As I've continued to read, "lullabies for little criminals" I've analyzed the text through an archetypal point of view. The main character Baby, started off loving her young, drug addict father through all the good times and bad. Although, when Jules gets out of rehab his behaviour changes quickly and he starts blaming many things, including his own problems, on Baby. Baby then begins to change when she starts doing drugs and begins hanging around the local pimp, Alphonse. You can clearly see the pattern of Baby and Jules, as Baby is following directly in Jules footsteps. She begins doing the drugs, and ends up being arrested from her home like Jules.
Baby's ragdoll that was supposedly given to her from her mother, and it's a major symbol represented in the novel. The ragdoll was tattered, old, and falling apart at the seams but yet Baby loved and cared for it every day. The ragdoll symbolized Baby's life, and even though her life becomes tough with a drug addict father, she still loves and cares for him every single day. When Jules gets mad he ruins Baby's ragdoll, and ever since he ruined it Baby's behaviour and actions have changed for the worst. She visualized the ragdoll as her life, and when the doll becomes ruined her life begins to go down hill, following in Jules footsteps.
Mary, Felix's mother, also has a specific meaning in the novel. When Baby is left to stay with them, Mary expresses lots of love towards Baby like a mother would. Mary symbolizes love in this novel and is a key reminder to Baby that love does exist in the world even if she may not think so. She plays as a mother figure that Baby has never had and shows her care and love during her stay without Jules.
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