Character Analysis: Things Have To Change By Angela Johnson
"But I figure if the world were really right, humans would live life backwards and do the first part last" Angela Johnson page 4."Things have to change" Angela Johnson page 4. In the beginning of the book angela johnson shares many quotes and symbols that could lead a person to thinking or imagining what would happen in future chapters and idea of Bobby coming to age and maturing.
For example, In the beginning of the first part last one of the main characters Nia tells his boyfriend Bobby that she is pregnant on his 16th birthday party by handing him a red balloon. The color red usually symbolizes love or anger. A balloon is also usually associate with children on a special occasion. The red balloon I believe symbolizes her handing over her …show more content…
" I lay my basketball down and it rolled out the door into the hall towards Mary's room" Angela Johnson page 7. When he gets home he puts the ball down and makes all his attention on feather while the ball rolls away into his mom marys room. This is a symbol of coming to age as well because the ball rolling away from Bobby means that his childhood is going away because he now has a new responsibility which is Feather.
Lastly, in some of the last chapters Bobby leaves feather with his neighbor Coco for her to babysit while Bobby and his friends hang out. Bobby and his friends go to a brick wall in an alley and begin to spray paint. Bobby while spray painting begins to paint his life. The wall he is painting on symbolizes his life. On it, paints himself and he paints his memories. In the book he describe himself as a "pale ghost boy" . He later paints Feather. He sees himself chasing after her and trying to protect her. In his daydream Bobby is in a way imagining himself as he grows up being there for Feather and protecting her as she grows up this is the biggest symbol of all because it shows how he is caring for Feather and eventually coming to age.
All of these ideas clearly show, all these symbols shown a sense of maturing and growing up. So obviously by then end of the chapter and with all the symbols Bobby does eventually come to
For example, In the beginning of the first part last one of the main characters Nia tells his boyfriend Bobby that she is pregnant on his 16th birthday party by handing him a red balloon. The color red usually symbolizes love or anger. A balloon is also usually associate with children on a special occasion. The red balloon I believe symbolizes her handing over her …show more content…
" I lay my basketball down and it rolled out the door into the hall towards Mary's room" Angela Johnson page 7. When he gets home he puts the ball down and makes all his attention on feather while the ball rolls away into his mom marys room. This is a symbol of coming to age as well because the ball rolling away from Bobby means that his childhood is going away because he now has a new responsibility which is Feather.
Lastly, in some of the last chapters Bobby leaves feather with his neighbor Coco for her to babysit while Bobby and his friends hang out. Bobby and his friends go to a brick wall in an alley and begin to spray paint. Bobby while spray painting begins to paint his life. The wall he is painting on symbolizes his life. On it, paints himself and he paints his memories. In the book he describe himself as a "pale ghost boy" . He later paints Feather. He sees himself chasing after her and trying to protect her. In his daydream Bobby is in a way imagining himself as he grows up being there for Feather and protecting her as she grows up this is the biggest symbol of all because it shows how he is caring for Feather and eventually coming to age.
All of these ideas clearly show, all these symbols shown a sense of maturing and growing up. So obviously by then end of the chapter and with all the symbols Bobby does eventually come to