Compare And Contrast The Glass Castle By Jeanette Walls

Turning one's life into a movie, based on a book that they wrote can be very difficult; movies can be perceived very differently than perceived in a book. Jeanette Walls wrote her memoir, The Glass Castle, about growing up in a nomadic and dysfunctional household, yet having a family that gave her experiences no other child had. In 2017, the film The Glass Castle was released, made to replicate the book. There are many similarities and slight differences between the book and movie. A major difference between the film The Glass Castle and the book version is the seriousness of Jeanette's injury. In the book, after Jeanette is left unattended while cooking at just 3 years old, she catches on fire and receives serious burns. She describes having
They said it was a skin graft.” (Walls 10). Jeanette explains the injury and procedures needed very solemnly. In the movie, Jeanette is shown lit on fire. Later, Jeanette is shown surrounded by her family, sitting up with clear skin and a smile on her face. She is laughing and seems to have no pain. When the doctor shows concern about the seriousness of the injury and expresses worry about why everyone is so giddy, Rex gets annoyed, “A Veteran of the US Air Force brings his little girl in here so you can wrap her in a band aid.” Rex and the Walls family do not take the burn as seriously as they did in the book. They are making light of the situation, laughing and getting mad at the doctor for doing his job, compared to in the book, Jeanette describes the procedures the doctors did on her, making readers understand the level of injury. Another difference between the movie clip and the book is how Jeanette's family was meant to be perceived. In the movie clip, the doctor is made out to be the bad guy. Jeanette's family is shown making her laugh, cheering her up in the horrible situation. The doctor then comes in and says,