Become A Grown Up
"Whats gonna go down, is already set"- K-Boy. The background of this is when Bobby was talking about "Fate" and what he thinks it is. I myself think that fate does exist, and that your existence is planned out, but you are only put on this earth for as long as you are needed in the universe. Although others believe that your choices can change your fate even though that those choices are your fate those were planned out, you can't change fate. In this novel Angela Johnson shows that Bobby comes of age by using many many symbols. These symbols are the Basketball shows childhood, The Note is like a get out of life free card, The arcade is symbolic for Freedom/Childhood.
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Bobby's childhood is just like the basketball, he sets the basketball on the floor and it just rolls away. This also symbolizes coming of age because when your childhood is rolling away you know that you are beginning to become older. One quote that is good for this is "It's time to grow up, too late, your out of time. Be a grown up." This is a good quote because it shows that as soon as that ball begins rolling, you can claw at it all that you want, but you can't stop it all that you can do is grow up. You don't have a lot of time to grow up but you have to anyway, you don't have a choice. The basketball represents Bobby's childhood as it is rolling away and that he can't stop it so he must accept it and grow up.
When Bobby was having trouble in his life, he wanted a pass. That pass shows that he wants a get out of life free card, so he wouldn't have to deal with it, a sick pass so he didn't have to do anything. This represents coming of age because Bobby didn't want to come of age he wanted to be a kid again, he wanted his innocence. Bobby was wanting to ask his mom do give him a note for school because of all the things that are happening or that he felt "sick" and wanted a doctors note. The note represents Bobby not wanting to come of age because he didn't want to grow up he didn't want to lose his
First, Malcolm McBride who is a freshman point guard for the Michigan State Spartans and is from Detroit, Michigan and plays street ball for a living. Being at Detroit, Malcolm didn’t really live in a very nice house and so he had to work hard to support his family and he really cares about his sister who passed away, so he always wants the ball all the time (Ball Hog) to make his sister proud. Malcolm symbolises what could happen when tragedy strikes but
Bobby is just a boy who like most nine year olds looks up to his older brother. The story is set in Cleveland, where Booby introduces his family of four. His father is a high school music teacher, his mother teaches exceptional children, and his brother Carlton
The poem is narrated in a limited third person perspective of a player that gains possession of the basketball after a rebound. The poet focuses the narrative on the actions directly following him gaining possession of the basketball. The determination the poet feels to keep the ball in his team’s possession and make a shot is felt strongly through the poem’s lines 3-7:
Paula Vogel’s play, How I Learned to Drive, artistically tackles the disturbing issue of incestual pedophilia. The play’s protagonist Li’l Bit narrates the action as she goes through her memory of specific events. Much like stream of consciousness, her narration does not lead chronologically to scenes in her past. Rather it jumps back and forth between the present and different points in her life. She tells of her memories of youth and her sexual and emotional relationship with her Uncle Peck. Rather than simply telling about her experiences, though, Li’l Bit shares her memories through vignettes which show the audience her role in the affair within the context of learning to drive (Greene 425).
In the book The Giver, Louis Lowry uses symbolism to induce the reader to think about the significance of an object or character in the book. She uses symbolism using objects or characters to represent something when she wants readers to think about its significance. She chooses not to tell her readers directly, but indirectly, by using symbolism. For example, she used light eyes, Gabriel and the sled as types of symbols with different meanings.
First, the author uses Figurative language to develop the theme by the mother uses a metaphor to describe her life and how difficult it was. It says, “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it, And splinters. And boards were torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor—Bare.“This shows the author use Figurative language to develop the theme of You have to rise above the obstacles because life is going to throw obstacles at you and you have to try to avoid them. This shows the theme because instead of going back down the staircase where there are no problems you have to push through to get over the problem. Second, the author uses Symbol to develop the theme by using the staircase that represents life and life is hard and there will be a ton of thing that try to push us down and just try to stop us It says, “ I’ve been a-climbing’ on, And reachin’ landings, And turnin’ corners, And sometimes goin’ in the dark Where there ain’t been no light. “This shows the author used Symbol to develop the theme of You have to rise above the obstacles because the mother kept going non-stop. This is important to notice because there will be a ton of thing that try to push us down and just try to stop us. To, sum up, the author of “Mother to Son” revealed the theme through Figurative language and
The central element of this novella is its symbolism. This novella has plenty of symbolical forms, such as people, creed, and some of the animals. Candy has several terms of symbolism, for example his disability is a symbol of the migrant workers who are just literally forgotten about, they are forgotten when they are no use to the owners. Candy’s dog is a symbol of a life only for advantage to others Lennie also for shadows this, he is belittled of his mind but enormously commented for his strength. Also he is compelled to lie about the fight he had with Curley, this is a symbol of typical male society in the, “Depression era”.
