The purpose of this essay is to examine the relationship between home and self identity. I did not developed this topic and the argument in the paper before I started writing. Rather, the concept of “home” in the context of self identity came to my mind as I was reading the sources assigned for the class. As I was wandering about which topic I should focused, I took down sentences that I found interesting from the text and organized them as an annotated bibliography. As a result, “home” gradually became the focus of my thought and as I was looking at my bookshelf for extra sources, I found one of books I have read to be useful to defend my argument in the paper. The book is Escape from Camp 14 which narrates the story of a North Korean born in one of the forced labour camps. It not only rebukes the argument of one of the other sources I incorporated but also more strongly defend my argument that home defines oneself.
Once I started writing, things did not go smoothly as I expected. I had to always look back to what I had written to make sure my analysis flowed. During the process, I not only deleted some of the sources, but also added new relevant sources. After drafting the essay, I also moved things around, such as the order of the examples, templates from They Say/ I Say, and so on.