home. A home simply means having a family,