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Why Does The Red Balloon Symbolize Robby In The Great Gatsby
"I can, I will." Bobby is a young teenage boy going through a teenage pregnancy with his girlfriend. Throughout the story Bobby is trying to mature but he is having some problems with his life. the red balloon symbolizes as childhood, and the basketball symbolizes as freetime, also the arcade game symbolizes as childhood. even though Bobby matures at the end I believe he still had a long way to go. The red balloon that Nia hands over to Bobby symbolizes her childhood in this novel. I chose this because balloons are something that make little kids happy, and also a second reason is that she is still a kid/teen and she wants that kid side back. my third reason is a balloon will float away if you let go so try to have a tight grip and don't let anything in between. The balloon could symbolize as love or being mean, but Nias childhood is mostly over now that she is having a baby. When you are about to deal with a hard situation like Nia and Bobby you have to mature, and that is very difficult when you are only fifteen or sixteen. This is important because it shows maturity. …show more content…
The ball symbolizes Bobby's childhood because basketball is a game, and Bobby's life is trying to tell him he is done with games.My first reason is the basketball is mainly for kids or teens and when the ball rolls away from Bobby that means it is time to be done with being a kid. My second reason is basketball is something to do in your free time, but Bobby has ran out of free time. My third reason is Bobby has much bigger things in life than basketball. This is a sign of maturity because Bobby need to stop with the games and grow
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