Baby and Johnny soon fall in love and just as you begin to think that Baby has become her own person madly in love with another being, her father bans her from communicating with Johnny because he doesn’t have enough potential for Baby. “Baby, you and him come from two different worlds, and you need to stay in yours.” (Father) This marks a point where Baby either chooses her independence or continues to fit her parent’s cookie cutter mold. Baby decides that she is determined to be her own woman and decides to go find Johnny the night of the big performance, because “no one puts Baby in the corner.” (Johnny) This shows that Baby has found who she is and who she wants to be. There are many characteristics of Baby that show how much she progresses throughout the story line. Baby goes from an un-informed, naïve, and “goody-goody” of a child to an independent, kind hearted, respected woman. “I know what I want, and you nor no one else will keep me from it.”