Case Study: Home Away From Home

ity is different in that it enters the discussion in a relatively intimate feature. The group of people this paper is interested in is those with multiple identities. In the case study, "Returning to China: The Experience of Adopted Chinese Children and Their Parents", carried out by Ponte et al., they examine ways in which foreign adopted children identify with home and their birth country, China. By putting the two in conversation with one another, I will claim that the problem of feeling at home is ultimately the problem of identity. We are not born into an identity, we develop one instead. How we develop our identities is shaped by our life experiences and is greatly shaped by our surroundings. It is even more so for multiple identity individuals,
How one perceives home is therefore unique. By expanding the ideas of "Home Away from Home: International Students and their Identity- Based Social Networks in Australia", a research carried out by Gomes et al., I will further explore how the role of identity contributes to forming a sense of home away for these individuals. Everyone is entitled to feel at home, whether he is a refugee or an immigrant. Therefore, I will offer alternative solutions that may help establish a sense of home with social media.
The significance of my discussion can be mirrored by the eroding national boundaries. My discussion of identity, multiple identity to be specific, is of importance in that an increasing amount of people take on multiple cultures with globalization. This multiplicity is itself meaningful. Firstly,
It is important to examine specific ways in which changes in identity affect our understandings of home. The identity of a person develops and changes over time. We are not born with an identity, we develop one as we grow. How we recognize home differs in various stages of life. In the first few years of our lives, our nationalities, ethnicities, races may be considered the defining aspects of our identities. However, as one gets more experienced and grows both physically and mentally, his perspective of things changes and develops simultaneously. In this process, the notion of home changes with personal identity. Moreover, being a part of a certain community and being in an environment long enough lead to one unconsciously connecting it to home. For example, a person from Shanghai will definitely be reminded of home after seeing another Shanghainese on the other side of the world. Despite the fact that one's notion of home develops with time, it certainly does not imply that country of origin matters less and less as a person grows. Our origins, our roots weight heavily in our identities. The new identities that we develop through challenges are built upon our old ones, wherever we go, we will always partially be the persons we once were. The same holds true for our homes, no matter how much we have changed,