The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls Essay

In this passage from The Glass Castle, the Walls family moves into a new house in Welch which is even worse than some of their other houses, having no running water or electricity. Jeannette Walls conveys the central idea that even though people may not be great parents, they could still have good intentions. The author uses imagery to show that even though her parents tried to come off as good parents, they were not living in good conditions because of choices they've made with their money.
In this passage, Jeannette Walls uses her senses to help us visualize the poor living conditions at 93 Little Hobart Street. One example that demonstrates the use of imagery is “Inside there were three rooms, each about ten feet by ten feet, facing onto the front porch. The house had no bathroom, but underneath it, behind one of the cinder-block pillars, was a closet sized room with a toilet on a cement floor. The toilet wasn’t hooked up to any sewer or septic system” (Walls 151). In this part of the book, Jeannette is moving into her new house in Welch and she is realizing how many things are wrong with the house- especially that the toilet is not hooked up to a septic system. As she is seeing the problems within the house, her parents are trying to tell them that this is just a temporary thing and that they can look past the problems in the house showing that they have good intentions, which in reality the fact that there is no septic system is not sanitary, especially for young kids. Another example that demonstrates the use of imagery in
Through the use of her senses and how she describes them, Jeannette Walls proves that even though people may not be great parents, they could still have good intentions. Although her parents don’t give her and her siblings a great life and living conditions, they still try to make the best out of every