diaspora+essay

What home and my homeland means to me… due Friday- Please post on Thinkquest.

**// Analyze: //** **di·as·po·ra** noun 1. ( often initial capital letter ) the body of Jews living in countries outside Israel : the scattering oftheJews tocountries outsideof PalestineaftertheBabyloniancaptivity 2. any group migration or flight from a country or region. Synonyms: dispersion, dissemination, migration, displacement, scattering. Antonyms: return. 3. any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland, especially involuntarily, as Africans during the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

 Which one of these definitions applies best to you and your “homeland” and why? Why would you think that none of these definitions apply to you and why?

WHAT DOES HOME MEAN TO YOU? What does “home” look like? Taste like? Feel like? Smell like? If you were taken from your home, what is important for you to have? Would you ever want to live or visit the homeland of your forefathers? Do you feel any connection to that land? Why or why not? How many generations do you think makes a place a homeland? Or, does the adage “Home is where the heart is” apply? GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES FROM YOUR LIFE AND GIVE DETAIL. plea