Abandon Children Essay

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Name: Shervin Essay Outline Essay Question: To What extent does Baby and Jules’s relationship reverse the parent child relationship? (Include the full question, making sure you have the wording exactly right!) Text: Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill (Give the title and author of the text you have chosen to write on) Introduction (Your thesis statement should be a complete sentence) Thesis Statement: Jules as a father is well-intentioned but neglectful to such an extent that he and Baby have reversed the parent-child dynamic. However, by the end of the novel, Jules finally acts like a parent and Baby finds the chance to be a child. Body Paragraph 1 Topic Sentence: Although Jules loves Baby, he is not mature enough to know his duty and responsibility toward his child. Thus he fails to act like a parent. Consequently, Baby is obliged to undertake the role of the parent towards herself and also Jules. Body Paragraph 2 Topic Sentence: Since Jules fails to be a responsible parent, Baby tries to find parent substitutes who are all unsuitable and then she ends up with parenting herself, which eventually leads her life to crack up; because she is still too young and innocent to be able to make good decisions about her life. Body Paragraph 3 Topic Sentence: Finally Jules finds a sense of responsibility toward his child. His child rearing attitude improves. And he acts like a parent by admitting his ignorance and flaws and making the decision of abandoning Baby for her own good. Conclusion (restate your thesis in a different way, and indicate any concluding remarks) The bottom line is being benignly neglectful of Jules causes conflict set of parent-child dynamic, and leads Baby to take on the role of the parent while she is still naïve. But at last, by the end of the novel, Jules establishes a straight parent-child
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