The thing I enjoyed when reading “The First Day,” is the narrator’s attitude towards every sentence he wrote. Jones tries to express a feeling in every sentence he writes. For example, At the beginning of “The First Day,” “unremarkable September morning, long before I learned to be ashamed of my mother, she takes my hand and we set off down New Jersey Avenue to begin my very first day of school (Pg. 286).” Just from the very first sentences, he addresses the time and even the season. According, to his description. We know it was fall morning around New Jersey Avenue. His very descriptive in the very first paragraphs. The most part I enjoyed about this piece of writing is how he changes moods, from one to another.
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The narrator is very good at creating a setting to describe their work. Just like Jeffrey said, it can be found on page 286 but there are many instances of this. The narrator can be seen describing the classroom setting 2 pages after and giving me a clear image of how I remember my classroom on the first day of school.
I agree with Jeffrey because reading this story is like riding an emotional roller coaster, sometimes it is sweet, but sometimes it is sad, and sometimes it is exciting…