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When the author writes "a personal interior journey" he means he is trying to find out who he really is. The text states "I could circle back and evaluate these early stories for myself". This evidence shows that Obama was trying to find out who he really is. The text also states "I learned long ago to distrust my childhood and the stories that shaped it". This evidence shows that Obama did not think that he can trust his childhood. That is what the author means when he wrote those words.

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what the author means when he writes ''a personal interior journey'' is to figure out who he was because he was not really around with his father' In the text '' Dreams From My Father'' it says'' of a personal, interior journey- a boy's search for his father, and through that search a workable meaning for his life as a black American.'' this shows that the author was trying to find out answer's who he was as a black American.

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What does the author mean when he writes '' a personal interior journey because he

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What the author meant when he wrote "a personal interior journey" Is that. They are writing about someone's personal life story that got them to what they are and who they are. In paragraph 2 it states that a boy was searching for his father that wasn't living with them as a kid. But he also wants to find out who he is because he wasn't raised with his father.

Also Barack Obama was still busy charting the world by that I mean his still trying to find his way in the world. It's hard for some people but for most people it most likely easy for them. Why is it easy for them? Because they were teached as kids to explore the world and find out who you wanna become in your future. But other won't be able to do that since schools didn't exist back then.

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What the author says in the story "A personal interior journey"he means said that because: he's trying to find himself as a Black American. The author was also trying to find the pieces of his family and put in a book so he's Black side of the family so he can give it to he's kid's.

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What the author means when he writes a personal interior journey is that Barack Obama is searching for his father and through that search 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" is  he want to know who he is as he search to find his history because he is not rise by his father . the text states, Through that search a workable meaning of his life black american. According to the text the author said l had sat at my father grave and spoken to through Africa's red soil.  This evidence show that Barack Obama he writes "personal interior journey" the text states,  Barack Obama spent much of his life trying to rewrite these story, plugging up holes in the narrative. That is what the author mean when, he writes"a personal interior journey. He was rised in white neighborhood, he was in Hawaii so he didn't know about black american.

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  In the text the author means when he writes "a personal interior journey" he means he wants to learn about himself. He wants to find a meaning for his life as a "black american"  he also wants something to tell to his kids. He also is curious to find out who he is and who was his father. 

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what the author means by "a personal interior journey is a journey to find who he is what his life is about. In the text it says "a boy's search for his father, and thorough that search a workable meaning for his life as a black American. I had spent much of my life trying to rewrite these stories plugging up holes in the narrative

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 What the he author mean when he writes ''a personal interior journey'' about his life, his search for his father, and through that search a workable meaning of his life black american. according to the text it states '' l had spent much of my life trying to rewrites these, plugging up holes in the narrative.

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 What the he author mean when he writes ''a personal interior journey'' about his life, his search for his father, and through that search a workable meaning of his life black american. according to the text it states '' l had spent much of my life trying to rewrites these, plugging up holes in the narrative.

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What the author means when he says"a personal interior journey" is to show who he is as a person. For example "a boy's search for his father, and through that search a workable meaning for his life as a black American”.This shows how he is trying to search for his fathers journey or life. Additionally, “I could circle back and evaluate these early stories".This shows how the narrator would go back and change the early stories.This is what the author means when he says "a personal interior journey".

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What the author means when he says, "a personal interior journey" is he wants to find out who he is because he didn't grow up with his father., so Barack Obama wants to find out his real childhood life. In the text it states "a boy who  who search for his father, and through that search a workable meaning for his life as a black American." This explains the narrator is on the search for his father so he can talk to him about Barack Obama's life. Another detail is "it was only many years later, after i had sat at my fathers grave and spoken to him through Africans red soil, that i could circle back and evaluate these early stories for myself." this explains that after his father died the narrator started talking to his father for some answers about his life. This is what it means when the narrator says "a personal interior journey."

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What  the author means when he writes a personal interior journey is that Barack Obama is trying to figure out who he is and tell his children about the stories he rewrote.

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The author means by '' a personal interior journey is that he is on his own journey by his self and what his life is about . According to the text its states " a boy who search for his father and through the search for his fathers life

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The author means he is trying to find himself in his journey it shows you in paragraph 2 it says ' entire project was found It's way into these pages is a record of a personal, interior journey.

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The author says "a personal interior journey" because ,he is trying to figure out who he really is because he didn't grow up with his dad.According to the text,"a boy's search for his father,and through that search a workable meaning for is life as a black American." This evidence shows that this was the personal journey the author was talking about.According to the text,"what has found its way onto these pages is a record of a personal,interior journey,".This evidence shows that the personal interior journey is the central idea of these paragraphs.This is what the author means when he says a personal interior journey.

