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narrative "A House Is Not a Home" is based on the narrator's teenage  in the initial days of his new high school. The narrator is the story's protagonist. After graduating from a junior high school, the narrator joined a   that was bigger than the previous one.

 

 

The author disliked the new high school because he didn't have any of his old friends or teachers there, and he didn't make any new friends. Despite his , he continued his studies at the new school. Days passed. On a , the narrator's mother lit a fire in the fireplace as he was doing his schoolwork. After a while, the narrator sensed a . Then he spotted smoke coming in through the ceiling seams. Smoke from the fire soon filled the area, and the entire room was engulfed in .

 

 

The narrator and his mother were able toescape the house and seek assistance from neighbours in calling the . Suddenly, the narrator's mother  into the  to save some documents, photographs, and letters from her husband. She was later rescued by the firefighters, who subsequently provided first aid to her. The narrator couldn't help but watch his house burn as a small kid, and the fire took almost  to put out.

 

 

People from the narrator's school seemed to be  of the narrator's house disaster a few days after the fire mishap. Shortly after then,  the narrator's classmates had surprised him by giving him everything he needed, including school materials, notebooks, all kinds of different clothes — jeans, tops, sweatsuits. More students came forward to introduce themselves, and some even invited the narrator to their homes. On that day, the narrator made friends for the first time in his new school. Despite this, the narrator felt there was something missing in his life.

 

 

The narrator's house was  after a month. A  returned the narrator's cat to him one day. She really does seem to have tracked down the narrator's address using the phone number written on the . The narrator's pleasant old life is restored thanks to the kind-hearted woman's assistance. The narrator sobbed joyfully while cuddling his wonderful cat, and the narrator's friends joined in and jumped around with him.