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I think that journey saying that it was impossible and giving the box to bloom shows that he is moving on and accepting it.

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I find that his dream has to do with his point of view since he is a bird. At first, he talks to grandfather and nobody looks at him when he talks since his voice changes to a bird's.

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I feel like Cooper's family represents a family that cares about one another

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Bloom symbolizes A good mother to Journey shown by how he tells his mother at the end of the chapter. Bloom is a good mother by taking care of her kittens and not leaving them.

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The dream shows how journey feels on the inside when he isn't miserable.

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it shows that even though grandpa was the one Journey thought was bad at first, they are still very alike.

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I think the dream shows his imagination. I mean it's not everyday you dream of becoming a bird

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I think the symbolic part of this event was when Journey realized Mama had completely left him so he gave the box of photos to Bloom

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I remember earlier in the book, when Grandfather was singing Trot Trot to Boston to Emmet, and Journey suddenly realizes that he has heard that before. He remembers someone also holding him, but can't place the face. I think his guess as his father, but now that there could be a possibility of his Grandfather being the one, it shows that maybe Grandfather was there all along with Journey, instead of his actual parents.

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The symbolism of the dream to me is that Journey was once noticed and aware of himself and he has started to slowly feel unnoticed. I think this because throughout the story we’ve determined that Journey was having issues coming to terms with the fact his mom left. At the end of the dream he was a bird following a map and had gone unnoticed. Another detail I pickedd up was that maybe it had something to do with himself because his name his Journey and he was using a map to go on a “Journey” of some sort.

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Bloom symbolizes the mother that Journey never had.

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Bloom symbolizes a good mom that journey wants and something journey wants to see and feel and wants. he wants a mom like bloom, he wants his mom to be like boom is what i think, and thats why journey told his mom that he had bloom and bloom was a better mother.

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Journey realizes Mama isn't coming back and he gives the box to Bloom which means he is probably over Mama.

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Well, in the dream he is a bird. Which I don't understand. But he is following a map...which I thought meant searching for his mom. But, I'm not sure because the dream changes after that...

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I feel like the dream provides us with Journey's thoughts and feelings.

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I think that the dream is showing Journey as a bird looking for his mom. I think that when he envisions the map, it shows that he will go from town to town to look for his mother.

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This dream shows what Journey is like when he is happy and his spirits are raised.

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The dream shows that Journey has not given up on finding Mama.

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Journey is giving the box to bloom as if he accepts her as his mom.

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I feel like a dream can tell so much about one character. It gives insight about the characters mind

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It shows how Journey wants to be, and that he doesn't want to give up on searching for mama.

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When Journey gave the box of photos to Bloom, I thought that it meant he was ready to let go of the past and move on.

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It symbolizes what he truly feels like on the inside.

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I think Journey giving the box to Bloom means that he wants to forget it and move on.

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Bloom symbolizes a good mom and not a mom that leaves without telling. Journey feels that Bloom will stay with her babies and wont abandon them and Journey wants to have a mom like Bloom because she would have been there.

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It shows that Journey has officially given up on the photos and is ready to move on from his mother which is why Journeys mother calling him is such a big thing in the story.

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They represent that Journey isn't completely alone yet.

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Cooper's family represents a safe haven for Journey.

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In the story Cooper's family represents a perfect family who all loves each other and is always happy.

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In the story, Bloom symbolizes a good mother.

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It felt like journey was flying like he was freed, in the dream he seemed like he was soaring and free

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The torn photos are proof that Grandfather has not been lying to Journey. Now Journey can believe him without questioning himself.

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I think Cooper's family represents a perfect family or a family with a great relationship and an understanding with each other because they all talk to each other.

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I think it is symbolic because he has actually accepted the truth that his mom is not coming back.

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Journey didn't like grandfather from the start but now I think he is ok with him, so having similar traits is really important.

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I think Cooper and his family represent a good family, one that is united and all care for each other.

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It shows a bond between them that is getting stronger.

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I think that Journey gives the box to Bloom because she is kind of, in a way, the mother that he never had. He also gave the box to her as a sign that he is moving on.

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It shows that Journey has finally moved on. When he goes from wanting to fix the pictures to not.

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The thing that is symbolic about the photos is that it shows Journey trying to move on and accept the fact that his mother is not coming back.

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I think journey and cooper are such good friends their family's are like one another. Coopers family seems perfect and loving, like the perfect family that also cares for journey

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It shows that Journey and Grandfather have become more close, and they are starting to understand each other. It really shows the growth in their relationship since Mama left.

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The symbolism of the dream at the start of Chapter 9 told us about Journey's feelings and how he felt like he was free and in a "good" world even though he isn't because his mom left him

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I think that Coopers family is one that is kind and cares for each other.

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Journey didn't like Grandfather at first but as their relationship grows they share hobbies of taking pictures.

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I feel that Journey and grandfather now have a connection, so the things between them aren't so tense.

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I think the significance is that Journey did not want to believe that he was similar to Grandfather in any way and now you can see even more similarities!

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His grandparents cared for him more than his parents.

