this is response to "rhode island" by jhumpa lahiri...
In the story, Lahiri describes how she feels about Rhode Island as a place and also as her hometown. Although she was not born there and is an immigrant to the United States, she called Rhode Island home. Throughout the writing, she has recorded how Rhode Island has changed but how some parts of it remained the same over the decades. The attachment and the feeling of bond to a place is what I think Lahiri tries to express. What important to Lahiri about Rhode Island is the sense of freedom, leisure and embracing that makes this place special to her.