The Glass Castle Stylistic Analysis
Parenting Styles and The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a memoir about her life, throughout the memoir you get to meet her parents which can be judged as a parent in many different ways. The parenting style that is most exemplified by Rex and Rosemary's walls is an uninvolved parent. Rex and Rosemary are uninvolved parents because when certain situations occur they failed to communicate correctly“ I asked Mom and Dad if we should close the doors and windows when we went to sleep. They wouldn't consider it.” (103) Rex and Rosemary failed to communicate the importance of safety as stated in the quote before because if they cared about their safety from intruders they would have allowed them to shut the windows but instead
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a memoir about her life, throughout the memoir you get to meet her parents which can be judged as a parent in many different ways. The parenting style that is most exemplified by Rex and Rosemary's walls is an uninvolved parent. Rex and Rosemary are uninvolved parents because when certain situations occur they failed to communicate correctly“ I asked Mom and Dad if we should close the doors and windows when we went to sleep. They wouldn't consider it.” (103) Rex and Rosemary failed to communicate the importance of safety as stated in the quote before because if they cared about their safety from intruders they would have allowed them to shut the windows but instead