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The author states " a personal interior journey", the author means that Barack is trying to find out about himself . In the text it also states," A boys search for his father , and though a search was a workable meaning for his life as a black American." This means that he was also trying to find the purpose of his black American .

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In Dreams from My Father, the author writes ''a personal interior journey'' because he wants to show that Barack Obama was

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When the author writes “a personal interior journey"in paragraph two he means he was trying to find out about him self and his childhood story,also trying to know who his mother is.In the text it states that 

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When the author writes “a personal interior journey"in paragraph two he means he was trying to find out about him self and his childhood story,also trying to know who his mother is.In the text it states that 

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"A boy’s search for his father through that search is a  workable meaning for his  life as a Black American.”

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What the author means when he writes "a personal interior journey" in paragraph 2 is that he went on a journey to look inside himself to figure out who he is as a black American. In the text it states "A boy’s search for his father through that search is a  workable meaning for his  life as a Black American. " This shows that he went on a journey to look inside himself to figure out who he is as a black American.

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In Dreams from My Father, the author writes "a personal interior journey" because he wants to show that Barack Obama was.......... By saying this he is showing........

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The author states “a personal interior journey”, what he means by this quote is  that he is trying to find himself. In the text it states “a boy’s search for his father, and though that a search was a workable meaning for his life as a black American.” This shows that he was trying to find out what it meant to him to be a mixed person. Also in the text it states, " I had sat at my father's grave and spoken to him through Africa's red soil, that I could circle back and evaluate these early stories for myself.” This evidence shows that he didn't really grow up with his father. He couldn't get his childhood from his father because he was no longer with him. This is what the author means when he writes “a personal interior journey.”

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When the author writes “a personal interior journey” it really means that he went on a journey to find the truth of his childhood and himself. In paragraph two it states" boy’s search for his father through that search is a  workable meaning for his  life as a Black American.” This evidence shows that he has to go on a journey to find the real him so he could better under his past and future. The text also states," After I had sat at my fathers grave and spoken to him through Africa's red soil, that I could circle back and evaluate these early stories for myself." This piece of evidence shows that when his dad died he got all the motivation he needed too find the truth about his childhood and himself. This is what the author means when he says " a persona interior journey."

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In Dreams from My Father, the author writes “a personal interior journey” because he wants to show that Barack Obama was lost. By saying this he is showing that he wanted to learn more about who he is and his purpose as a black American.

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In Dreams from My Father, the author writes "A personal interior journey" because he wants to show that Barack Obama was trying to find  out who he truly was. in paragraph 2 it states, "A boy’s search for his father through that search is a  workable meaning for his  life as a Black American. This  quote  shows that he was trying to find out what it means to be a Black American.   " After I had sat at my fathers grave and spoken to him through Africa's red soil, that I could circle back and evaluate these early stories for myself." This quote shows that he went  to Africa to learn about his father and himself.   

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In Dreams from My Father, the author writes "A personal interior journey" because he wants to show that Barack Obama was trying to find  out who he truly was. in paragraph 2 it states, "A boy’s search for his father through that search is a  workable meaning for his  life as a Black American. This  quote  shows that he was trying to find out what it means to be a Black American.   " After I had sat at my fathers grave and spoken to him through Africa's red soil, that I could circle back and evaluate these early stories for myself." This quote shows that he went  to Africa to learn about his father and himself.   

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When the author writes “a personal interior journey.what the author means the Barack Obama search his father and also for his identity as a black American

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In Dreams from My Father, the author writes a "personal interior journey" because he wants to show that Barack Obama was going on a journey to find out who he was as a black American. In the text it says, "a boy's search for his father, and through that search a workable meaning for his life as a black American." This shows why he wanted to go on this journey. In the text it also says, "At some point, then, in spite of a stubborn desire to protect myself from scrutiny, in spite of the periodic impulse to abandon the entire project." This also shows why he went on this journey. He wanted to find out about his past so that people wouldn't question him anymore. This is what the author means when he writes "a personal interior journey."

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What the author means when he writes “a personal interior journey” in paragraph 2 he means that he needs to find himself . For example the text states,”Someone of my years still busy charting his way through the world.” This shows that he is still trying to find himself because he was charting what he should do in the future. Another example is ,”I understood that I had spent much of my life trying to rewrite the stories” this shows that he’s trying to find himself because he spent to much time rewriting his stories.