Bobby's Use Of Symbolism In The Great Gatsby

Some people get stuck in situations that they can’t get out of. Bobby grew up in brooklyn and wasn’t used to very many responsibilities. Bobby having a child a this age is very irresponsible and has affected his life physically and mentally. Bobby is just now understanding the freedoms he loses with a baby.

The basketball on the court symbolizes childhood rolling away. K-boy asked Bobby if he wanted to ball up with him and as he sat the ball down and it rolled away, it reminded him of his childhood leaving and rolling away. The basketball represents his childhood and it rolling away represents it leaving him because of the baby coming. This symbol is important because it shows the reader that his mindset is changing. All wrapped up, Bobby is losing his childhood because of Feather.

Trophies in the doctor's office symbolizes the things the things he can’t do anymore. Bobby was sitting calm in the doctor's office with Nia when she was getting a check up. As Nia was getting her check up, Bobby had been gazing at the trophies that the doctor had been awarded and it reminded him of the things he used to do and the hobbies that he used to have. This analogy of the

trophies to the hobbies that Bobby won’t be able to have anymore is quite important in my opinion for the reason that it adds to the reflection of childhood to Bobby. Trophies represent achievements and that ability has been halted from Bobby after the baby came into the family picture.

Bobby drawing on the walls symbolizes the feelings that he's been holding in for so long.

As the story goes, Bobby ventured out in search for a blank canvas of a wall and thereafter he began coating the wall with some of the most meaningful moments in his life, such as, him thinking of himself as a ghost, the balloon being handed to him that broke the news of the child, and Bobby with K-boy relaxing on the apartment complex staircase. The graffiti scattered on the wall really expressed how Bobby was feeling about the situation and how this child has affected his life. This moment really impacted the feel and the emotions of the rest of the story. To wind up these thoughts of mine, The analogy of the graffiti wall to his feelings really hit hard of the seriousness of how he was

feeling.

Bobby having a child at this age is very irresponsible and has affected his life in many ways. Bobby is just now understanding the things that this baby has taken out of his life. The basketball symbolizes his childhood rolling away from him. The trophies represent achievements that he won’t be able to accomplish anymore because of this baby. The wall represents all of the emotions rolling through his head as he is trying to wrap his head around having a kid. Having a child at the age 16 can hit hard and it has hit bobby pretty hard. Even though everything everything about this baby sounds negative, it has brought happiness to bobby and nia and that's all that really matters.