"As I opened my mouth, he stretched out his arm and punched me in the eye." (O'Neill 156)
"Jules and his friends had been calling heroin chocolate milk for years." (O'Neill 10)
"As I lay in the dark
I knew everyone was
thinking about their
mothers. I wanted to
think about my mother,
too, but I couldn't
come up with much."
(O'Neill 44)
"I wish Leelee had told
me about some of these
details." (O'Neill 227)
" 'You have to lose
your virginity when
you turn twelve,' she
told me." (O'Neill 15)
" 'I had sex with a man
for fifty bucks', she said.
'Me and my cousin have
been doing it on Ontario
Street. It's easy. She made
two hundred dollars one
night.' " (O'Neill 16)
"I didn't go home the next
day or any day after that.
As far as I could tell, it was
true that you go hooked the
first time you used heroin. I
was stoned right down to my
bones most of the day."
(O'Neill 286)
"I didn't feel any pain
when Alphonse slapped
me on both sides of my
face." (O'Neill 306)
Baby yearning for a
mother figure
Abuses her when she
resists his strict rules
Heroin addiction
Unemployed
Abandons/neglects Baby
Stressed from
bills/responsibilities
Young/inexperienced
Single parent
Baby using/getting
addicted to Heroin
Baby getting abused by
Alphonse when she does not
comply with his rules
Prostitute
Takes her virginity
Lures Baby in by buying
gifts and showing fake love
Starts by befriending Baby
at her most vulnerable stage
of neglection
Pressures Baby into
thinking she should
do it too
Makes Baby believe
doing this is normal
The idea of sex
Selling her body for money
Friend that's older
Prostitution/sex
at a young age
Leelee
Encouraging sex
at a young age
Prostitutes/Drug users
Zoe
Alphonse
Jules
Mother died shortly after child birth
The women Baby hangs
out with/looks up to are...
Lack of positive role models
Bad parenting
Bad relationships
Heroin addiction Prostitution
Baby
Portfolio Concept Map- Sarah Kinch
"Lullabies for Little Criminals" by Heather O'Neill
