The First Day Her mind was set on a goal. The First Day by Edward P. Jones was about a little girl going to school. It was her first day. The theme of this story was determination. Some evidence were, in the story her mom was very determined for her daughter to go to school. The mother would question why she could not attend a specific school. The mother would also do anything to get her daughter to a school. In the story it mentioned how she took out documents as if she was waiting for that moment. Finally, the story briefly went over how nothing would stop. If one school doesn’t allow her daughter to go to a school, she would find another one. These are just a few reasons why the story is about determination. This story was about
