Have you ever wanted to run and leave everything behind you? This is the decision that Billie Joe made in the book “Out of the Dust”, but the question we are asking today is, was it a good decision to return home to her father. Billie Joe did make the best decision because she felt lonely, she needed her father and it was time for her to forgive herself for what happened to her mother.

Some may ask why did she feel lonely? Well, Billie Joe felt lonely because she was all alone. This is shown in the poem “Homeward Bound” when it says “Getting away it wasn’t any better, Just different, and Lonely. Lonelier than the wind.” Billie Joe was lonely even at home because her father changed after her mother’s death, this shows that they