We All Carry Our Homes with Us chronicles the assimilation of the members of the Veiga family

We All Carry Our Homes with Us chronicles the assimilation of the members of the Veiga family into life in the United States after leaving their home in Cuba. The author explains how the separation from her homeland and culture impact her life from an early age. One of the major events in the author’s life is the family’s move to Minnesota and leaving Miami where she connected with her extended family and the Cuban culture. In Minnesota, the author truly experiences exile for the first time and comes to mourn the loss of home, culture and family. For your assignment, explain how this exile impacts the author and her family. How does the move from Miami to Minnesota represent the harsh reality of her family’s situation as refugees? What are the benefits and the costs that the family members face as a result? Finally, determine whether the move to Minnesota and away from Miami was ultimately the right decision or the wrong one for the family.