Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill is a novel about the saddening expedition Baby, the protagonist, makes from being a 12 year old innocent child to becoming an abused 13 year old who wants the world to see her as … Continue reading The Journey From Innocence to Experience
Upon finishing the novel, I have applied many different types of literary theories to the book. I have also now determined which I feel I have gotten the BEST insight from. This is the literary theory I will then be … Continue reading For the Grand Finale…
Throughout the time I have read Lullabies for Little Criminals, I have analyzed the novel through various different literary lenses. Each theory has provided me different insights on conflicts, symbols, characters, and settings that I may not have noticed before applying … Continue reading And the Winner is…
After completing the readings for my novel and seeing how the story came to a close, I felt that the feminist literary theory is very prominent in this book. The story obtains many themes that are both anti-women and pro-men. … Continue reading Life on Skid Row
When applying the archetypal theory while reading Lullabies for Little Criminals it is evident that the novel follows the archetypal plot. This archetypal plot is as follows: Protagonist moves from innocence to experience Begins in a familiar environment Descent into danger … Continue reading The Good. The Bad. The Ugly.
The novel I have chosen to read for this culminating task is Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill. The book is based around Baby — a twelve year old girl, and her father Jules — a worsening heroin addict. Jules … Continue reading Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place
After listening to the podcast Serial, I made some conclusions about my opinion on whether Adnan Syed is guilty or innocent. I am very confident that Adnan Syed was wrongfully convicted and that he is actually innocent. There is much evidence … Continue reading Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Kirby Ferguson analyses the concept of copying and sampling media in his video series “Everything is a Remix”. He speaks about how originality is a hard idea to understand because so many things on the media we see, and hear … Continue reading Sounds Familiar? Led Zeppelin Seen as Rip-off Artist.
The podcast, Serial was very interesting to listen to. I am not usually the type to enjoy listening to audiobooks or podcasts, or anything of the sort as I prefer reading myself, but this one really drew my attention. I think maybe due to the fact that the events seem so real by the way the narrator adds actual parts of interviews, and things like that. I had never really considered what a podcast would be like, since before listening to this one I had not heard one before. I feel as if it adds a bit of mystery to … Continue reading Serial: The Alibi
As high school students, we all know English is the one compulsory credit we must take each year. For some of us we do not understand the point of this, whereas others may feel that English is the most important … Continue reading What is the Significance Behind ENG 4U1?
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