對於一個移民者而言，因受鄉土記憶的影響，地方感與認同感總會在原鄉與新居地 之間游移、徘徊，也因此讓這些遷移他地的人對自己的身分認同也產生懷疑，在心 靈上成為一個無根的人。本文，我們將分析《風中玫瑰》的女主角如何在新居地產 生鄉土的記憶與想像，進而產生對新居地的認同，將鄉土的記憶與想像移植到對新 居地的認同，在時間與空間的輪轉後，使原鄉與新居地產生連結。研究發現，移民 者透過對「自己的認同」，在新的國家裡看到自己的能力；透過「情感的連結」使新 居地有了意義；透過對「家的追求」，產生安全感、歸屬感；透過「土地的扎根」， 在新土地上找到一個屬於自己的位置；透過「故事的延續」，使說故事的人融入故事 中，成為故事的一部分。移民者透過這五種方式來記憶鄉土，想像鄉土，將愛、意 義、認同從鄉土移植至新居地，藉著移植鄉土的記憶與想像，移民者也能在新居地 扎下自己的根，連結心中的愛，找到自己的應許之地。

An immigrant’s senses of identity and place vacillate between his or her homeland and new place of residence, a situation which tends to give rise to a feeling of rootlessness and a confused sense of identity. In this paper we examine these themes as presented in Esperanza Rising, a 1998 novel by Mexican-American author Pam Muñoz Ryan. In this novel the protagonist, Esperanza, succeeds in overcoming her cross-cultural identity crisis by creating a new sense of identity which incorporates memories of her forsaken homeland in Mexico with her present life in the United States. Our main findings were as follows: immigrants use their sense of self-identity to realize their abilities; they use emotional connections to make life in their new locality more meaningful; and settling down gives immigrants an enhanced sense of security and belonging to a certain place. These are some of the important ways by which immigrants integrate memories and impressions of their homeland with their new situation to lay down new roots, forge a hybrid sense of identity, and, in the end, find their promised land.