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Journey was holding on to everything about his mom he could. So the fact that Journey was willing to give up the photos he had been longing for could be symbolic in a way that Journey was starting to be ok with the fact that his mom would probably never come back.

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I think journey and grandfather are VERY ALIKE, I think journey just doesn't see that grandfather cares. Journey is his grandfather, someone he never really realized was there for him until he basically started picking up his traits and referencing things about him. I think they are very similar and journey needs to realize that

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Bloom kind of symbolizes a good mother who stays with her child and takes care of her.

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The significance is that Journey didn't like Grandfather at all in the beginning but now they are similar and Journey is okay with it now.

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In the beginning Journey and Grandfathers relationship is not the best but later in the book when Journey realizes these similarities this could strengthen the bond between them.

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I agree with all the replies here. I think that Cooper's family is a sort of goal for Journey. It is like something that Journey probably wished he had. It is the example of a loving family where everyone has a relationship out of understanding instead of duty

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This shows that Grandfather and Grandma care for him unlike his mother and father.

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I was honestly a little confused. A bird looking at a map?

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I think that Coopers family represents a place where he can go to and trust them. I think that this is important because Journey has been having trust issues. I think that Journey likes Coopers family because they care about each other.

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I think that Coopers family is supposed to represent the perfect family that has nothing wrong which is what Mrs. MacDougal disproves by talking about the picture.

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They let Journey into their house so he could eat breakfast with them.

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He gave up on trying to fix all of the pictures, and that he wanted Bloom to do whatever it wanted to do with the pictures.

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It shows two things. one how much journey has grown since the beginning. it also shows how much they have bonded. Journey now is very close to his grandpa. Journey now remembers when he was a ideal hail the photo maniacs

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For Journey Bloom symbolizes a well caring and good mother and role model for her kids.

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I think that it symbolizes the love that journey is surrounded with but he is just stuck on his mothers love and still waiting for that even though inside really his grandparents cared more then his real parents ever did.

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The hand holding the button symbolized that maybe some things are better left unanswered.

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The symbolism of the hand and the button is that his grandparents thought more about him and loved him more than his birth parents.

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In my opinion Journey and Cooper are best friends with a brotherly relationship- just because we haven’t heard of cooper much doesn’t mean they aren’t friends and they could have such a strong relationship they don’t need to communicate daily.

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The pictures are seperated and broken and ripped. That is Journey's family in the book, because Mama left, and now the family isn't complete. When Journey gives the box to Bloom I think it shows that he finally acknowledges that his mother is not going to come back, and there is nothing that he can do about it.

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It shows how they are simular and how they act now and they both like taking pictures. There bonding has gone so far.

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I think that it show that Journey's grandmother and grandfather have been there for him all along, unlike his real parents.

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I think Cooper's family represents a family that help each other out and care about each other and don't leave/abandon them when they were young. Journey probably thinks that Cooper's family is the "perfect" family because he has a mother that actually lives with them and Cooper can talk to his mom compared to Journey

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I think that Journey has a tendency to lash out towards Grandfather, and he does not want anything to do with him most of the time. Like I said in question 3, Journey does have trust issues, but he still needs to accept the fact that he is related to him and that they are very similar.

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I think it shows that Journey's Grandmother and Grandfather have cared and loved him more that his mom ever did.

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The symbol of the button and the hand shows that his parents didn't love him as much as his grandparents.

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I think it shows that Journey isn't that different from Grandfather and that Journey has a deep connection with Grandfather.

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I feel like it symbolizes how he is free, because of the bird. However I was confused on how him not being able to communicate had anything to do with it.

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The significance of Journey and Grandfather being alike, is that they will go a stronger bond and will share hobbies that Grandfather could teach Journey

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Bloom is like the role model mother. For some reason, I feel like Blook is the role model mother and Cooper's family is the role model family.

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Even though Cooper is not part of Journey's family, they are very close. Cooper's family is like a second family for Journey's family.

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From the very beginning Journey did not like grandpa but as he’s matured he has gotten to know Grandfather and in his mind knows how similar they truly are and realize that maybe grandpa isn’t so bad after all,which is very significant in the story being that Journey never had that kind of feeling towards anything as far as we know.

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I think Bloom symbolizes a good mom that stays with her children. Unlike Journey's Mother.(And journey really sticks it to her.)

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I think that this represents that Journey grew up with his Grandfather and Grandma like they were his mom and dad.

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To me bloom symbolizes what Journey thinks her mom is like or should be like as throughout the story Journey has expressed the thought her mom wasn’t a bad person.

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I think that bloom represents what a good mom would be like to Journey because he does not know what good parenting is like.

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They are the things Journey think are from his past unlike some of the other pictures that Journey doesn't have much of an idea of.

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Bloom symbolizes all the things Journey's mother lacked.

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I think Journey is trying to recover the memories that mama tried to destroy.

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I think it symbolizes how Journey has lots of love in his environment but he’s not really looking for love he’s looking for acceptance.

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Bloom to Journey looks like a true mother, unlike mama.

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Bloom is the mother Journey never had.

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I think Bloom symbolizes the mother that Journey never had. Journey is seeing how Bloom treats her children and how she cares for them. I feel bad for Journey because he was not shown any love from either of his parents.