(metalic eter RE Linking or transition words for coherence. NOTHING CAN REPLACE THE LOSS OF ONE’S HOME. DISCUSS Through Ellis Lacey, RHBEENEBrookiyn, written by Colm Toibin examines the ertical loss of one’s home and country. Since Enniscorthy in Ireland faces difficulties with high number of unemployment First point rica ‘The struggle i with the unfamiliarity’ is demonstrated when Elis starts taking the journey to Brooklyn, America Second point with Father Flood’s sponsorship, Wit the author depiets how en Ellis, ses her home in addition to her loved ones including her friends, Emotional distress also Third point Strikes the central character similar to every other migrant who try to adapt to anew and unfamiliar. <—~ world, Once an immigrant leaves the hometown, itis impossible to recover the familiar and simple that they could have enjoyed. However, not all individuals Bay a this experience as a loss. Jeonenin the immigration experiences she goes through. Initially she recelves a job offer to work in a grocery store in Enniscorthy, Ireland which does not satisfy her needs since she is good with her ‘figures’ Eilis realises that she could not turn down [Miss Kelly's] offer. It would be better than nothing...” Father Flood, the Irish priest, comes to the rescue and sponsors Eills for a new opportunity which is to migrate to Brooklyn, America Despite her hesitation to go, she does not really have a choice because she does not want to be eae disobedient to Rose and her mother. The struggle awaiting Eilis is immense. From the start of her voyage she experiences a lot of hardst ple, she does not know how to deal with her ship journey and needs to be guided ee ron Georgina, After the arrival to the unfamiliar world, Brooklyn, Elis is introduced to her boarding home and to her new workplace, Bartocci. One day Elis walks “down the street on her way to work” and feels extremely lonely and empty. “Nothing means anything [to her]”. She feels as if “she is nobody there...” In her lodge she also states that “it was rather that she was a ghost in this room”. Eilis also grapples with homesickness when she receives letters from home. On one occasion she suffers a breakdown at Bartocci but this is remedied by Father Flood, (ERR tr vistic BRBRRERR. Elis gradually notices she cannot have what she had back in Ireland and needs to adapt to the conditions by going to the bookkeeping classes that the priest has organised for her. Father Flood once again appears in Bartocci to deliver the news of Rose's unexpected death. This Is secong Joint devastating news for Elis Elis ot only lost her familar hometown but also her beloved sister, Rose ge sxho she always looked up to and now willnot be able to see her ever again, She could not even second point attend her funeral due to the distance of the travel. In addition to not being with her family <_ members and friends, she recognises that she can never recover the loss of her sister. She reacts by ‘repeating the statements “I wish | had never come over here”. Eilis now realises even more how difficult itis to leave her loved ones behind. Neither her best friend Nancy nor her mother is there tosupport her. She can only communicate with her mother via a phone for the first time, simply because telephones are not accessible in those years. Her mother states that “she had a bad heart. told no one and went on as normal”. Eilis wishes that she had told her yet realises that she “maybe couldn't have done much but would have watched out for her’. Coibin here demonstrates to us the icult nature of being away from home and not being able to support one another when needed. Eilis begins to cry once she hangs up the phone which expresses her grief for her greatest loss the second time after her father’s death that occurred in the past. Third point Eilis is not only grieving for her losses but she igaiso distressing herself emotionally since she cannot _— ‘adapt to the new world surrounding her. She finds her boarding house mistress, Mrs Kehoe and her boarders in the house superficial. She doesn’t really fit in with any. of them. She finds the boarders annoying, stupid and immature. Whilst. struggling to form a relationship with the boarders, she meets Tony Fiorello at a dance organised by Father Flood at the parish hall. Tony is an Italian Third point immigrant whois confident and good looking Yet has.a plumbing careerwhichisdeemedasan) © g@ = way from home, feeling isolated and stressed, Ellis is pushed into a rushed relationship with Tony and accepts to marry him secretly as she decides to return to Enniscorthy whilst not even sure of her true feelings towards him. “His saying that he loves her and his expecting a reply frightens her, makes her feel that she will have to accept that this is the only life she is going to have, a life spent away from home”. Eilis, struggling to decide where to live, increases the complexity of her life by adding a marriage whilst trying to adapt to the unfamiliar setting that she mentally has not even accepted. It is revealed that even romance and marriage cannot truly separate the longing for home for Reiiisinjeharaetet “Having longed so much for the familiarity of the rooms that she hhad presumed she would be happy and relieved to step back into them, but, instead, on this first ‘morning, all she could do was count the days before she went back”. In the meantime she is pushed into another relationship with Jim Farrell whom she met before and did not admire. “You have changed”, Nancy says. “You look different. Everything about you is different... You have an air about you”. Eilis is transformed into a new person and has gained a lot of confidence. Despite the losses she expres, oki eches er re sil newts nd new way of TEE She is not the timid girl any longer; she expresses her thoughts openly and Is even of red a job that she achieves easily due to the training and experiences that she receives back in America. Hence from chemgatonexpeence isha not ery express sme may ay she ar goed) (GRUPUITREERERBer. Eventually Elis’ secret marriage Is revealed by Miss Kelly, the | antagonist, in ‘the novel and she finally decides to return back to Brooklyn. In conclusion, Brooklyn written by Colm Toibin, is a coming of age story with a that is defined by the initial loss experience that Eilis encounters. Ei :’ painful experience of the unfamiliarity of the new world and her struggles to come to terms with being away from home, family and friends is embellished with the loss of her beloved sister, Rose. Despite the tragic incidents and disorientated, rushed decisions made, Eilis' f migration experience should not be merely seen as loss to be never replaced. that he eans may ave caused her to findthe strength o stand on her own feet and not st be ereerest ae ES 1300 words. NOTE: | have highlighted the verbs (in bold) which I used in present simple tense. 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