What Does Bobby Mean

Bobby Trippe was very social and seemed to enjoy the life he led, as did Drew. It is this social man however; who is the victim of forced sodomy by local river people. However, it is because of this social nature that Bobby recoups to his former self after the conclusion of

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

The film begins with Stacy attending one of Bobby's wrestling matches. We see them make a long eye contact and see how small sparks start to form between them. Stacy's friends begin to describe Bobby as the perfect guys and try to convince Stacy to go after him. Fast forward a little and we see Stacy spot Bobby at a restaurant and proceed to go in and talk to him. At this time, Bobby is being portrayed as a very kind and sweet guy that only has good intentions. After a while of getting to know each other, they finally begin to start dating and we begin to see the cycle of violence in effect. Everything is all sunshines and rainbows for a while until we see tension building. The first sign we see is when one of Stacy's male friends approaches her and Bobby. The male friends ask Stacy to help them out with the student counseling meeting, but before he can finish we see Bobby speak up and tell him that they are both busy. Stacy doesn't think much of it and just shakes it off. A few seconds after this happens, a female friend of stacy approaches them. Bobby furiously gets up and walks away, stacy follows him and tries to calm him down and try to solve this issue. The first phase of the cycle of violence is over in his scene, but the second phase begins immediately

Another symbol is Just Frank, who is an old guy that stayed at the corner in the apartments. He would tell Bobby that he needed to change if he wanted to become a man. One night Just Frank was killed while trying to help a girl from being dragged into an alley by an idiot. Frank trying to help the girl was being a man. Bobby wants to be a man like Just Frank. He wants to be someone’s hero and make a change. “I went to his funeral at Zion AME, then walked home and held Feather for the rest of the night, wondering if I would be a man, a good man” (Johnson 7). This quote from the novel shows that Bobby wants to be like Just Frank and be a man.

First, Janie, the main character, starts off living and being taken care of her grandmother, Nanny. She later grows up to become married, but their relationship is not genuine because her grandmother wanted her to marry the man. Janie meets a man called Joe Starks and they run off to a town called Eatonville where Joe becomes Mayor and blinded by his power. He becomes violent and domestically abuses Janie. Joe would be manipulative and isolate her from the rest of the town because she was "high-class." They live on to become older, and he eventually dies due to a sickness he needed to have checked two years earlier, but it was too late.

It is hard to analyze Bobby as a character by using one theoretical perspective but I am confident that Lenore Walker’s “Cycle of Violence Theory” (Barnett, Miller-Perrin, and Perrin 315) best describes Bobby’s behaviors as a classic batterer. As defined, the theory has three phase’s, the first phase is “Tension Building”, minor incidents of violence, along with the build-up of anger, verbal put-downs, jealousy, threats, and breaking things. This phase could describe the initial escalation by Bobby to start intimidating Fran prior to their marriage. The second phase is the “Battering Phase”, where major violent outbursts occur like Bobby breaking Fran’s collarbone and nose. The last phase is the “Honeymoon Phase” where the perpetrator is remorseful and loving. There were times where this would apply, but Bobby was not consistently loving after he beat Fran, rather he would often attempt to downplay the intensity and effects or even blame Fran for causing the incident while downplaying his violence, and in some cases denying that it took place, as with the initial instance where Bobby explained that he “just came at you a lil”.

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

As you can see, the previously stated objects that Bobby encountered, prove that Bobby did come of age by the resolution of this novel. The gameboy because he thought about looking for it, but decided not to. Which symbolizes that later on he gets to a point where he sees no reason in trying to remain a child. The basketball, represents how Feather grew up with Bobby as her parent because he properly came of age by the end.

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

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.

First I'm going to talk about the Red Balloon, this symbol came up in the first chapter. Its popped up when Nia first found out she was pregnant and needed to tell Bobby. I think this was symbolizing his childhood just floalting away telling him he needs to be a man and start growing up. Bobby really took that to heart and started taking action. Bobby and Nia both started growing up and started thinking about the options, keeping the baby, adoption. They came to an agreement to put Feather up for adoption and they thought was best for the baby.

Coming of age is something that bobby has to learn, and he doesn't know how to do it so he is trying the best he can. The symbols we are talking about represent something thing and this next symbols represents coming of age and man hood. Just Frank is a special guy every body thinks he is a nobody, but he is realer than any of us.

Secondly, the characters in the novel, Bobby and Dr. Barney, teach that it is vital to hold on to hope because everyone has a future, regardless of the present and their past. Bobby shows things can change for the better with his discovery of his true home. Bobby announces at Six North that “This kid literally gave me the shirt off his back, the blue one right here and he didn’t know me from the Adam, and there ain’t no questions, without him, I wouldn’t have gotten this home. This new home” (Vizzini 317). Bobby lived in his car last year until a tow truck took away everything he had. Consequently, he loses hope and wants to kill himself. At Six North, Craig helps Bobby with a job interview. Through Craig’s act of kindness, Bobby learns that his true home is Six North where he is and welcomed and appreciated for who he is. Furthermore, Dr. Barney tells Craig about his personal experience with depression. He eventually reveals to Craig the secret to depression: