Symbolism In The Great Bobby

The last symbol in the novel that supports that Bobby becomes a man and comes of age

Colour is a symbolic material in various sections of the film, as it functions as connecting visual and thematic threads which allude to connotations of danger, love, passion shaping her as a dynamic, charismatic character. Lola's fiery red hair highlights her speed, as she nearly runs through the entire movie. There are scenes where Lola and Manni are together and are seemingly illuminating red light, which exhibits their love and passion. The colour red is symbolically used in the film to emphasize certain aspects of Lola's life that are maintained in the use of props. In the beginning, the call to Lola is answered on a red phone, which highlights the urgency of Manni’s call and sets the precedence for the symbolic use of red throughout the movie. The recurring motif of the red ambulance at the end of each run represents urgency and tension. The red accents the rushed plotline, the love between Lola and Manni, and the blood of them both.

This is one of the reasons I think Bobby has come of age. In the nextparagraph i'm going to tell another reason how Bobby has come of age.""The second reason to how Bobby has come of age is he is losing his old identity andgaining a new one as he is coming of age. In the book "The First Part Last" he spray paints awall. This wall symbolizes all his positive memories from being a kid all the way to when Featherwas born. Then Johnson goes on to say, "Finally it's just me and that thing in the baby carrierwho doesn't have a face" (pg.60). In this chapter he wants to find the baby's face but he can't. Ina few chapters after that Angela says "I climb the stairs and think about holding her, or maybeI'm really thinking about just holding on to her"(pg.75). He realized Feather is the missing piece inhis life and he wants to keep it that way and not lose her. He needs to lose his old partying anddoing whatever he wants identity and get a new mature and father like identity in order to dothat.This has to do with Angela Johnson's discussion regarding coming of age because he has tochange so much to be mature it's like he's gaining a new identity and growing up.This is anotherreason I think Bobby has come of age.

Bobby will be coming of age and symbolizing his coming of age is a balloon. A balloon is the best thing a child could get for a gift. On Bobby's 16th birthday his girlfriend Nia arrives to his house with a red balloon and some news. Nia tells Bobby that she is pregnant. So the gift of a balloon represents Nia's childhood and she is giving it away. It is also red, and red can symbolize a few different things. Red is the meaning of love, anger, and fear. Nia is giving her love to bobby, but she fears what is going to come, and angry that this is happening to her.

Nia (bobby's girlfriend) hands him the balloon containing the symbol of innocence, as she reveals a shocking surprise to bobby, that she's pregnant. bobby will soon be a father and will face something he did not want to deal with, Nias pregnancy. Now he knows for certain that it's time to grow up and start acting like a father instead of a child.

A symbol that is shown is the symbol of the arcade, and children playing games. Bobby will see these children, or talk of what his friends are doing in the arcade; furthermore, it shows that Bobby wants to be a kid again. A symbol that is also shown is the symbol of the bubblegum. The bubblegum found on page 108 shows that he feels the temptation to leave Feather behind, and to just have his life be easy and simple. These symbols all show his longing to be a kid again, but he doesn’t follow these promptings. Bobby always seems to only glance at these symbols, but not put them to action. He doesn’t want to leave Feather all alone, even if it is hard. Another thing that Bobby does throughout the book is he censors himself. Instead of speaking out loud, he stops himself. On page forty-two, Bobby thinks to himself while the teacher is talking, and doesn’t try to contradict what the teacher is saying. He tries his hardest to just listen and keep the situation from getting worse. Throughout the book, Bobby says that he sometimes wants to be like Feather. He even acts like he is Feather’s brother on page 82 saying, “Yeah, she’s easy to deal with, my sister,” in order to get out of the responsibility of being a parent, yet he still has to take care of Feather at the end of the day. “This must be what made my mom’s eyes narrow and nasty words come out of her mouth. This must be what helped give my dad an ulcer and that look on his face that says-what next (Page 33)?” Bobby is able to realize that what he has done has changed the lives of his parents, and it has made the situation harder for his family overall. He feels bad, saying, “I feel worse because I’m taking my dad’s smile and probably some more things he’ll never talk about (Page 74),” and he sees that he might have taken his dad’s smile away. He feels guilty, and therefore decides that he will do as much as he can without his parent’s help. This

First i'll be talking about what the basketball really means in the First Part Last. This basketball symbolizes childhood. Of course it can be something else but it's the way how the author had used the basketball in the book that makes it a symbolism of childhood. It's used to tell the readers that the character Bobby is finally Maturing since he is becoming a father.It's getting to him that he can't be a kid anymore because now he has to be the grown up. It's hard for him but it wasn't anyone's else choice it was his and Nias.

One symbol would be when Bobby forgot Feather to go play basketball. The symbol here is the basketball. When he got home, Bobby set the basketball down and it rolled into his mothers room. The symbol for this is that the basketball is his childhood. I think that Bobby forgot Feather because he

In the book(page 22-25), Bobby has a basketball and forgets about his baby named Feather. When he goes to put the basketball down on the floor, it rolls away from him. This is a symbol of Bobby’s teen and childhood going away. The chapter also talks about him going to go play basketball. Going back to the basketball rolling away, this part means that he cannot hangout with friends anymore. The ball rolls over to his mother’s bedroom door meaning that Bobby has to start acting like a parent and not a child. That is why the basketball represents Bobby coming of

Let me mention that I’m not saying that Bobby isn’t becoming an adult. I’m just saying that he didn’t come of age by the end of the novel. Anyway, the basketball symbolizes his childhood. In the novel, he sets it down and lets it roll away. This could mean that he is becoming a responsible adult. This doesn’t mean he is an adult. Also, this isn’t the only object that symbolizes his childhood. The arcade and the playground symbolize it too. They show that he is realizing that he needs to become an adult.

The red balloon is a symbol. It symbolizes that Nia is giving up her childhood. It also shows who is in control. Usually when you have a balloon you are in control of it, but the thing you are controlling is the string not the balloon itself. “Then she handed me the balloon” (Johnson, .) Nia gives Bobby the red balloon when she tells him that she is pregnant. Upon hearing the word or seeing the color red, what does the mind think of? Is it blood, help, love or negative things? With this in mind, what else does the mind think of when

First, the basketball is a symbol that represents childhood, this came up in the story by when Bobby’s friend K-Boy ask him to go play basketball because that was what they always use to do. Then Bobby went to go play basketball but as he was walking down the road to there he remember that Feather was still at home and he hurry back home to see she was still asleep in her crib. He

The balloon is red and in the beginning, Nia gives the ballon to Bobby. The balloon is a symbol of love, that Nia is giving her innocents to Bobby, and showing that Bobby needs to start growing up. When they were standing on the steps together they looked at each other, "then she handed me the balloon." Pg. 5. The balloon is a big symbol and it shows that Bobby's childhood is floating away and he's coming of

In the story, When the Legends Die, author Hal Borland symbolizes red throughout the story and at least once within each four sections.

Before the initial introduction of Curley's wife, her character is explored through the discussion of the men in the bunkhouse. The language they use forces the reader to form an opinion of her before she is seen in the novella. Candy says 'she got the eye', which gives her the characteristic of a 'tart' since she is a married woman who is seen flirting with various men on the ranch. This negative image is enhanced through the semantic field of misogynistic and derogatory language used against her, including 'bitch', 'poison' and 'rattrap'. She acts as a microcosm of women in society during the 1930's, representing their mistreatment by men and how they were viewed as possessions and objects.