Who Is Bobby In The First Part Last Coming Of Age?

Another mysterious image Yusef writes is “A white vet's image floats closer to me, then his pale eyes look through mine. I'm a window. He's lost his right arm inside the stone”. When he says a white vet's image floats closer to me, he could either be talking about the memory of a white man he served with or a white man walking closer to him at the wall. When the man's pale eyes look through Yusef's this could be that the man at the wall is not really looking at him but at the names on the wall, or that the eyes are looking through him because Yusef is watching him die in Vietnam as his soul is drifting away. Perhaps this is the Andrew Johnson and he lost his arm “in the stone” as in in the war and Yusef is speaking for him and other fallen heroes like a window. Also if it is a real man's reflection, maybe his pale eyes looking through Yusef's could be showing Yusef the same pain and hurt that they both went through in the war in the sense that Yusef becomes a window, by sharing the same hurt. Maybe this man really did not have an arm or maybe his reflection of his arm was just hiden in the wall. This symbolizes what

In addition to this, belonging to a family is a key concept in this novel. The novel opens with an alluring introduction to the family; a blissful atmosphere is created through the picturesque icons of their family life. The composer uses small photograph like icons to allude towards the widely acknowledged contentment that is readily associated with the memories in a picture album. Tan introduces the motif of the paper crane which he carries through the length of his novel as a symbol of affection and belonging between the family members. The next pages signify the break in contentment as the man begins his journey and a salient image of the couple with their hands grasping the other’s parallels the anxiety and despair in their downcast facial expressions. Although the gloomy atmosphere, the light sepia tones in the picture allow an insight into the tender and loving relationship that the family members share. Upon the man’s departure the paper crane motif returns and he hands it to his daughter as a token of his undying love for her. His migratory experience is studded by the comfort and ease that he obtains from a picture of his family. In paralleled scenes on the boat and the new apartment, the

“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.

Throughout Shaun Tans surrealist picture books ‘The Lost Thing’ and ‘The Red Tree’ the overarching theme of hope is explored. Both books implement symbolism and positioning to reveal the extended metaphor of hope. In ‘The Red Tree’ Tan uses the symbol of a red leaf on every page to represent hope, similarly, ‘The Lost Thing’ has the symbol of a white, curvy arrow on almost every page to also symbolise hope. Tan uses the red leaf as a metaphor to the reader that hope is always present, even if sometimes the person cannot see it at that moment. This is represented in the ‘nobody understands’ picture where the little girl is seen in a glass bottle with a diving helmet on, the red leaf is positioned behind her and she cannot see it; Tan also makes the leaf a darker tone so it blends in with the background, further emphasising the notion of hope not always being noticeable. Correspondingly, in ‘The Lost Thing’ the symbol of the white arrow is found on almost every page, however, the protagonists do not

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

The text is very descriptive and loaded with symbols. The author takes the opportunity to relate elements of setting with symbols with meanings beyond the first reading’s impressions. The house that the characters rent for the summer as well as the surrounding scenery are introduced right from the beginning. It is an isolated house, situated "quite three miles from the village"(947); this location suggests an isolated environment. Because of its "colonial mansion"(946) look, and its age and state of degradation, of the house, a supernatural hypothesis is implied: the place is haunted by ghosts. This description also suggests stability, strength, power and control. It symbolizes the patriarchal oriented society of the author’s time. The image of a haunted house is curiously superimposed with light color elements of setting: a "delicious garden"(947), "velvet meadows"(950), "old-fashioned flowers, and bushes and gnarly trees"(948) suggest bright green. The room has "air and sunshine galore"(947), the garden is "large and shady"(947) and has "deep-shaded arbors"(948). The unclean yellow of the wallpaper is

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

All of the elements in the painting set the mood of sadness as the Indians meet their inevitable end. In the painting there are representatives of different Indian tribes and a diverse age of individuals ranging from infants to elderly, all at the brink of the ocean with the sun setting in the distance. The setting for the painting could not be more perfect as the sun sets to signify the end for the few who have not surrendered and gone to camps

Many of the symbols in the novel remind Robert of his troubled past. Some of the symbols in the book appeal to both the reader and Robert, exacerbating his struggles. After finishing his training, Robert boards a ship headed for the war zone. When tasked horse injured onboard the ship, he is clearly troubled; as he is unsuccessful in killing the horse the first time, “[a] chair [falls] over in his mind” (Findley 60). The horse is a symbol of Rowena, an innocent person who dies because of her disability. During training, he feels socially obliged to go to a brothel with his peers, and experiences shame associated with the death of Rowena. Instead of watching over her, Robert was “[m]aking love to his pillows” (Findley 16). As a result, he is very insecure about his sexuality and his private life in general. The scene where he is sitting in the bathtub after Rowena’s death is symbolic of Robert giving up his childhood, concomitant with his innocence. The tub represents the womb; his mother tells him a story of his childhood one last time before he joins the army, becoming an adult in some sense. Through symbolism, one can make the connection between Robert’s troubled past, the cruel world he lives in, and his experiences in the war.

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.

The man carrying the basket is what I believe to represent him. The ribbon seems to be tying him to what many people want him to believe is symbolized by the basket. The flowers represents those who are against him and want him to think a certain way. The woman in the background represent his personal beliefs. That help him stand despite what everyone else wants him to think or create in his art.

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

In addition to using symbolism, Le Guin writes using vivid imagery to describe the theme of the story. She gives the reader an image of the room the child lives. “It has one locked door, and no window. A little light seeps in dustily between cracks in the

The imagery shows the main point of the poem which is children going through a tough time when they are not supposed to and all they can do is cry at the moment. A symbolism that was found in the poem was the death of alice. The death of alice symbolize joy because Alice was able to escape the tough time children had to face. It says in line 54 “ death in life as best to have” this indicates that many of the children rather die because it is their only escape from child labor.