Lullabies for Little Criminals- Quotations
Quotations
Theme: Though one may feel different from others, we are all different from each other but still need another.
1. “Jules had a little kid sense of time and after a month when all the cigarettes were gone he didn’t seem to believe that Kent was ever going to come back.” * Reliant on Jules senses or beliefs, usually influenced by addiction or drug high. When Jules is not home, Baby doesn’t know what to do and gets lonely showing need of Jules’ presents. PG3 2. “His hat was down over his eyes and when I called out his name he had to tilt his head way up to get a look at me. I knew it wasn’t me that he has been looking for. But when he saw me and shouted out happily anyhow.” * Baby has been away from Jules for a long time and was clueless without his leadership. Jules felt differently about seeing her, then her seeing him. Has not felt love in a while, leaving her vulnerable in need of someone else. PG7 3. “As I walked in I saw a horrible sight on the floor while I been out. Jules had knocked over all my things. He had torn up the homework I left lying on the bed.” * Consistent hostile acts done by Jules, constant battle between her and her father. She feels like it’s her vs. world. PG119 4. “Kids from school went to the theatres downtown, not the Etoile. Most weren’t even allowed to go there because someone had gotten stabbed in one of the bathrooms. Jules didn’t know this.” * Baby starts getting into dangerous things, wrong people, places, etc. All because of no true father figure in her life. PG175 5. “He had me when he was really young. He was only fifteen. My mother died when I was little. He had to do everything by himself. He goes out of town a lot. He wanted to be a boxer when he was little, but he wasn’t strong enough. He used to have a friend who was a Hell’s Angel.” * Baby explaining hardship and lonesome through-out life, trying to explain in good words. Father’s friend was a Hell’s Angel, shows her
Theme: Though one may feel different from others, we are all different from each other but still need another.
1. “Jules had a little kid sense of time and after a month when all the cigarettes were gone he didn’t seem to believe that Kent was ever going to come back.” * Reliant on Jules senses or beliefs, usually influenced by addiction or drug high. When Jules is not home, Baby doesn’t know what to do and gets lonely showing need of Jules’ presents. PG3 2. “His hat was down over his eyes and when I called out his name he had to tilt his head way up to get a look at me. I knew it wasn’t me that he has been looking for. But when he saw me and shouted out happily anyhow.” * Baby has been away from Jules for a long time and was clueless without his leadership. Jules felt differently about seeing her, then her seeing him. Has not felt love in a while, leaving her vulnerable in need of someone else. PG7 3. “As I walked in I saw a horrible sight on the floor while I been out. Jules had knocked over all my things. He had torn up the homework I left lying on the bed.” * Consistent hostile acts done by Jules, constant battle between her and her father. She feels like it’s her vs. world. PG119 4. “Kids from school went to the theatres downtown, not the Etoile. Most weren’t even allowed to go there because someone had gotten stabbed in one of the bathrooms. Jules didn’t know this.” * Baby starts getting into dangerous things, wrong people, places, etc. All because of no true father figure in her life. PG175 5. “He had me when he was really young. He was only fifteen. My mother died when I was little. He had to do everything by himself. He goes out of town a lot. He wanted to be a boxer when he was little, but he wasn’t strong enough. He used to have a friend who was a Hell’s Angel.” * Baby explaining hardship and lonesome through-out life, trying to explain in good words. Father’s friend was a Hell’s Angel, shows her