The book I chose was "Oh the Place You'll Go" By Dr. Seuss and illustrated by Dr. Seuss as well!
This book is considered as a poetry book because of the patterns it gives in the book, gives imagery of places you will go and it allows students to imagine where they will go later on in the near future and this gives them an connections of other students because students may make connections of where they want to go and the conversation can continue to grow bonding and connections of the other students. I picked this book because, when I read this book as a child, I never really understood the meaning of it back then, but i I just would imagine where I would go if I could do all I wanted. Now that I'm a college student, this applies to me because of where I live now, makes me wonder what places I will go.
The social justice of this book, there really isn't one. Its more of telling where you may go in life and that life has different paths to take and to be sure that you take the path where you want to go and not to follow others because that path may not lead to the road to happiness. This book theme is to learn as much as you can as soon as the new places you will go.
I love this book too! It's a very common book that are given as gifts to graduating students. Good pick for poetry, can be tough for some people to understand reading the poems but after seeing the pictures and the explanation of the story it is easy to understand. Your personal relationship with the book is good, it helps us understand how it can relate to our life before and now. Great pick :)
ReplyDeleteAs far as discussing social justice, I agree that not all books will determine society. Instead, I like how you used the theme "it's more of telling where you may go in life and that life has different paths......" Overall, it seems like this book is more about the theme rather than social justice. Good job!
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