What Is Coming Of Age In The Great Gatsby

"I figure if the world were really right, humans would live life backwards and do the first part last" (Johnson 4). In The First Part Last Bobby and his girlfriend Nia go through the experience of teenage pregnancy and the effect it has on their lives, through the book you get to experience how Bobby slowly comes of age with the responsibilities of the child. There are major points in the book that have to do with regular items, such as a basketball, an arcade, and a plain brick wall. Coming of age is important in this book and Angela Johnson has made it relatable to the reader by using common items as symbols to use as points in his life to where he comes of age. As the basketball rolled away Bobby realized that his childhood was slipping away and he was coming of age. Near the beginning of the book Bobby had just gotten Feather into the house and accepted her as his daughter, but later that day he had left Feather to go and play basketball with K-boy and J.L. When he had came back for Feather he had set the ball down, the ball started rolling away. The ball had represented Bobby's childhood and how it started to disappear after he and Nia had gotten Feather. Thus showing how Bobby was coming of age, …show more content…
He had used many amounts of blues and blacks and reds. The baby had hit him like a punch, leaving a blue and black bruise on his life. Knocking the childhood out and the responsibilities in. Bobby tries to identify himself by drawing, all he could think of though was a ghost boy that everyone saw right through. Feather had given him a part of his identity. He started with a clear brown brick, then started to paint himself on the wall, he had started to remember his memories and began to cry while painting. At the end he had discovered himself after everything and had gotten arrested but had also discovered himself in the