Analyzing The Theme Of Growing Up In The First Part Last By Angela Johnson

On page 125 of the book, it says, "When I walk out of the office i think i see "Just Frank" standing at the end of the hall. And then i know I'm being a man, not just some kid who's upset and wants it his way." Just Frank was a homeless man who always asked Bobby if he was being a man when he passed him. Later on in the story, Frank dies. When Frank said "Are you being a man today?", he was asking Bobby if he is acting like an adult, and not just some kid who wants to run away from all of his problems. Frank must have had some experience about being too childlike. He must have made some wrong choices in his life, and he did not want anyone else to make the same mistakes he did. Just like Frank must have had an experience to make him realize that he made a mistake, Bobby is realizing he needs to change after Nia gets sick. Bobby is going to miss Nia like crazy, and he knows he needs to take good care of Feather for Nia. Bobby also knows that by taking care of Feather, apart of Nia will still live on in her. Bobby is finally growing up and getting his life together. He is starting to change into the person he needs to be to be an exceptional father for

In this novel will bobby become a man and or come of age? Bobby will become a man due to how he starts to act with feather like how instead of sending her into adoption he kept her as his baby . Also in the novel we see how bobby comes of adve as in the quote " you wanna go on a walk bobby,sure i grab feather get her ready and mary takes her from me" and she sees that he is now mature and she takes feather so paul and bobby can go on a walk. Finally another example of bobby growing up and or being a man is that he moved to heaven and or ohio to raise his baby in a better place. So these are some examples to show how bobby has become of age and this clearly shows that he is a man.

How do you think a person with a baby on its way have to come of age? Well this question is related to two people named Bobby and Nia but the only thing is that they are both still teens in high school. They are both in a book called The First Part Last by Angela Johnson. I'm going to talk about how they are going to come of age throughout the book by symbols.

" what you thinking about Bobby?"Bobby has always been wondering what Heaven, Ohio would be like.He feels like it would be a better lifestyle not just for him but also Feather. Bobby is the main character in the First Part Last, this novel is a more of a growing up novel and to help kids learn what not to do.The author Angela Johnson used symbols to describe how Bobby is becoming mature.

Bobby, a teenage boy is on a journey to “come of age”, he must due to certain circumstances like his newborn baby girl, whom he is raising practically on his own. Bobby know that to be a good father he needs to grow up.

“But I figure if the world were really right, humans would live life backward and do the first part last. They’d be all knowing in the beginning and innocent in the end” (Johnson 4). Angela Johnson is the author of The First Part Last. Throughout the novel, Johnson shows us how Bobby goes through struggles in life and how he changes. Bobby just turned 16, he lives in New York City, and he get his girlfriend, Nia, pregnant. His parents are Mary and Frank. Feather is Bobby and Nia’s daughter who looks just like Nia. Bobby takes on the responsibility of caring for and nurturing Feather on his own. He wants to come of age and become a man based on evidence from the novel and symbols that are mentioned in it. The symbols to support this are, the basketball, balloon, arcade, and Just Frank. These symbols not only support that Bobby wanted to come of age and become a man, but he did.

In simpler words, Bobby was one of the branches of a tree that was going to lead us into the main point involving Gabriel, the orange tree, and the

Bobby, a young troubled man, Was raised by his father, a professional con artist after the death of his mother. From a very young age Bobby was exposed to the criminal acts of his father and was taught to lead the same path. When he turns seventeen years old, Bobby meets and falls in love with a girl called Gwen. She gives him a sense of identity and belonging he missed his entire life. During the same time he learns

First, the basketball symbolizes childhood in this novel. It symbolizes it when Bobby was called to go play basketball with his friends and as soon as left the apartment and he was around the corner he remembered Feather. As he goes to go get Feather he sets the ball down and it rolls into his mother's room.That moment symbolizes that his childhood is now

When the realization hit him, that he was growing up too fast and becoming a parent as well, he often had moments of remembrance which made him miss his former youth that he no longer has. He thinks back regularly about his childhood, and nearly everything he does or sees symbolizes his youth and makes him see even more that he needs to be a man, to teach his new child the ways of life, and how "coming of age" is a painful process. Bobby has a theory, one that most people should consider as well. "But I figure if the world were really right, humans would live backward and do the first part last. They'd be all knowing in the beginning and innocent at the end." (angella johnson page 4) Which means, rather than being forced to be faced with all the heavy moments that life carries, we would be born with all that we need to know and die a happier ending. Bobby expresses this because his daughter makes him contemplate how life actually is and how he wants the best for her, instead of seeing her get hurt. His theory has to do with the process of coming of age, but in this case in

Growing up is a journey, to be specific it 's a journey in a maze. We go around in different directions in hopes to find out who we indeed are. Left to right in every direction we run into things that change our mindset and by the end of the maze, we are entirely different people. Most mazes have doors; open one door new beginning, shut another end of that chapter. Specific events in life alter our young minds, and we tend to grow from these experiences. Personal and social encounters come our way and turn us into adults. Milkman in the novel Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison goes through various incitements and awakenings that force him to change his ways and enhance his

Even after having a kid, some people still have the feel of childhood and do not get the concept of being adult, in some cases people are forced to grow up, but do they really ever grow up? In the story, the first part last by Angela Johnson puts Bobby and Nia into an adult situation when they are just in high school, still living childhood lives. Throughout their experience, there is the same concept, coming of age. Bobby does come of age by considering himself a man or an adult, by taking the responsibility of a child on his own and by stopping the activities or actions he did as a child.

Before the baby was born bobby was wanting some sort of ticket out. He wanted a ticket. A magic note that would just take care of everything. That he was no longer going to have to deal with the mistake he made. This really shows how much bobby needs to grow. Bobby is still thinking like a child. That is his needs are more important than others. Bobby was just looking for an easy way out. This is the way most children look at things. We try to find a short cut. Bobby hasn’t learned the reality of the situation he is in now.

Growing up is something we all have to face regardless of our age, gender, social or cultural status. Growing up is a gradual ladder toward changing (developing) from a naïve child into a mature adult. This change is shaped by the influential people and experiences we have met along the way. Growing up is not an easy process in most cases, but with proper support and positive guidance growing up can be the most rewarding experience. Through the journey of growing up we adopt a sense of responsibility and independence. Growing up is the difference between being told what to do and what decisions to make to making your own decisions and choosing the path you think is right. Becoming independent is one of the most frightening

The title ‘Growing up’ is therefore very apt to describe the situation in the Quick’s household. It is shown that the parents also need to grow up with their children and realize that they will soon not always be the epicenter of the lives of their children. Change due to time is inevitable and the sooner one ‘grows up’ it is better. In addition to this Joyce Cary also suggests that growing up is always hard whether it’s at the teenage years or at