The theme of home resonates greatly throughout the excerpt, “The War”. From the beginning, there is a sense of family when the narrator explains how she and Gertrude Stein are invited to many dinners. We can see how close and comfortable everyone gets by spending time with each other. For example, when they go to Ms. Mirlee’s house, the narrator describes it as being very comfortable, like how one would feel in one’s home. In addition, the theme of home can be seen when the narrator moves from London to Paris. Although London was once her home, she comes to really enjoy Paris. As a result, Paris becomes the place that she can call home because of how comfortable she feels there. The narrator shows us that “home” can really mean any place that one desires. Also, the place that we currently live in doesn’t always feel like home, due to different events that sometimes occur in our lives. In this case, the war was the catalyst that made it hard for her to feel at home in London. Therefore, in Stein’s “The War” we can see that home can have many different meanings for us, and we can really find a home anywhere.

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