Time flies by, we already started reading Bloomability by Sharon Creech! This cycle, I chose to be an Illustrator. My job is to draw a picture related to the book I am reading and give a brief summary of the drawing.
I chose to draw a picture representing Dinnie's current life.
Since her dad keeps on finding different jobs, her family is constantly on the move. Dinnie is extremely adaptable, but she is tired of moving. She wants to have a place she can call home. She wants to be settled in somewhere with her family without having to move every couple months, or each year.
Unfortunately, you cannot see certain parts of the drawing clearly. On the top, you see a map of United States of America - the states colored in are places Dinnie used to live in. (Excuse the enormous lack of precision in drawing the states, the space was smaller than I expected) Dinnie had to move from Kentucky to Virginia to North Carolina to Tennessee to Wisconsin to Ohio to Indiana to Oklahoma to Oregon to Texas to California to New Mexico to Arkansas. Later on, she also moved to Switzerland. Overall, she had to move fourteen times in twelve years. As someone who never moved before, I do not know how this feels like, but I can make an assumption it is really demanding and emotional. Both the USA map and Switzerland resemble the fact Dinnie moves a lot.
To the right of the states drawing, in the corner up, you see a quote from the book. It says; "I was in a box, swaying from side to side. The box was labeled ROBOT and was on wheels and it rushed down tracks which turned into a dinosaur's spine and then into a river." (Chapter 3, page 19) I included this in the drawing to portray Dinnie's feelings while at the Zurich airport and train station. (Her aunt and uncle took her with them to Lugano, Switzerland since they both got a job as teachers in a good school. Dinnie is supposed to live with them and go to the school they teach at.)
To the left of the states, it says "Domenica Santolina Doone" - that is Dinnie's full name.
The drawing in the middle resembles Dinnie in her own little bubble. She says she feels like she is in a smooth bubble clear enough to see through but strong enough to keep her inside.
In the left bottom corner, there is another quote from the book. "Little Adaptable Robot Dinnie" (Chapter 3, page 18). This is how Dinnie started calling herself - she moves so often, just following her dad all the time, she started feeling like a robot.
There is also a drawing of a plane, a suitcase, and passport next to a baby. Under it, it says "opportunity". It means, once again, that Dinnie moved constantly since she was very young. And the word opportunity is written because Dinnie's dad believed that with every new job, there is a new opportunity for a better life.
Also, the circle next to the flowers has her feelings written in it - happy, sad, mad, tired, confused. The words are outlined with "Why can't we stay at the same place?"
Last but not least, in the bottom right corner, there are smileys mixed with sad faces. This shows that Dinnie has a happy life, but at some points really despises moving around all the time and not having a choice of her own.
Thank you for your time!
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