I connected with Scott Russell Sanders' "Writing from the Center" a lot more after I read it a few times. His tone was confident and definitely more friendly than Annie Dillard's. He was also more humorous and fun, using lines like "our legs were made for walking, as the heartbreak songs proclaim" (159). This humor brought the mood up in his writing and also made it more entertaining.

Sanders talked a lot about home and the pattern appeared throughout his text that he was okay with being drawn back to the Midwest. He gave many examples of what other writers have thought regarding being rooted but continuously convinced the reader that although others say writers should not be at home, it is actually okay to not be a wanderer.

I connect with Sanders' pattern of going back to home ever since my freshman year of college. From Minnesota, I went to school in Chicago for my first year of college and learned to appreciate home a lot more than I had before. After being away from home I found a brand new appreciation for Minnesota's 10,000 lakes, State Fair, and hot dish; not to mention my family and bedroom. Before I left for college I thought I would never return to Minnesota after graduation, however I now plan to go back after I receive my degree. I can understand Sanders' connection to his "center," also known as his home because I now know that home is not so bad, even though some believe you must leave home to be a better person or writer.