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In the text "Dreams from my Father"  when the author writes "a personal interior journey"  he means he is on a journey to find out more about himself. The reason why he was trying to find out about himself. According  to the text it states, "a personal interior journey--a boy's search for his father". This evidence shows that Barack Obama was looking for his father. In the text it also states," through that search a workable meaning for his life as a black American". This evidence shows that Barack Obama was probably treated differently because he was a different race but he was from the same place. This is what the author means when he writes "a personal interior journey".

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What the author means when he said "personal interior journey" was that he wanted the reader to understand that he wanted to find out more about himself since he was still young. He wanted to write about himself. For example paragraph 3 states '' I cant even hold up my experience as being somehow representative of the black american experience''. This means that Barack Obama wanted to figure out more about himself

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The author means when he writes a ''personal interior journey'' is to tell about who he is as a person In paragraph 2 in the text'' Dreams From My Father'' it says a boy's search for his father, and through that search a workable meaning for his life as a black American''.this means that he was searching for answer's in his life to know who he is.

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The author of the story ''Dreams Of My Father ''means when he writes ''a personal interior journey''in paragraph 2 is he is trying to find  who he is because he wasn't raised with a father.According to the text it states '' I had  spent much of my life trying to rewrite these stories, plugging up holes.''This evidence show that he is putting his life stories together so he could find his meaning and his stories might be about who he is.According to the text it also states ''A personal,interior journey a boys search for his father,and through that search a workable meaning for his life as a black American.''This evidence shows that he is getting somewhere because he knows why he is a black American.This is what the author means when he writes ''a personal interior journey''.

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The author writes "a personal interior journey" because he  is talking about his own journey and who he is in life.This is because he didn't have a father growing up. I can prove this because in paragraph 2 it states "a boys search for his father, and through that search a workable meaning for his life as a black american."This shows that He wants to know more about himself. The text also states "all in hope of extracting  some granite slab of truth upon which my unborn  children can firmly understand" This shows that he wants to know something that was true about him to tell to his children that aren't born yet. This is what the author mean's"a personal interior journey".

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What the author means by " a personal interior journey " is that he is on his own journey by his self to find out who he is and were his place is. According to the text it states " a boys search for his father " This evidence shows he is on his own because it says" a boys search". In the text it also states " I understood that I had spent much of my lifetrying to rewrite these stories, plugging up holes in the naritive" This evidence shows he is trying to understand who he is is and were he stands at. Barak obama wants to know who he is and where he stands at

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Adrian Burke 6-337 12/11/19 Barack Obama Question 2

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Adrian Burke 6-337 12/11/19 Barack Obama Question 2

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The author means when he writes "a personal interior journey" is he his going on a journey to find himself . For example in the text it says "what has found its way onto these pages is a record of a personal interior a boy's search for his father". This shows that the author is looking for his father. another example is that in the text it states "thought that search a workable meaning for his life as a black American". This also shows that he is also look for a purpose as a black American. This is what the author means when when he writes "a personal interior journey".

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What the author mean when he writes "a personal interior journey" is he trying to find the meaning of his black American life.  In the text it states "a boy's search for his father,and through that search a workable meaning for his life as a black American."  This show's barack Obama is trying to find the meaning of his black American life.  In the story it says "whenever someone's asked me over the course of these last three years just what the book is about,I've usually avoided such a description."  This explain Barack don't want to talk about his childhood because he didn't get his answer yet. This is wha  the author mean 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 is that the author is trying to find who he is as a black American. According to the text it states "a boy's search for his father, and through that search a workable meaning for his life as a black American." This text is showing that the author is trying to find a workable meaning in his life. According to the text it also states "In spite of a stubborn  desire to protect myself from scrutiny,in spite of the periodic impulse to abandon the entire project, what has found its way onto those pages is a record of a personal, interior journey." This is showing how the author is telling he wanted to give up before finding who he is. This is what the author means when he writes "a personal interior journey" in paragraph 2.

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What the author means when he writes "a personal interior journey" in paragraph 2   is that he is trying to find who he is. In the text after the author phrases "a personal interior journey" it also states "a boy's search for his father, and through that search a workable meaning for his life as a black American. This evidence shows the author is trying to put his life stories together so he could find his purpose in life.  According to the text it also states "In spite of a stubborn desire to protect myself from scrutiny, in spite of the periodic impulse the abandoned the entire project. This could mean the author is telling the readers that he was going to give up before finding his meaning in life. To prove this, in the text it states

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The author means when he writes " a personal interior journey" is that he is in search of who he is because he didn't knew much  knew about his father, about what to tell to his future kids. After the phase "a personal interior journey", he says "boy's search for his father, and through that search a workable meaning for his life as a black American." He was raised by white people so he doesn't know much about how to be black American. Also he has problems which are shown here, "plugging up holes in the narrative, accommodating unwelcomed details." He needed to accept the hard truth, the thing he did not want to know.

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In the text, when the author writes  "a personal interior journey, " he means he wants to learn about himself. He wants to find a meaning for his life as a "black American"  he also wants something to tell to his kids. He is curious to find out who he is and who was his father.