![]() ![]() Martha says, “He lives for this house!” (Brooks 31). The ladies are aware that the father is proud of being a house owner. ![]() Mama agrees to move to a flat, which is less prestigious than living in a house, but the flat will be in a better neighborhood. The theme of home is strong in the story. ![]() Mama dreams about “moving to a nice flat somewhere” (Brooks 29). They are trying to comfort themselves by dreams about a new place they will move to. The ladies are aware that in case their request is denied, they will have to leave the house. “If he had not succeeded in getting another extension, they would be leaving this house in which they had lived for more than fourteen years” (Brooks 29). The girls and their mother are sitting and waiting for their father who was supposed to visit the office of the Home Owner’s Loan to get an extension for their payments. The action of the story is going on at their home. They are Maud Martha, a teenage girl, her elder sister Helen, their mother, and their father. The short story “Home” presents a family of four. ![]()
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