In this chapter, Woolf got to the” war “concept by describing a luncheon in  some parts. This luncheon was kind of  like the routine in the university. She did wonder and enjoy the autumn views in the campus as usual. But then she came to the doubt that things had become a little bit different from what they were before the war. It turned out to be the humming noise accompanied by when people talked. Then she considered about her past attitude to the fact, the tailless Manx cat. Before the war, she might bursted into laughter if someone talked about the cat without a tail. But at that point, she started to think about why the cat lost its tail, “Was he really born so, or had he lost his tail in an accident” as the said in the passage.  It was strange of a cat without a tail, not to mention  a world just experienced a war.

Q: How does the theme of home resonate throughout the excerpt?

Home sometimes has the meaning of refuge. In the passage, Stein stayed at a lot of different “homes” during the time. People from those “homes” were really kind and thoughtful, such as the Whiteheads. They offered room and board; they communicated with each other; they shared not only happiness, but also worries; so of course they had a great time being together as well as went through tough situations together. This seemed to be one of the important meanings of home to me that they were like families. What’s more, for people who once experienced  the war, they would have the home definition from another different angle–their country. Country is the kind of “home” that one would sacrifice everything to defend. As mentioned in the excerpt, the refugee Abel said solemnly after his first day in Paris, ” I think all that was worth fighting for”.  As far as i am concerned, not only Abel, but also all the soldiers, medical workers and all the people in the front would feel the same way that their “home”, their country  was definitely worth their fighting.

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