Theme

The theme of both The California's Tale and the Thrill of The Grass both have some of the same kinds of theme: Home. The California's Tale showed that Henry's home was not quite the same without her, or his life. The Thrill of the Grass showed that their "home" or their place of safety and tranquility had subsided after the strike. Henry's home had the touch of a woman, and the touch of the baseball field in The Thrill of The Grass was the fake grass they did not like. They had to fix it. The bases were spots where they felt was could be not only the best place to watch the game, but also where they felt entitled to watch from. If you abandoned that place, you maybe were not as "first class" as the rest of the family was. Both stories showed how home was important, and the difficulties one can go through when something changes it unknowingly.