1. In novel The First Part Last by Angela Johnson is about a teenage boy named Bobby who is eager . On his sixteen birthday he gets news from his girlfriend Nia that she is pregnant. This will mean that his life will be changed forever. Bobby realizes that he will be a father. Until one day all of sudden school and house parties, hanging out with his friends no longer meant anything to him. Bobby and Nia are both desperate for having a normal life again. The only way that they can lead back to a normal life would be if the put their baby in adoption. They are trying to do the right thing but they don't know what to choose. After all they end up having everything ready to put their baby in adoption . When Nia had her baby Bobby was the first to have Feather in his arms , he fell in love with his baby and didn't want to give it in adoption so he told the social worker that his daughter will no longer go to adoption , he didn't care what it will take him to be a good father but he just wanted his daughter Feather. At the end he moves to Brooklyn with Feather and raises her there.
2. The theme of this novel is to figure out what " the right thing " is and then do it. No matter what the cost is : Bobby didn't let his baby be put in adoption.
3. I choose this book because the cover looks very interesting and I read the back of the book and it was actually very interesting.
4. This book seemed to me realistic because its based on a true story. However I have never been through this situation.
5. The authors tone in this book is more like very understanding and loving. Bobby understands that he is a dad now and he is going to be responsible for his newborn daughter.
6. Symbolism-”It would all be back the way it was before, in a month. Nothing would have changed. We’d leave school and keep on going. No baby in a month “ (106).
Flashback- “Feather cried yesterday when I left her at the sitter’s. It’s the first time she ever cried for me “ (107).
Foreshadowing- “And that sweet new baby smell . . . the smell of baby shampoo, formula …”(4).
Setting- Brooklyn (128).
internal Conflict- “We made a mistake but we aren't stupid “(120).” ...then walked home and held Feather for the rest of the night, wondering if I would be a man, a good man”(8).
External Conflict-”maybe ill just tell him how all of a sudden the city just feels like its too big and I've been having dreams that I leave feather on the subway and can’t get back inside the train fast enough to get her, and she disappears forever” (129).
Dynamic Character- Bobby changed throughout the novel from being immature to being a very responsible guy.
Exposition- Nia, Bobby’s girlfriend is pregnant and they don't know weather to keep the baby : “ I can't answer , ‘ cause I really don't know what were going to do. I'm thinking of what's going to happen but, I don't know what to feel…”(85). “ I can't imagine a real baby” (85).
Motivation- The baby is Bobby’s motivation because he loves looking at her and being with her .
Characterization
1.) “sometimes she looks at me like she knows me.”(80)
Bobby is thinking that Feather has been with him his whole life just about every moment .
2.) The author changes diction when she talks about Bobby because she makes him sound different to other characters for example, he seems very independent and responsible compared to Nia his girlfriend “...she's been dancing with everybody”(82)
3.) The protagonist in the novel is more like a round and a dynamic character because Bobby went from immature to being very responsible . He also has many traits.
4.) I feel like i know Bobby because I've learned about his past and how he would just always party and paint on walls with his running buddies, and get in to trouble. He also got his girlfriend pregnant but they don't know what to do and weather to keep it or not. He then decides that he wants his daughter and keeps her, he realizes how much it cost to be a parent but he doesn't care because he loves Feather and is happy with her .Bobby acts eager, restless and impulsive throughout the novel because he is having a hard time in his life.
Enduring Memory Paragraph
This Novel is about to figure out the right thing and then do it. For example Bobby choose not to have his baby be put in adoption. And now he is very happy that he is with her.
