Irresponsible Father Quotes

Rex Walls is an angry drunk, an irresponsible father, and a idealist. Although he has his moments of being a good father/husband, when he's drunk, all of that goes away. ““You crazy bitch!” Dad hollered. “Get your goddamn ass back in this car!”…We shot forward toward Mom, who screamed and jumped out of the way. Dad turned around and we went for her again. … Finally, Dad cornered Mom against some rocks. I was afraid he might smush her with the car, but instead he got out and dragged her back, legs flailing, and threw her into the car.” (Walls 43). In this scene of the book, Rex Walls chases down his wife after a minor argument about how long Rosemary Walls (his wife) has been pregnant with their daughter Lori. Prior to this, Rosemary claimed that she had been pregnant with Lori for 14 months and she left the car mid-argument. With Rex’s drunken
“Several hours passed. … Suddenly, with a bang, we hit a huge pot hole and the back doors on the U-Haul flew open. … I wedged myself into a corner. It seemed like we’d have to ride it out. (Walls 49)” In this quote, Brian, Lori, Jeannette, and Maureen were put in the back of a U-Haul truck while leaving Blythe for Battle Mountain. He is irresponsible because his children almost flew out of a U-Haul truck going at highway speeds. Even though the kids were trying to alert their parents, Rex (and Rosemary) are unaware of this. Despite Rex’s negative qualities, he is also an idealist. “He carried around the blueprints for the Glass Castle wherever we went, and sometimes he pulled them out and let us work on the designs for our rooms. (Walls 25)” The Glass Castle is an idea of a perfect home and a perfect life that gives the family hope for a better future. Because Rex carries around these plans, he turns this idea into a possible reality. Although the family is homeless and hungry, their faith in this perfect future is what’s helping them survive, and Rex is giving them this