I really enjoyed reading Lullabies for little criminals. Even though there are many bad things that happen to Baby, the story is still interesting and it’s very exciting and I want to know what will happen next. I feel so bad for Baby because her father is a heroin addicted and in that young age she already has to make the experience how it is to live in a foster home and her neighbor talks to her about sex, when she is 12. I think that’s quite young to manage those kinds of things. I guess because she is so young when she goes in the foster home, she gets more like adults very fast and her childhood is shorter and happier than the childhood of other people. Maybe that’s a reason why she likes playing with dolls. Also I liked how she is saying that she is always surprised how soft other people could be and that’s why she had so many bad things that had happen to her in her life and that’s why she is used to bad things and not soft anymore, but it’s also a good thing for her, because it can protect her, when it would hurt other people. In my opinion it´s very good of the author that she chose the first person´s character, because it makes the story livelier and you can think that the story is true. But you would not wish a person a life like this. The relation between Jules and Baby is not a very closely one. Baby calls Jules Jules and not Daddy and I don’t think that Jules is very responsible for her. Baby lost her mum and when she is in the foster home she doesn’t really have a person who is responsible for her and who loves her, so she is alone and has to do everything on her own.
-Lotte
-Lotte
I also found the story very interesting, I always looked forward to seeing what happened.
ReplyDeleteBaby is somewhat forced to grow up very young.
She is very young,and having drugs apart of your life is not very healthy and its almsot sad how Baby is forced to mature and deal with what she can't.
I agree with what you sayd,I feel that Baby likes dolls because its almost like a security blanket,back to her childhood.
I feel shes more aware of things such as softness,maybe because she is still a child and things like that,not usually noticed by adults,is noticed by her for a reason.
First person helped,I agree.
I defenatly don't wish dealing with drug use,foster care,protituition,lossing a parent or anything bad that Baby has to deal with on anyone.
Baby si not close to her dad,its sad,but its underdstandbale.
Baby lost her mom when she was young,not in the foster home.
Jules loves her,but he is very absent,so in many ways,she is alone.
-Mia