Read at least 3 students blog short stories about ‘home’ and make a list of the common shared assumptions, values and stories that you find. Post this list on your blog.

I’ve decided to interpret this prompt literally, so here’s the list.

Shared Assumptions (i.e. the obvious yet not-so-obvious):

Home exists. Regardless of what Home means or how it is invoked, no blog denied the concept of Home. Granted, we didn’t have much choice as the prompt itself assumed this.

Home is personal. It is not homeland. Although nationality can be and often is a part of our concepts of Home, we attribute much more to it than just that, and many of those attributions are unique to us as individuals.

Home is linked to the physical world. When we think of Home, we think of tangible things. We may refute that Home is wholly represented by things such as houses, but we inevitably turn to talking about physical things in describing our concepts of Home.

Home doesn’t exist everywhere. There are places where you don’t feel at Home. Home is a limited space. It is a precious resource.

Home is worth it. Even with its faults.  

Shared Values:

Home is a conglomerate. It is a lot of different things put together to form one experience.

Home changes. Like us.

Home represents the past as well as the present. It is a special space for memories.

Home represents the connection between people. It represents the bonds we have with those special to us.

Home is a narrative. It is made of stories.

Shared Stories:

People stories. Stories about friends, stories about family, stories about community.

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The biggest take-away I have from reading this week’s blogs is that Home is complex. It means a lot of things to different people and is represented by a lot of things as well. It is because Home is so complex that we try to convey it through stories. We always go back to those stories in the end.

Works Cited

Abeed, Alishae. “Assignment 2:2.” ENGL 470A: Canadian Studies. UBC Blogs, 5 Jun. 2015. Web. 8 Jun. 2015.

Avery, Laura. “2.1.” ENGL 470A: Querying Narratives of ‘Home’ and of National Identity. UBC Blogs, 5 Jun. 2015. Web. 8 Jun. 2015.

Cardoso, Kathryn. “Where is Home?” ENGL 470. UBC Blogs, 5 Jun. 2015. Web. 8 Jun. 2015.

Cook, Erica. “Home.” Oh Canada!. UBC Blogs, 6 Jun. 2015. Web. 8 Jun. 2015.

Cook, Hayden. “2:2.” Hayden’s English 470 Blog. UBC Blogs, 5 Jun. 2015. Web. 8 Jun. 2015.

Datten, Gretta. “Assignment 2:2.” Liberal Leaning Literary Landscapes Labryritnhinely Lined with Liminal Loops of Logic and Legend. UBC Blogs, 3 Jun. 2015. Web. 8 Jun. 2015.

Downs, Cecily. “Story as Home.” Canadian Lit. UBC Blogs, 6 Jun. 2015. Web. 8 Jun. 2015.

Franey, Evan. “Home in Transition.” Liminal Space between Story and Literature. UBC Blogs, 5 Jun. 2015. Web. 8 Jun. 2015.

Froehler, Hailey. “The Ambiguity of ‘Home’.” English 470A. UBC Blogs, 5 Jun. 2015. Web. 8 Jun. 2015.

Ghazi, Saarah. “2.1.” Saarah Ghazi. UBC Blogs, Jun. 5 2015. Web. 8 Jun. 2015.

Goei, Debra. “So This Is Where I Know Is Home.” Oh Canada! An Interpretation. UBC Blogs, 5 Jun. 2015. Web. 8 Jun. 2015.

Li, Freda. “Blog 4: A Home is Not (Always) a House.” ENGL 470: Whose Canada Is It? UBC Blogs, 5 Jun. 2015. Web. 8 Jun. 2015. 

Millar, Whitney. “Let Me Come Home.” Whitney ENGL 470 Experience. UBC Blogs, 5 Jun. 2015. Web. 8 Jun. 2015.

Paterson, Erika. “Lesson 2:1.” ENGL 470A Canadian Literary Genres May 2015. U of British Columbia. Web. 8 Jun. 2015.

Ready, Alyssa. “Painting the Sky-The Outdoors is my Home.” Alyssa Ready. UBC Blogs, 1 Jun. 2015. Web. 8 Jun. 2015.