Bobby Red Balloon Analysis

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The first part last, has so many symbols in it. The first symbol I am going to bring up is the red balloon. The red balloon represents childness and that they are not old enough to have a baby. The balloon comes up in the beginning of the story. It came up because on Bobby’s sixteenth birthday Nia hands him a red balloon and tell him the big news that she is pregnant. Near the middle of the story, Bobby and Nia go to a party and Nia is dancing and having a good time even though she is pregnant.The place they are at is a apartment and it is smoky,smelly, and has really loud music playing which,is probably not good for the baby. That action was really immature because a responsible woman that is pregnant wouldn’t go to a party at all. While they are at the party, Nia brings up the point that she is not ready to take care of a baby. Nia tells Bobby that she wants to give the baby up for adoption. Which is a really big decision because it is there baby and giving it up will be really hard once they actually have her. With the whole adoption process they can chooses if they want to be able to still see her or if they don’t want to see …show more content…

Which leads on to are next symbol. The Skiing trophies. This represent all that Bobby has accomplished in life. It also stands for all of Bobby’s dreams because he has a lot to live for as in his beautiful baby and his amazing artistic ability.The things that he has accomplished is a lot like he accomplished telling Nia’s parents and his parents that Nia is having a baby. Plus he tell his best friends K-boy and JL. Something that Bobby and Nia, both accomplished at the time is making the decision of putting their baby up for adoption. Bobby and Nia’s decision about giving feather up for adoption is a really big accomplishment because it is a life changer. But after all the problems that came up with having Feather. Bobby decides to keep her and care and love for his tiny and beautiful baby

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