Jeanette And How She Grow Up In The Glass Castle

In the memoir “The Glass Castle” Jeannette, both the main character and author tells the story of her childhood and how she grew up. Jeanette was born into poverty, and when she grows up, she then realizes that living in poverty is not an ideal way of life. The book begins with Jeanette in New York, on her way to a party, when she notices her own mother scavenging in the trash. Jeanette was so embarrassed of her mother that she ducked in the car so Rose Mary would not see her and make a scene. After the first chapter, we already know that the parents were either shamed or disowned. The Walls family went in and out of poverty, and they didn't seem to care if they were poor or not. When Jeanette was young, she enjoyed living in poverty. As Jeanette grew up, she realized that there was better standards of living, and that she was living in poverty, and while she was going through this, the family was growing, and becoming more needy for things like food and education. When Maureen was born, Jeanette swore herself to basically be the parent figure for her, because by then she has realized that her parents are not planning on taking care of her or the rest of the family.
Jeanette's view of her father Rex changed throughout the story. In the beginning of the book, and Jeanette's childhood, Rex was a genius, and a very intelligent person who loved his children, and wanted them to be happy. “When Dad wasn’t telling us about all the amazing things he had already done, he was telling us about the wondrous things he was going to do. Like build the Glass Castle. All of Dad’s engineering skills and mathematical genius were coming together in one special project: a great big house he was going to build for us in the desert.” (Walls