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Themes
The recurring themes found in Sedia’s the House of Discarded Dreams are those of a basic hero’s journey. As BlogSpot noted, Sedia’s novel is about a young woman trying to find herself; it is a novel where both dreams and nightmares come to life; and it ends with the young protagonist, Vimbai, finding strength and confidence in herself, which she has always been searching for. Similarly, Maurice Broaddus writes “The House of Discarded Dreams is a creative journey of self-discovery. Vimbai’s self-exploration questions her sexuality, her cultural identity, and her passage into adulthood.” Vimbai is attempting to discover who she is but also struggles with the notion of being stuck between cultures, having strictly raised African parents, and Vimbai being born American, but raised with the two cultures as her influence in life.