In the short story, The First Day, Edward P. Jones demonstrates that mothers are willing to fight for their kid’s success through the eyes of a young girl starting Kindergarten using imagery and dialogue. Jones describes as they are making their way to the first school that she sees “none of” her friends “as my mother and I walk”, compared to her description that “Walker-Jones is a larger, newer school and I immediately like it because of that” (1). His use of sensory imagery through the girl’s eyesight proves what the girl wants: the social life and the new school. With her mother, she wants her into the smaller school. She was worried about her quality of education as her mother says “If I’da wanted her someplace else, I’da took her there” (1). Through this dialogue we better relate to the story through the dialect as this creates an image of a mother from New Jersey just wanting a better education for her daughter. This short story most importantly demonstrates our lack of appreciation as kids of our parents actions as Jones states “I learned to be ashamed of my mother” (1) in the first sentence.