In the article” The First Day” written by Edward P. Jones, the author describes the first day that his mother took him to register in a new school which was not near his mother’s church. He uses some details to show his mother and he had close relationship. Jones states that his mother and he met a rich woman and her daughter who were very unfriendly. The author also states that his mother asked the unfriendly woman for help to fill out registration paper and told the woman she could not read or write. Then, they met a pretty woman who was the author’s teacher. The author compares the detail that his mother darned her socks and the pretty teacher looked like figure in magazine to show that people in this school were rich while his family was