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Summary Of Home The Blueprints Of Our Lives By Narciso Rodriguez

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"I will always be grateful to my parents for their love and sacrifice"(Rodriguez). Narciso Rodriguez, the author, is about to move into a different house and reflects on what makes his plain old house a special home in his memoir, "Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives." Rodriguez reminds himself of all the different kinds of events that happened in his home. Because of the affectionate memories and connections that Rodriguez makes to the past and the gratitude towards his parents, he builds a complex nostalgic and sentimental mood that highly appeals to the readers. Rodriguez's memories in his home were important factors to his idea of what home meant, and these memories created gave a nostalgic feeling to the reader. For example, he remembers
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