Which excerpt from “Freeway 280” by Lorna Dee Cervantes best exemplifies the theme of home and belonging?
1. La casitas near the gray cannery,
nestled amid wild abrazos of climbing roses
and man-high red geraniums
are gone now.

2. But under the fake windsounds of the open lanes,
in the abandoned lots below, new grasses sprout,

3. Once, I wanted out, wanted the rigid lanes
to take me to a place without sun,
without the smell of tomatoes burning
on swing shift in the greasy summer air.

4. Maybe it's here
en los campos extraños de esta ciudad
where I'll find it, that part of me

Question

Which excerpt from “Freeway 280” by Lorna Dee Cervantes best exemplifies the theme of home and belonging?
1. La casitas near the gray cannery,
nestled amid wild abrazos of climbing roses 
and man-high red geraniums 
are gone now.

2. But under the fake windsounds of the open lanes, 
in the abandoned lots below, new grasses sprout,

3. Once, I wanted out, wanted the rigid lanes 
to take me to a place without sun, 
without the smell of tomatoes burning 
on swing shift in the greasy summer air.

4. Maybe it's here 
en los campos extraños de esta ciudad 
where I'll find it, that part of me

AP · Answer

Excerpt 4 seems to best convey the value of "finding" a home because it correlates that type of beloning as a part of each individual ("that part of me").