The First Part Last is a novel about this teenager named Bobby and how teenage pregnancy affects his life. The story goes from then to now every chapter and, and at the end of the book, the then and now meets up. Bobby Impregnates a teenage girl named Nia (his girlfriend). The story talks about how they make it through this rough time. Near the end, Nia starts to get eclipse, which girls have a chance to get when they are pregnant. At the end of the story Bobby has turned into an adult at the end of The First Part Last as he should have because Angela Johnson has all these symbols leading to Bobby maturing from then to now, and will be brought into further depth. Firstly, the symbol relating to bobby's maturity is involving the basketball, and how it rolls away from Bobby. On page 23 Angela Johnson, "I lay my basketball down and it rolled out the door into the hallway." This idea of the basketball rolling away represents Bobby's childhood leaving him. This shows bobby maturing, and having to take responsibilities with Feather. Some background information about what is happening here is that Bobby wanted to take a break from all of his …show more content…
I believe he wanted a fresh start and leave his past. This act, in my opinion, is kind of needed for what he has gone through. In the end of the story Bobby does not want to talk about all of the bad things, and tries to stay on the positive side. On page 131-132 Bobby says, "I won't talk about the good-byes... I won't say... I wont talk about how I woke up one night to my mom rocking Feather and telling her to mind me and take care of me." This idea in my mind is saying that He does not want to get into the saddening and hard times in his life that he had, but Angela puts it in there to some more about bobby's character. When Bobby is moving to Heaven, Ohio, this represents freedom, a new life, and a new way of living with