Milkweed Illustrator #5

For this meeting my group and I have read the first 140 pages of the novel Milkweed, by Jerry Spinelli, and for this meeting in particular I have also taken on the role of illustrated. For which I have illustrated this this image in accordance to page 75.

This illustration demonstrates Misha's want to meet with Janina, and his newly found close bond with her, that would lead to her family excepting him as one of their own on page 99. This is important to the story because before this event the only family he had was the one Uri made up for him. Although, some could consider Uri and the rest of the boys to have become a part of his family also. However, Janina's family did not start to accept Misha for no reason, or only after meeting him once. They started treating him like family, the minute after he started stopping by on a regular basis to drop off half his food to them, even though they knew he barely had enough to feed himself with both halves. 

Groups Opinions (What do they think the illustration represents): 

     Claire: It represents how much he misses her, and how much he cares for her.
     Arabela: absent
     Nina: It represents his brotherly love for her and her family, to the point where he brings them food everytime he comes over even though he didn't even have enough to feed himself by the end.