We Need New Names by Noviolet Bulawayo

When Darling first arrives in America, she mainly thinks about two things: food and snow. Food represents Darling attaining some of what she wished for all of the times she talked about going to America; at Aunt Fostalina's, she will never have to go hungry. However, Darling is shocked by the concept of snow and the fact that she stays inside, avoiding going out and experiencing the cold for the first time, represents the things Darling did not expect and does not like about America, especially the way she feels boxed in and lonely without the freedom and close friendships she had in Paradise.