A Response to Anna Quindlen’s “Homeless” In the story “Homeless” by Anna Quindlen, she describes what she thinks of a home as. Quindlen met a woman who claimed to be passing through, but she knew that she had seen this woman more. She also talks about what she thinks a home is and I do not completely agree with what she thinks a home is. A person could have everything they want in a house, but if there is no love and support, then it is not a home. I do not know what it is like to be homeless, but I do know what it is like for a home to not feel like a home. I agree with Quindlen that home is where the heart is, it is a shame there are so many homeless people in the world, and that a home should be a stable place. It is nice to have a roof over my head and I appreciate everything I have, but all of that does not make a place a home. I do not believe that you are where you live, unlike Quindlen (191). Where you come from does not always make you who you are today. A person can come from a terrible home and may have struggles as a child but that does not mean they will grow up to be a terrible person. Home is where the heart is and if you have a good heart, you will make a good home whether it is when you are young or when you start a family.
One of the most common rules of life is to learn from your mistakes. Though how you were raised is not a …show more content…
Materialistic things will never make a house a home because they do not make you who you are. You have to be willing to learn from the mistakes you or the people around you have made in order to change who you are. I have never been in a situation where I found myself without a roof over my head, and for that I am grateful. Though I have struggled with many issues within my house making it not feel like a home, having a shelter is better than having