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The word ‘home’ is something that is often misunderstood. Home makes up your identity and not many people know that. Therefore you ask me, ‘what is home?’


Home is not just in your house. Home is a place that surrounds you. It’s you environment and cause for emotions. Your home is where you are with the people that surround you (peers, family, and strangers), as well as cars, houses, stores, and/or toys.


All of these things (people, buildings, playful objects, and nature) are the components that make up a home. Some people don’t have all of those things in their home though. A homeless man has no house to live in whereas a rich man has a beautiful house to his or her accommodations as well as anything that will make him or her happy. This also explains the question, ‘where is home?’


Home has no exact place to be. Your home can be on the opposite side of someone else's home. You can even share the same home with family members that live with you, even though they see it different than you.


That is because you don’t share the same emotions. Emotions are expressed differently through each person because of their life experiences. A young child could be laughed at at school, while their brother or sister(s) isn’t laughed at. The result for that is that they could live in the same home, but be different people in their personalities. The word ‘personalities’ is often mixed up with the word ‘identity.’ The way a person is treated affects their personalities. Not really their identities.


People often mistake home as a place where you are always happy to be around the people you live with, or live around and talk to on a regular basis. That is not completely true, however. A teenager can be used as a great example of this. Most teenagers don’t get along with their parents because of their desire to be free. This is a stereotype however, meaning...