5 By the time I missed home so much that soup dumplings and sautéed eels popped up in my head as I read, Nietzsche had replaced Plato on the chronological reading list and Flaubert Homer. (Para. 10) A. By the time I missed home so much that I couldn’t help thinking about soup dumplings and sautéed eels, I had finished reading ancient authors like Plato and Homer and moved on to more modern authors like Nietzsche and Flaubert. B.By the time I missed home so much that I started to lose my mind, it seemed that Nietzsche had become Plato and Flaubert had become Homer.