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Each character is going through a journey of self-reflection. They are using their curiosity to come to conclusions of who they are and what others can be. Milo is coming to understand that people have different stories and stereotypes can be harmful for understanding others. CJ is realizing how the world is a great place with the right perspective. Finally, Carmela is understanding that even though wishes might not come true, you can still have hope and stay in the moment to appreciate the small things. Matt de la Pena is using the characters to form not common understandings of how some people live. To appreciate the small things and be grateful for what you have. Together, each character is coming to a deeper understanding of themselves and becoming better people because of it.

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As a character embarks on their journey they are shown moving around on some form of transportation. Christian puts the mode of transportation on the cover with Milo, and Last Stop. In Milo, the mode of transportation can be seen near his head, but since it is a self realization, he is the center of the title.

In Last Stop on Market, CJ learns about perspective and how he can see the light on everything. Since CJ needs to learn this through his Nana and other people, the bus and his nana are bigger on the cover.

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At the end of Milo imagines the world, and in a DM from Christian Robinson, we are told to try to put ourselves in Milo's Shoes. Because Milo looks at himself in the window it's easy to see why the author and illustrator want the reader to put themselves in the shoes of Milo. However, across the books, we should walk, ride and listen with the characters. The makers of this book want us to implement the learned lessons of all the characters in our own life. Then, as we see the characters go on about their life, we are called to share the lessons with others.

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In this analysis, a picture book called "Don't Touch My Hair", Aria is struggling to keep people from touching her hair. Some of the questions asked to further evaluate the picture book with the authors ethnicity, what the illustrations describe and how is the characters Blackness relate to the story. Touching an African American's hair is considered a microaggression meaning that whether it's done unconsciously and without permission, it shows a negative attitude towards a racial minority. In this case, Aria, the main character of the picture book, is constantly escaping from others because of people not reading her body language of reject. The author has experienced this same thing. This is a balanced portrayal of what really happens. Being African American with this specific hair in the picture book is accurate to real life and portrays it really well on how to say no.

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Overall, the story Danbi does a great job with the representation of Asian characters. One of the most notable examples of this from the story is that the main character, Danbi, never gives in to her peers originally finding her different; instead, Danbi works to share her own culture with her classmates and find a common interest for them to all get along with. Along with that, the book also avoids using any negative or outdated stereotypes for Asian characters in general, but also common gender stereotypes found in the depiction. of Asian characters.

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In "Jingle dancer," the Author does an amazing job at creating a slice of life with a good overall message. It stays away from any stereo types, and shows how important dreams and community is for a child. Jenna dreams about dancing in the next Powwow, but she quickly learns that there's not enough time to order jingles. The main focus of the book is older people helping a little girl fulfill her dream by giving her parts of themselves.

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What is a Literary Journey?

*Where characters experience undergo a change of some kind and in turn grow as a person.

*A shift in perspective or scenery that leads to growth

*The process a character goes through that results in them having a new perspective/experience.

*The path a character and or characters take to gain a deeper knowledge of themselves and their surroundings.

*Leaving the comfort a character is in to expand or change themselves

*Characters going from one place to another

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Windows: So we can understand different perspectives and to show what one person is going through is universal

It can foster sympathy towards others

Mirrors: You can see how your own thoughts and imagination shape the way you see the world and judge others

The spectrum of journey is very broad and is the majority of stories understanding what a journey consist of is important for life

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All three books are structured similarly where the main character goes on with an internal and external journey alongside a secondary guiding character; throughout each journey the main character also goes through the experience of learning and accepting that life is not always what it seems at first.

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Throughout all three books, the stories show representation of different types of "unconventional" family structures that range from living with one parent, a grandparent, or an older sibling. The stories also show family situations that include an incarcerated parent and a deported parent.

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One very important aspect when looking at selection criteria is the use of language, avoiding things like broken English. The historical setting of the stories are also important, not all stories should take place win the past. It is important that stories should be able tone seen as mirrors. Finally, avoiding the use of stereotypes as the main plot point of the book.

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Often times racial identity is used as a stepping stone to start off the journey, but the journey can also revolve around the racial identity as a whole.

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About half of the time, the story revolves around a big change or impact on the community the main character is going through. If the story does not follow that format, it will likely follow the format ongoing through a day in the life of the character or the character looking into something new with the help of the people in their life.

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Outsiders compared to others is it one vs the other, one with the other, or one helping the other?

How can an outsider affect a character's journey?

How do different cultures represent journeys in story telling?

How can someone's culture impact an individual's journey?

Do same culture books follow a similar story line or narrative?

How do authors use illustrations to enhance the theme of the journey?

What obstacles can a character face during their journey if they refuse or accept assimilation?

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For these journey books, it can be about someone finding their culture or sharing their culture. Even though the cultures may be the same throughout different books, the theme and focus of the book can vary greatly. Some may look at the past and reminisce while other look at the past with lament. Others may just follow a contemporary character in their everyday life.

We don't have a lot of social books.

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This book would introduce the students to different cultural norms, as all the books show a variety of different cultures. The main theme this book would show is the different circumstances that people can be effected by.

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The world is your canvas

they say

Will you dance for me?

they ask

Its about to start

tink! tink! tink!

She got tired of being afraid

tink! Tink! Tink!

Maybe turned into a yes

tink! tink! tink!

Suddenly she knew what to do

Dancing free in the moon light

the rest of the world seemed to disappear

Inside I am happy, inside I am having fun

WE Are still here

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Fakebook - Aria from Don't Touch My Hair by Sharee Miller

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Questions

1. How has your understanding of the concept of journey evolved throughout this unit?

2. What common patterns or themes emerged across multiple books in your text set?

3. What lessons from these literary journeys can be applied to real-life experiences?

Thought this unit, my understanding of the concept of journey has evolved a lot. From the beginning, the general idea of what journey was in my head was just a physical journey; this unit had helped me understand that there are so many different kinds of journeys that might not even include any physical movement. There are socio-cultural, love, mental, and so many more kinds of journeys that can exist in literature. A journey can come in plenty of different formats and structures, but generally they consist of a character going through a process that helps them discover or learn something new to further evolve themself as character.

Along with this, there were a variety of different themes and patterns to continuously appear throughout our text set. One of the most common patterns to occur in the books we read was the concept of an outsider or outsiders helping the main character with the journey they are going on in some way. More often than not, these “outsiders” that helped throughout the journey were a family member of the main character, however it was not uncommon for the outsider to be a community member or a community as a whole. While it was most common an outsider to be someone close to the main character, sometimes this pattern would present itself as someone the main character didn’t necessarily know that pushed the journey along in a negative way.

No matter what type of journey was necessarily being represented in the books we read, there was a way to connect the journey to real life events that would happen. A very common story line first a journey was a character learning more about their culture or community, which would not be out of the ordinary to happen in real life to a child. But there were also some books, like Don’t Touch My Hair, that followed the premise of learning to set personal boundaries or something along those lines that can be beneficial for a child to learn about.