The novel Lullabies for Little Criminals follows the story of a thirteen year old girl by the name Baby who is struggling to find a middle between childhood and the adult world. Baby strives to maintain positive in her life with her mother dead and her father, Jules. Her childhood has been spent with her father focusing more on paying for drugs, rather on what him and Baby really need. Throughout the years, Baby has shown her love for her father and only wishes what is best for him and for him to get better. Overtime Jules has let Baby down time after time with her years in foster homes, which is beginning to change her outlook on life and her relationship with her father.
Although only one third of Lullabies for Little Criminals has been read, it has shown to be a sad and deeply moving novel. The author Heather O’Neill writes to convey the story as although you can see it in front of you with deep and darling imagery.
With still some of the book to read, many questions come to mind; ‘why is Jules doing this to Baby?’ and ‘what is Baby going to do next?’ As there are still many chapters left in the novel, there are many answers to the questions that a reader could assume. Perhaps Jules passes away and Baby is left all alone or Baby runs away and makes a life for herself. As the novel continues these predictions could be proven correct or a very unexpected event could occur.
The novel Lullabies for Little Criminals has a very similar story line to the movie Precious. This movie follows the story of a sixteen year old girl Claireece who has struggled with a relationship between her mother and father since a child. When Calireece is sixteen she becomes pregnant by her own father for the second time, but months later is giving an opportunity that turns her life around. Although these stories follow different lives of different characters, the idea of struggling with parents involved with drugs is found very similar.
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