Unprotected In Jeannette Walls 'Memoir The Glass Castle'
Unprotected Jeannette
People are often unprotected when they face a financial dilemma. Some people choose to deal with their dilemma rather than working to solve the dilemma. In Jeannettes Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle, Jeannette is unprotected because of her parents, environment, situations, and the conflicts that she is involved in. She is never safe; her life is full of dangers. She is unable to protect herself. Jeannette is unable to protect herself from hearing the curses that her father says. As a little girl, she hears her parents screaming. While her family does not have a house to live in, and they have to stay at her grandmother’s house, Jeannette’s grandmother and her father are fighting: “You flea-bitten drunk! You goddamned …show more content…
This is an example of domestic violence. When a person is a victim of the awful act of rape, clearly, that person is not safe. There is no one there to save her; she is unprotected as usual. She does tell her mother about how the uncle abused her. She says: “Mom, Uncle Stanley is behaving inappropriately. He groped me! And he is wanking off!” (184). She clearly describes the scene of how she is not feeling secure. The mother did not pay attention to her at all. She ignored the fact that she is in danger.
She is the one who brings her daughter to the uncle’s house even though she knows that the uncle’s house is unsafe. This is the second time that Jeanette is being sexually abused. The first time that she gets abused is when her mother leaves the door open for fresh air over the night ,and a stranger walks into their house ,and touches her while she is sleeping. Leaving the door open over the night is one of the most dangerous thing that a human can do. Houses have doors for security reasons.But, they do not close the door. The open door is a symbol of how unsafe she
People are often unprotected when they face a financial dilemma. Some people choose to deal with their dilemma rather than working to solve the dilemma. In Jeannettes Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle, Jeannette is unprotected because of her parents, environment, situations, and the conflicts that she is involved in. She is never safe; her life is full of dangers. She is unable to protect herself. Jeannette is unable to protect herself from hearing the curses that her father says. As a little girl, she hears her parents screaming. While her family does not have a house to live in, and they have to stay at her grandmother’s house, Jeannette’s grandmother and her father are fighting: “You flea-bitten drunk! You goddamned …show more content…
This is an example of domestic violence. When a person is a victim of the awful act of rape, clearly, that person is not safe. There is no one there to save her; she is unprotected as usual. She does tell her mother about how the uncle abused her. She says: “Mom, Uncle Stanley is behaving inappropriately. He groped me! And he is wanking off!” (184). She clearly describes the scene of how she is not feeling secure. The mother did not pay attention to her at all. She ignored the fact that she is in danger.
She is the one who brings her daughter to the uncle’s house even though she knows that the uncle’s house is unsafe. This is the second time that Jeanette is being sexually abused. The first time that she gets abused is when her mother leaves the door open for fresh air over the night ,and a stranger walks into their house ,and touches her while she is sleeping. Leaving the door open over the night is one of the most dangerous thing that a human can do. Houses have doors for security reasons.But, they do not close the door. The open door is a symbol of how unsafe she