This poem dramatizes the conflict between love and lust, particularly as this conflict relates to what the speaker seems to say about last night. In the poem “Last Night” by Sharon Olds, the narrator uses symbolism and sexual innuendo to reflect on her lust for her partner from the night before. The narrator refers to her night by stating, “Love? It was more like dragonflies in the sun, 100 degrees at noon.” (2, 3) She describes it as being not as great as she imagined it to be and not being love, but lust. Olds uses lust, sex and symbolism as the themes in the story about “Last night”.
We have to be alive. Wouldn’t Little Bobby rather be alive than be remembered? Wouldn’t he be sitting in the park than the park named after him? I wanted to watch the new. Not be in it. The more I thought about it, the more I had my answer. We were staying home tomorrow and the next day and the day after that. We certainly weren’t going to be in no rally.” After Delphine reads the newspaper, she learns about Little Bobby. He was a member of the Black Panthers and fighting for his rights, caused his death. This leads her to be concerned about going to the rally for the Black Panthers. The fact that someone died makes her worried about her sister’s safety than anything else and to avoid all risk. Although Delphine got frightened quick, Sister Mukumbu, a teacher at the center tells Delphine, they must unite together. Nevertheless, Sister Mukumbu and others still fight for their rights despite the
Symbolism In "The Things They Carried" In Tim O'Brien's story "The Things They Carried" we see how O'Brien uses symbolism in order to indirectly give us a message and help us to connect to what the soldiers are thinking and feeling. During a war, soldiers tend to take with them items from home, kind of as a security blanket. The items they normally take with them tend to reveal certain characteristics of their personality. Henry Dobbins is the guy who loves to eat, so he made sure he took some extra food. Ted Lavender was the scaredy cat of the group, so he carried tranquilizers with him.
Alice Walker is a well-known African- American writer known for published fiction, poetry, and biography. She received a number of awards for many of her publications. One of Walker's best short stories titled "Everyday Use," tells the story of a mother and her two daughters' conflicting ideas about their heritage. The mother narrates the story of the visit by her daughter, Dee. She is an educated woman who now lives in the city, visiting from college. She starts a conflict with the other daughter, Maggie over the possession of the heirloom quilts. Maggie still lives the lifestyle of her ancestors; she deserves the right of the quilts. This story explores heritage by using symbolism of the daughters' actions, family items, and tradition.
From its title, the tone of the poem is already set as serious, and we know there will be a significant event taking place in someone's life. As earlier stated, a rite of passage is an important ceremony or a life changing event. Thus, we can infer that the poem's meaning will be important and serious. In the first line, "As the guests arrive at my son's party" the use of the word "guests", as opposed to the use of words like kids or boys or children, represents a more mature and serious feeling, more so than one would expect at a child's birthday party. Though it is a party, we don't feel any of the lighthearted, rambunctious excitement we would expect to find. Olds has set the tone as serious from that moment on, and it only becomes increasing so as we read on.
The entire story was a symbol of Needy’s life. The setting in the story was symbolic to the way Needy was feeling. Needy’s life was diminishing right before his eyes, and he did not realize it. The different changes in the story represented how much Needy’s life had gradually changed over time. By reading the story the reader can tell that Needy was in a state of denial.
The little’s boys white ball represents innocence compared to the Black ball which represents struggle, humiliation, and discrimination. In other parts of the story white represents the white men of the world. “Yes, son,” I said “your ball is white.” Mostly white anyway I thought.”Pg 352. When John thinks this he is saying that his son is innocent at least partially innocent, in that he has not learned what it means to be black. Being a Negro was something that you had to live with, and in the story Black Ball, John says “yes, he would play with the ball. Indeed, poor little rascal, he would play until he grew sick of playing.” What he means by this is that his son will have to continue dealing with the fact and difficulties that he is black and all the problems that come with it. There are three main color in this story, black, white, and red which represents wrath. At the end John thinks “maybe there was a color other than white on the old ball.” Pg 352 when he says this I think he is referring to the fact that maybe there is room for blacks in the world of the white people without
About a boy is a novel which follows the lives of two people: Marcus and Will. Marcus is a strange kid who struggles with growing up, he is in need for acceptance outside of his own family, he is searching for his own identity, he is a victim of constant bullying and is suffering with his lack of parental care. Will is the complete opposite to Marcus. He is a 36 year old who is in his own extended childhood, he is searching for his identity not wanting to lose his youth, he ‘prides himself on his cool’ and simply can’t find a way to grow up. It is when these two opposing characters meet that they soon act as catalysts for each other. From their dependence on others they find independence for themselves within one another.