"I'm always looking forward and not looking back." Do you think you could have a rough life and keep going forward and not quitting? Bobby and Nia are sixteen years old and are pregnant. The way Bobby finds out about the baby is Nia is sitting on his front porch with a red balloon. we eventually find out that after the birth, Nia goes in to a coma. Nia experience eclampsia, which is a seizure during a woman's pregnancy. while Nia is in the coma, Bobby has to take care of Feather. Adding on to the stress, he has to wake up every night to take care of Feather, then he has to take her to the babysitter and head to school, and then finally work. through the book Bobby is going to experience some changes that will change his world.
The red balloon that Nia gives to Bobby, symbolizes a child. Nia is trying to tell Bobby that she is pregnant. "Just sittin' there with a balloon, looking all lost." "I'll never forget that look and how her voice shook when she said, Bobby, i've got something to tell you. then she hands me the balloon." Nia is upset, because she knows she did something wrong, and she's going to have to tell Bobby. The red balloon showing that Nia and Bobby are going to have to grow up and take care of a baby. They are going to have to act more responsible now.
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This symbolizes that she doesn't want to be a mom at this young of age, she still wants to be a kid. the more she thinks of the field trip, the more she thinks it will help her forget that she is pregnant and is in the prenatal care office. "I know she's trying to pretend she's not here. trying to pretend it never happened. trying to pretend we're just on some field trip." Nia doesn't want to think that they are in a prenatal care office, because they are sixteen and
Now the gray crib and dreary room may perhaps symbolize her sadness, loneliness and isolation she has experienced due to oppression. Not to mention, the color gray also symbolizes modesty
This book was Pam Muñoz Ryan 's 13th book ever published out of 40. In the book, Esperanza Rising, it describes how there are many ups and downs during your life but to never be afraid to start over. The author of this book, Pam Muñoz Ryan, tells the main character 's story in the best way possible. Pam Muñoz Ryan wrote this book so it would have an impact on everyone who read it.
Through her noticing this ‘bright and vivid’ leaf, it shows her exciting and transformative transition of finally noticing all the good things she has. The significance of this transition is also seen on page 5. The image shows the girl with her head down and she seems to be hiding something. The use of costuming shows the conformity to society. All the people in this image have the same clothes and the same body language.
In this story, it represents the racial differences between Sandra and the other children at her school. She didn’t have the fancy
The book Of Mice and Men has many colors that represent it but i think that red stood out the most. I think red represents the book Of Mice and Men because when reading the book I felt rage from how they were treating Lennie, I felt leadership in George, and I felt jealousy in Curley. In the book George told of the old times when he used to take advantage of Lennie by tricking him into doing things.
This suggests that her dad is a single parent and he doesn't understand change. In contrast, in Tortilla’s Sun in paragraph 18 it states that the daughter has to move to New Mexico for the summer while the mom finishes school. In paragraph 46 she gets upset and storms to her room and she gets her dads baseball and this means that she misses him and needs him. In the story the Confetti Girl the main point
Thank goodness, she turned out alright. But I’ll never risk it again. Never! The strain is simply too - too hellish,” (36). Larsen uses words provoking anxiety and horror to give the reader insight into Clare’s mind when she thinks about pregnancy and motherhood.
This red hair symbolizes the red anger that of the father if he found out that his daughter was seeing a black man. As the dark colored man hops into one side of a car and out the other it is symbolic of him entering a role in society. He is now an acceptable partner for this white girl. The author tells us that the girl is white in the poem when he writes, “Her back’s pale skin…” ().
In the beginning, the speaker says a brief statement of her feelings about abortion, “Abortions will not let you forget, You remember the children you got that you did not get” (lines 1-2). These first two lines explain how her children will never realize certain accomplishments in life, this also shows a mother who is unable to forget the dramatic events that have emotionally scarred her. The speaker later on says,
This finally proves that tension is created when the girl does not understand why she can't go with her mother either. Above all the tension grew because of the lack of the girls understanding when the mother said she will be gone most of the summer and that she will be living her
We often encourage people to actively pursue their happiness while also wanting to discourage them to escape from reality. However, avoiding your issues is also a way of pursuing happiness, even though this route will prove to be temporary. In the literary piece, “Horses of the Night” by Margaret Laurence, the author describes the story of a boy named Chris, who, due to his financial conditions, is forced to move from his home in Shallow Creek to dwell in Manawaka, in order to attend high school. Chris’ character is used to demonstrate the idea that individuals may escape from the miserable aspects of their lives in order to stay happy. Through the course of this work, you witness the changes Chris undergoes, through the eyes of his six-year-old cousin Vanessa, which ultimately lead to his downfall.
This is also present in the fact that she is detached from her family members. A black feather with white band is said to signify home, harmony and balance. All that she wishes to be surrounded by but isn’t. It’s not that she can’t have balance at all it’s that she never has enough time to bring it in to light. The feather is covering one of her eyes to convey that she is blinded by this dream of one day settling down in one place and bringing the whole family together.
3 The story of “A&P” by John Updike adopts the uses of figurative language to embellish the critical moments of transitions of people’s lives, particularly in the life of Sammy. Updike utilizes crafts of plot, character, setting, point of view, theme, and symbol to constitute the story, and to project the idea of "life passages. " Also, Sammy undergoes a series of events that enables him to transition as a person in his life. 3
What gives someone hope in a world of death and despair? Is it a mother, or a child? Can the generations of your family give hope in a world of darkness? Edwidge Danticat, author of, Krik? Krak!, answers this.
she uses “ rainbow” to signify hope and brighter future. then she starts to speak with someone upset him think “ the doors are closed” and he has nowhere to go. she told him maybe the reason he sees things in that way is because he hasn’t found the right door that leads him to the perfect road. That means he needs to find himself then he will find the right door. Katy ends the song by using “ moon” because everyone looks up to.