Lincoln And Booths

Parents impact their children’s lives by guiding them and the lack of parenthood in Booth, Lincoln, and Oscar lead them to develop issues. Looking at Lincoln and Booth they are examples of what parents should not do as Booth is left with $500 from his mom and $500 is left with Lincoln from his dad, “They gave us 500 bucks then they cut out”(72). As both parent leaves both their kids encounter a issue of being con men by playing 3-card. Parents act as a guidance aiding their children through problems not running away from them. The consequence of poor parenting is their child suffer support as they lack basic qualities of guidance leading their children to future mistakes and not resolving their issues. Booth mother looks out for him and not Lincoln by leaving Booth with money instead of both children,“She tells me to put it in a safe play and not to tell nobody”(73). …show more content…
As a parent favoritism should not occur as their children would be put against each other fighting for affection. It’s the inheritance that Booth’s mother gave him that lead him to the destruction between Lincoln and Booth.“My inheritance. You stole my inheritance, man”(114). Instead of providing for both Lincoln and Booth their mother chose to aid one child which later causes issue as Booth kills Lincoln. Favoritism isn’t just shown by the separation of the money, but looking at both Booth’s and Lincoln’ name they represent Abraham Lincoln and his killer. The irony of his death reflects the poor parenting that occurs and how it lead to conflict between brothers that lead to one’s fate of dying. Looking at Booth and Lincoln demonstrates the effect of the lack of parenting that occurs to an individual as they suffer through their lives due to the absence of proper guidance from their