Timothy Connor, Vanessa’s grandfather, brought these spruce trees to his home from Galloping Mountain, feeling that they were for him. He planted them on the street opposite his house in a thick row to block out outsiders and offer protection. These trees, big and strong, were planted for the sake of protection, peace, and good luck to his family. Vanessa’s family was in fact one of the luckier ones during the Depression. For a long time, her family was able to eat fairly well and were able to keep their maids for a while in contrast to others during that time. This was the place she lived in as a child, “that house in Manawaka” (Laurence, “Bird” 11). Does that contribute to it being her home? In Canadian poems, such as Rosemary Sullivan’s “Passe-Port”, childhood factors into the experience of home. In Sullivan’s poem, she dips into her own beliefs to explore what countries and nationalities mean to people: …show more content…
In lines five to nine the speaker suggests that countries play a significant role in children’s lives as they grow up. Countries become a part of people, starting from childhood.
In “Home Again Home Again” by Albert Frank Moritz, the speaker talks about a character, “you,” who revisits their old town where they grew up. This poem illustrates how some people view their