Johnson, Angela. The first part last. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003. Print.
Foreshading is an element that gives clues off in the book for what is going to happen next or later on in the plot. The book The First Part Last is an great example of foreshading because the book Angela Johnson had wrote was jumping back and forth with issues these two teenagers were having with life and the then's and now's. An great example in the book would be when the baby was already born (Feather) and Bobby the dad was raising the child all by himself and then later on in the plot the mother has died when she had the baby. So therefore making this story an element of foreshading.
"If she hollers, shes mine. if she needs to be changed , she is always mine in the dictionary next to "sitter", there is not a picture of grandma . it's time to grow up Too late , you're out of time . Be a grown-up "
This quote i thought really gave a good example of foreshading because it was one of the parts in the book were it was a now and its was the present time instead of the past.
Pathos is an element where anything in the passage that tugs at your heart strings. Think of the words sympathy or pathetic that makes you think of pathos in your story . In the story The First Part Last I think Angela Johnson has made the mood in the story a Symantec feeling and there were various parts in the book that touched my heart and made me feel sad for Bobby.Therefore this story is an element of pathos .
"Put that baby down , Bobby . I swear she's going to think the whole world is your face "
This quote from The Best Part Last really gives a good idea of why this book is an pathos element and it shows that Angela Johnson want's me/ the reader to feel sad for Bobby or feel something for him and Angela does a good job of showing this in the book. There is a'lot of moments when i have felt this way about Bobby.
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