The purpose of writing this essay is to show how everyone moves eventually, but always leaves a part of them at their old home. In this passage White is packing his possessions away into boxes getting ready to move. He knows he is not capable of bringing all his possessions with him so he has to decide what to get rid of. It is hard for him to decide what to get rid of because he has grown a connection to them. When moving away he misses his home and possessions that brought him so many memories. He describes this change by writing, "In New York, a citizen is likely to keep on the move, shopping for the perfect arrangement of rooms and vistas, changing his habitation according to fortune, whim, and need. And in every place he abandons he leaves something vital." (7) This explains how White knows it is common to move and doing so he can gain from the new experience. White felt that leaving items meant leaving his memories at his old home on forty-eight street. However, he knows that moving happens and he will still cherish his old items as if they were still apart of him.
Home-Coming
White’s purpose that he is making in this essay is how a home is anywhere someone feels comfortable and is accustomed with the common surroundings. He explained his familiarity of both New York, where he works and …show more content…
White addresses the environmental problems visible in his community in this essay. He explains the snow saying, “Storm followed storm, each depositing its load and rousing the plowman in the night." (65) This discusses how bad they get snow and the problems with the snow plows. White explains how everyone tried to get rid of their great snow storms they had in the winter. The town did whatever was necessary for snow removal to take place, having it being a dangerous amount of snow they received every