In Chapter 1, Claire describes being a refugee as someone who has no home and is unwanted by everyone. where in her story, so far, do you see this reality of having no home and being unwanted?

For much of the work, Jeannette and her family live in conditions characteristic of poverty. However, Jeannette’s experience also includes rigorous homeschooling from her parents and exposure to classic literature. Despite her conditions, she and her siblings are often placed in the gifted classes in school. In showing that her parents, though poor, were not unintelligent, Jeannette proposes an often undetailed view of America’s impoverished.