Universal Truth In The First Day By Edward P. Jones

The short story “The First Day” by Edward P. Jones conveys the universal truth that every parent wants what is best for their child, despite shameful circumstances that may succumb. This message is explicitly stated by instances like when the mother spendsing her entire pregnancy following one specific elementary school, humiliating herself in public in order for her daughter to be able to register for a better school, and bringing every attainable document to register her daughter in school. As an illiterate adult who has experienced the hardmanships of the world, as soon as she bore a child, she had her heart set on providinggiving her daughter with the proper opportunities to develop an accomplished future. Throughout her pregnancy, along

Preceding, being uneducated brings plenty of “diseased” stares. These abiding stares are shameful and unwanted, however, the mother is willing to unmask a brand new look, a look of humiliation, to the schools secretary for the sake ofin order for her daughter to be eligible to attendgo to school. As the child hears her mother state “ I can’t read. I don’t know how to read or write,”, she is dismayed to hear her mother willing to sacrifice her dignity in order to proclaim her desire for her daughter to have what she believes is the best for her future, an education (3). As the mother disgraces herself when she admits that she is an analphabetic, it is certain that the mother would sacrifice her identity again, since she believes that the success education will bring to her daughter's future completely outweighs her brief moments of shame and embarrassment. Lastly, the universal truth of every parent wanting what is best for their child is revealed when the two young women arrive at Walker-Jones. With a probing stick in hand, the mother goes down the path of education and