Analysis Of Lullabies For Little Criminals

Baby gets the idea that she is being used by Alphonse for sex, but he is the only adult figure in her life; she forces herself to believe that their love is true. Eventually Alphonse forces Baby to become a prostitute for him and his other friends. Baby has definitely lost her innocence because she’s battling between childhood and the adult world. Baby is no longer a typical twelve year old. Prostitution is something that a twelve year old shouldn’t be doing. At this point it shows that although Baby is a child, she has the mindset of an adult.

The adults in the story expect the children to grow into the gender role that their sex has assigned to them. This is seen in several places throughout the story, such as when the narrator hears her mother

For many years it has been frowned upon to see women in prison. The rate of women in prison is currently higher than it has been in the past. Many of these women that are being incarcerated are leaving behind their families. This could be unfortunate for both the mother and child. For some women, they are still with the child while entering prison. In prisons and jails in the United States 10% of the women population that are incarcerated are pregnant (Hotelling, B. A., Perinatal needs of pregnant, incarcerated women, 2008). Those women who are pregnant may not receive adequate care for themselves or their growing child.

One story that references the fear society has towards certain woman is “Between the Pool and the Gardenias”. When Marie finds a dead baby in the street she names it Rose and talks to it about her problems especially her old miscarriages. She also talks to the dead baby about how she wishes her life would be better and she imagines that the house she cleans is her own, and the guy that she slept with once loved her. She imagines her ancestors coming to visit her, but sadly none of these things are real. As the baby starts to rot away Mary decides to bury the infant near the gardenias because she believes the flies are trapping Rosie’s spirit. The Dominican who once slept with her called the police and accused Marie of killing the baby for evil

The next main factor in the story is society's attitude towards illegitimacy. Any woman who bore a child out of wedlock was treated with disgust and held an air of shame and disgrace. This caused those who did happen to have their children out of wedlock to give them up and send them off to orphanages in hope their child would be alright. A lot of these single mothers tried to send their children to one such orphanage called "The Coram Hospital". An example is when Melissa, a young girl just found out she was pregnant and says "'And Mama? What about Mama? The disgrace. We'll both be thrown out. Destitute." This is a good example of the consequences of illegitimacy. If anybody found out about such circumstances the mother and her acquaintances would be thrown out and homeless. The writer includes this factual information in the story and it entwines

This artifact correlates with the social control theory, this theory is the assumption that individuals are motivated to break rules and laws. Going based off the commitment perspective, The individuals are less likely to engage in deviance when they feel that they have a strong connection to conventional society. I believe that the young ladies in the video chose to behave that way because they ultimately felt like they had a lack of love or maybe even a lack of a true relationship with their parent. Being that the girls only had their mother as their sole provider i do think that they acted like that on purpose. Although the spotlight of this article are the young ladies the mothers can also be viewed as deviant because some may feel like they could have prevented the way that their child is

Songs create a world of learning for children. It is hard to keep the interest of them while teaching them the song's meaning at the same time if the song doesn't have a nice melody. In this case, this specific song, does have a wonderful melody and words that are interesting too. Those are the types of kids songs that children appear to enjoy more than other songs. As soon as the song starts, they will start using their memories to try to remember everything about the music. The more you play the song, the more the child will learn. After a while, you can wait to see if the child still remembers what was taught in the song. It assists in teaching fundamentals of life. Kids are intelligent enough to remember.

Women who bare a child for 9 months in her womb, will go to great lengths to protect the child from harm. Living in a world in which women are living in poverty face gross inequalities and injustice from birth to death. Throughout Night Women, Danticat illuminates how being a mother requires sacrifices in order to protect their young. In the mother’s words, “The night is the time I dread the most in my life. Yet if I am to live I must depend on it.” (71) She knows she must work in order to make a living to provide for her young son. She is displeased with selling her body to a suitor, but if that will bring a meal to the table for her son, she will sell. Despite the imprint of prostitution, the mother like all mothers who do all they can to

Ami McKay’s The Birth House is a novel imbued with contradiction, dynamic interplay between characters and the journey of becoming a midwife. These themes are explored by the author in a tumultuous tale set against the back drop of a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, during the 1910s. McKay’s multi-layered novel is told from the perspective of a female protagonist, Dora Rare, the daughter of an East Coast shipbuilder who struggles against a narrative of Victorian ideals throughout the story. In the novel, character development takes place through Dora’s struggles with religious oppression, societal restrictions and an over-whelming amount of patriarchy.

The characters are often exhibiting stereotypical behavior. The mom, Frankie, kind of fits into the female gender role. For example, when they split the cars into boys and girls, the men’s car is silent while the women’s car is full of chatter. Women talking a lot is a very popular stereotype that is shown on so many TV shows and movies. In addition, separating boys and girls places a divide on the male and female gender roles and keeps them from mixing. “This is true in regard to gender development – children’s gendered behavior becomes more similar to those they spend time with” (Hashin). This emphasizes gender polarization, the belief that femininity and masculinity as polar opposite genders, such that male-acceptable

1. The book I chose to analyze was a favorite of mine when I was a little girl, If You Were My Bunny. This book was written by Kate McMullan and illustrated by David McPhail in 1996/1997. This bedtime story tells of a mother’s love for their child no matter if they were bunnies, bears, cats, or other animals. This book can be used to not only socialize children, but also their parents. This form of socialization focuses on the family and the role of love a mother should have. There are not really any sex/gender differences. The mother holds a role and status as one who will take care of their baby. This role the mother has is the norm across the whole book; no matter if she was a cat, bear, or human, the mother watched over her child. The only

Remy Star is a bright young lady on her way to college with a very bright future ahead of her, but when things don’t go her way and she finds herself falling in love with some she said she would never even take a second glance at, that’s when she realized she’s changed, and all she can think is it for the better? Having to do all of the dirty work, and deserve no credit isn’t something that Remy Starr liked to do. Remy, the protagonist of “This Lullaby” by Sarah Dessen and I are alike in many ways. We both share the same view of the world, are viewed by the world in similar ways and I would respond in a comparable way to the central conflict of the novel. Therefore, I believe given the chance, we could be friends.

Current theorists acknowledge that gender does play a role in crime due to the gender-ratio differences in crime, and arguments for biological and socialized causes for these difference. Chesney-Lind’s theory subscribes that traditional socialized patriarchy playing a major role in contributing to 'introduction to crime’ in the lives of girls and young women not only in modern society but also historically. Such is the case her analysis of Ann Jones Women Who Kill, whose research “reveal[ed] that many of America's early women murderers were indentured servants”Chesney-Lind, p. 83) . These women were “raped by calculating masters” (p. 83) in a bid to extend their length of service by producing a child out of

Cry Baby is an emotional, love sick girl who’s heart is too big for her body. Other students at her school teased her because she always expressed her emotions, but she pretends not to care. (“Cry Baby”). At home, things only get worse for Cry Baby. Even at her ‘safe place’, she still has things to hide. (“Dollhouse”). We first get a little snippet of her mother, an alcoholic with pretty jewelry and a terrible marriage. The mother’s husband is unfaithful and cheats on her. Her son also smokes weed. But, they always try to put a smile on their face in front of the camera. Things about Melanie a.k.a Cry Baby’s family opens up a little bit more. After Melanie has a talk with her mother about her alcoholism, she still knows her mother hides liquor

Women from birth are looked at as inferior to men. As a society we label babies by the color of their blanket when they are born. Boys are given blue as girls are given pink blankets. This from the start separates the two genders. As boys grow they are given action figures and are taught to play rough games, and girls are given dolls and taught to play nice. These differences continue to cause a gap between the two genders.