Father's Baby Quotes
THEME: Growing up in a harsh environment makes one stronger and more durable and courageous for future misfortunes.
CONTENT: Baby describes her living condition and gives a little background of her current situation to the reader.
QUOTATION: “The smallest a family can be is two members, and that was Jules and me” (O’Neil 10)
EXPLANATION:Baby mother has died young so Baby’s only family member is Jules, but Jules is also a kid himself as well and he is only in his twenty’s. Sometimes it’s Baby taking care of Jules, not Jules taking care of Baby. This increases Baby’s level of independence, maturity and she relies less on Jules. This gets her prepared when she is taken to a foster home, while Jules gets his lung treated in the hospital.
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Baby cries a few times alone when she misses Jules and though she isn’t ready for such situation, but reality pushes her to be more independent as she lives with a group of other children. This gets her prepared for future events, as later Baby is put to live with a family of three, while Jules is in rehabilitation. With previous experience, she is more accepting to the idea of leaving away from her father and blends in very quickly with the …show more content…
CONTENT: Baby gets yelled by her father, Jules and runs out to the streets crying. She meets Theo that threatened her days before. He sits down on the sidewalk with Baby and comforts her.
QUOTATION: “I was always moved when mean people were suddenly nice to me. It was a weakness that would lead me into some bad relationships later in life.” (O’Neil 129)
EXPLANATION: This is foreshadowing the time when Baby later meets the pimp, Alphonse, who is really mean to her in the beginning, but then he suddenly shows affection towards Baby because he wants her to work for him. Baby eventually he falls for him and becomes a prostitute.
CONTENT: After Baby figures that Jules is not coming to get her out of the foster home within the first week like she wants him to, she deeply misses Jules and wonders if he is ever going to come back for her.
QUOTATION: “You should beware of motherless children. They will eat you alive. You will never be loved by anyone the way that you will be loved by a motherless child.” (O’Neil
CONTENT: Baby describes her living condition and gives a little background of her current situation to the reader.
QUOTATION: “The smallest a family can be is two members, and that was Jules and me” (O’Neil 10)
EXPLANATION:Baby mother has died young so Baby’s only family member is Jules, but Jules is also a kid himself as well and he is only in his twenty’s. Sometimes it’s Baby taking care of Jules, not Jules taking care of Baby. This increases Baby’s level of independence, maturity and she relies less on Jules. This gets her prepared when she is taken to a foster home, while Jules gets his lung treated in the hospital.
CONTENT: …show more content…
Baby cries a few times alone when she misses Jules and though she isn’t ready for such situation, but reality pushes her to be more independent as she lives with a group of other children. This gets her prepared for future events, as later Baby is put to live with a family of three, while Jules is in rehabilitation. With previous experience, she is more accepting to the idea of leaving away from her father and blends in very quickly with the …show more content…
CONTENT: Baby gets yelled by her father, Jules and runs out to the streets crying. She meets Theo that threatened her days before. He sits down on the sidewalk with Baby and comforts her.
QUOTATION: “I was always moved when mean people were suddenly nice to me. It was a weakness that would lead me into some bad relationships later in life.” (O’Neil 129)
EXPLANATION: This is foreshadowing the time when Baby later meets the pimp, Alphonse, who is really mean to her in the beginning, but then he suddenly shows affection towards Baby because he wants her to work for him. Baby eventually he falls for him and becomes a prostitute.
CONTENT: After Baby figures that Jules is not coming to get her out of the foster home within the first week like she wants him to, she deeply misses Jules and wonders if he is ever going to come back for her.
QUOTATION: “You should beware of motherless children. They will eat you alive. You will never be loved by anyone the way that you will be loved by a motherless child.” (O’Neil