The truest Americans, Day-Lewis seems to be telling us, are those who can never be fully at homein the world: Our collective character is a restless one.
But only because we worked so hard to make sure the inconsistencies we were both taught inour parents' homes about what kinds of people were worthy to love would never be a part of ourhome or life together.
You see, it isn't just the pull of opportunity away from our shores that is causing talented immigrants to head home or never leave in the first place.