The First Part Last Angela Johnson Symbols

Most people don’t know the backstory of one of the first African American women to help the first space launch. Katherine Johnson was one of them. They were called computers because they were African American. She affected the greatest history event of all time.It is a pleasure for me to tell you about the impact Katherine Johnson made in our lives till this day.

Murder usually happens because people can't accept others. However, in the short story, “On The Sidewalk Bleeding”, if at least one person would have considered helping Andy and not turn their backs on him. He would have lived. “On the sidewalk” Bleeding was written by Evan Hunter. Evan hunter's lesson of the story is self-identity, this is the main theme of the story because it is built around why Andy was stabbed. Andy was stabbed because he was wearing a purple jacket with the word royals on the back. The royals are a gang, their rivals are called the guardians. The author showed a few symbols in the story, but the main one is Andy's jacket. The jacket is the main symbol because without it there would be no story.

The theme in the book Shane, by Jack Schaefer, portrays that true manhood consists not of bravado or status, but of character, honor, and loyalty. The main character is a man named Shane, who rides into a small valley mysteriously at the beginning of the book and takes a position as the aid of a farmer, Joe Starett. When Shane arrives, Joe and the other farmers of the valley are struggling, while the rancher Fletcher is the highest valley authority. The townspeople and Bob, Joe’s son, struggle to discover what make a man honorable and manly. They hold Fletcher and his cowboys as authorities, manly men in a culture that admires this, because of the glamour of their profession. Fletcher’s confidence and bravado, as well as his profession and position, appear to the townspeople to be the epitome of manhood. Bob falls into this easy way of thinking as well; he says that before Shane came into his life his highest aspiration was to become like his father, but his ambition was to first be a cowboy. Bob visualizes himself riding through the country: rough, strong, free, and well-liked. After Shane arrives, Bob starts thinking about true manhood, comparing his father, Shane, Fletcher, and the cowboys. He realizes that manhood is not being like Fletcher, with shows of bravado designed to insult others, but instead is standing up for your family and principles when necessary. Bob also learns that manhood has to do a great deal with character, finding

Her dream when she was a kid was to fly in balloons for a living. Now, she could barely even afford a birthday balloon, let alone one big enough to fly in. All with having a child, and still trying to go to school. Her childhood dreams were crushed. Her and Bobby both have to give up what's dearest to them, and focus on the impending task at hand. So on Bobby's sixteenth birthday, Nia gives Bobby a balloon. The thing she wanted to do, but can't now. She is handing over everything she wanted to ever be to the man whom she must raise this child with. As a way of saying "I am yours, and you are mine. We are in this together

One of the symbols mentioned in the very beginning of the novel is the red balloon. On Bobby’s 16th birthday, Nia brought him a red balloon and she told him that she was pregnant. The balloon represents Nia giving away her innocence to Bobby and giving up on what on they had. It symbolizes that she can’t go through the pregnancy on her own. Also, red can symbolize love, hurt, and help. “I’ll never forget that look and how her voice shook when she said, Bobby, I’ve got something to tell you” (Johnson 6). This shows how Nia is scared to have a baby because she is only a teenager and she is scared to tell her family.

Towards the beginning of the novel, there is a scene where Bobby is caring for Feather, his infant daughter, when his basketball rolls away from him, towards the door. This basketball symbolizes Bobby's old life, and his old responsibilities. Before he had Feather, Bobby would play basketball with his friends, and just have fun. Now, the responsibility of having a child has consumed all of his time, and when the ball rolls away from him, it represents his old habits and actions leaving his life. This supports

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

In one scene of the memoir, Allison describes her uncles and their need to be depicted as masculine and to act “hard” to the world around them. She also remembers her cousins as young boys and how quickly they seemed to turn into men. The time came for them to act as the world expected them to. This action shows how gender may oppress some males when they feel the pressures of the world to act a certain way. Otherwise, they are at risk for being seen as different and abnormal. Men who do not portray masculinity well are often seen as feminine and weak. When Allison describes her uncles she states, “If you didn’t look close, you might miss the sharp glint of pain in their eyes, the restless angry way they gave themselves up to fate,” (Allison, 28). These men already had their futures planned for them though the society and gender norms. Acting against these norms was seen as unusual, radical, and

Bobby does not want to do the same thing because," Things have to change. "(Johnson 4) Bobby now has a responsibility he needs to take care of, which is his little baby girl. He lets go of the past and wants to make his and Feathers life the best

In the beginning, Nia decides to give Bobby a red balloon on his 16th birthday. While doing this, she says, “Bobby, I have something to tell you.” With this, some conclusions that are drawn are that the news is not positive, and it could mean a drastic change in Bobby’s life. Also, the red balloon has the potential to symbolize many other objects, including Nia’s childhood, innocence, children, and change that is yet to come. For example, since the news is likely about pregnancy, the balloon could represent Nia giving up her innocence and childhood to Bobby, since she has to give up her old life for new responsibilities that come with being a

The basketball represents or symbolizes childhood in this novel. The basketball represents childhood because it shows how or what bobby used to do when he was a not a parent and had innocents he played basketball. This also shows us as bobby forgets about feather and runs back to her, sits the ball down and it rolls away it shows how his innocents are rolling away and how he is now a parent and needs to take care of feather. As or when bobby sees his brother nick he throws the ball back at him it shows him getting his childhood back and the

Every time that Bobby would walk by Just Frank on the street, Just Frank would ask if Bobby was "being a man" (Johnson 7). A true man would give up his wants to help someone in need. When Just Frank died trying to save a girl in an ally, he was symbolizing a hero. Just Frank could have had a feeling that Bobby's immaturity would lead him down a path where he would end up having to make some tough choices. Just Frank could have been trying to get Bobby to try to mature so that he could be a hero to Feather, his daughter, who was a result of his poor choices. Bobby never really did know what Just Frank meant when he asked him this, but he eventually understood when he finally matured fully into a man. Bobby finally felt like a man when he took on the challenge of raising his daughter alone. After Bobby finalized his decision, he said ,"I think I see Just Frank standing at the end of the hall" (Johnson 126). By quitting his immature actions, and keeping the baby, Bobby finally felt like he was "being a man" (Johnson 126). Having a vision of Just Frank made Bobby realize why he had always asked him that same question over and over again. He realized that Just Frank knew that Bobby would finally have to grow up so that he could be Feather's hero. When Bobby finally grew up and matured, he felt vastly satisfied with

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's best friends are K-boy and J.L, and he was going to go to the park to play basketball with them. On his way down the steps he remembers Feather. He now has to walk back to the apartment and tend to feathers needs. He sets the ball down and it rolls away from him and into the hallway. When the ball rolls away it is representing Bobby's old life or childhood. His fun is rolling away from him and he is stuck with life. Now instead of having a good time with his friends, he has to take care of

Ethan Frome is a novel published in 1911 written by Edith Wharton. In this novel a man named Ethan Frome, married to Zenobia Frome, falls in love with another woman named Mattie Silver. Mattie is the bright light in Ethan’s dark life. Wharton utilizes symbolism to create emotion and meaning throughout the story. She uses objects, numbers, and the setting to shed light on the various elements of the story that she deems important.