“Nowhere Man” by Pico Iyer Essay

nowhere Man by Pico Iyer talks about how being a passing lounger has its ups and downs. Packing and waiting for your next plane as soon as youre about ready to just invest down and rest. From sleeping in airports to eating almost all of your meals forth of plastic plates. I could relate to Iyer to some level but fully. world a visitor in your sign of the zodiac is never a good enough tanging to experience but seeing the world by means of your eye is such a blessing as well. I thought that patriotism was the only thing that created monsters but after reading this piece, I study that both nationalism and internationalism create monsters. Themes that I picked up while reading this piece were independence, nationalism, internationalism, lack for sense of home, family and comfort, disco precise, self- seizey, exhaustion, loneliness, confusion.I very enjoyed a lot of the sentences that Iyer wrote but one that really caught my attention was, We pass through countries as through revolving doors, resident aliens of the world, impermanent residents of nowhere. This sentence really caught my attention because not only were these words put to bring downher very well but they too get a deeper meaning so-and-so them. To me, this sentence means that they were endlessly in a hurry to get from country to the other in time and all though they were always traveling, they never had the true meaning of a home but still had a house wherever they traveled to. When Iyer said, We are visitors in our home it really hit home because whenever I go over to my dads house, I feel like such a visitor although Im suppose to feel like its my second home because its my dads house. Im not sure what he felt when he wrote it but when I write it or talk about, I feel empty as though something is missing.Personally, I would energise a be intimate/ scorn relationship if I were a transition lounger, not sharp where home is. I would love it because I get to travel the world, discov er new cities and meet new people but I would hate it because I would most likely constantly get asked where I lodge and I would hate to say I dont truly have a home but Im going away to Madrid next. If I didnt have a home, I would probably lose my sense of family and comfort.I wouldnt know where I could go back to when I get tired of traveling, once Im overwhelmed with seeing new cities and meeting new people. But it would also help me build a sense of independence and I would have an exciting lifestyle. Being a transit lounger sure does have its deep cons and pros.Two questions If he wasnt a transit lounger, would he still be the same person he is nowadays? Would he be as independent as he is today? Did any of the other students relate to Iyer when he mentioned We are visitors even in our home?