Castle‚ one can see the generational curses of sins of the father. Jeannette’s parents were part of a cycle of alcoholism‚ anger and depression. Throughout the book one can see all the parts of the generational curses thorough Rex Walls‚ Rose Mary‚ Jeannette and her siblings. Rex Walls is the father of the writer of The Glass Castle. Throughout the book‚ one can see that he gets extremely drunk and he never holds down a job to provide for his family. Rex is usually gone drinking at different bars for
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Complaints were made on a six-person family living in ill conditions at 93 Little Hobart Street. The family is comprised of Rex Walls‚ Rose Mary Walls‚ and their four children: Lori Walls‚ age sixteen‚ Jeannette Walls‚ age thirteen‚ Brian Walls‚ age twelve‚ and Maureen Walls‚ age eight. When the house was checked out‚ it was noted that the porch in the front of the house is drooping‚ only supported by tall‚ cinder-block pillars (Walls 150). The house’s paint has faded from possibly white to dismal
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Timeline Southern Arizona; (21 April 1963 – 20 April 1964); 3 years old The first major event that stuck with Jeannette Walls started when she was cooking hot dogs alone at only age three‚ and she accidentally lit herself on fire. This was definitely an impacting event on her‚ not only because it is her first memory‚ but it was also traumatic. “Juju‚ our black mutt‚ was watching me. I stabbed one of the hot dogs with a fork and bent over and offered it to him. The wiener was hot‚ so Juju licked
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A person’s childhood or past should not define who they are or become. In the narrative text‚ The Glass Castle‚ Jeannette Walls expresses the life of homelessness‚ neglect‚ and poverty in her childhood. The author uses characterization‚ imagery‚ and epiphany to convey the truth that the difficulties in your past should not have to alter who you become in the future. Walls uses characterization in her text to describe her parents’ personality and who they were to her during her childhood. Jeannette’s
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Anne Wang Ms. Perez 5th period January‚ 10‚ 2013 The Glass Castle Passage Analysis It was a very touching story: the Glass Castle‚ in which author Jeannette Walls tells the world about her greatly influential past. This passage I chose reveals one of the most significant characters in her life‚ her father; it recalls on the things that he did for her‚ or his attitudes and ways of life that is very influential in the author’s life. When her father speaks in the book‚ it can be interpreted
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What would you be doing? Would your mom be hovering over you making sure you didn’t hurt yourself or get into any trouble? Or would you be downstairs in the living room watching the television and playing with your Barbie dolls? At the age of three Jeannette Wall’s was cooking hot dogs while her mother painted in the next room. In The Glass Castle‚ the developing theme of the book is self-sufficiency‚ which is a topic that emerges many times thought the narrative. For Instance some of the major contributive
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the story is going to be about. Plus‚ it also gives you a desire to continue reading to get the entire story. It starts out with Jeanette in a taxi‚ going to a party‚ only to see her mother rummaging through the garbage. II. Characters. A. Jeannette‚ at the beginning of the story‚ is a prosperous news reporter in a pretty dress on her way to a very fancy party. This is the first glimpse we see of her‚ but the book is done as a ‘flashback’ of sorts‚ so even though technically she is a 30-something
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what you would call an ideal life‚ but to their family it was as good as it could get. In the book The Glass Castle‚ the author Jeannette Walls explains her life story. Jeannette‚ being the main character in the book‚ lives with her family who is always moving to different cities whether it be Arizona‚ California‚ or even West Virginia. Being a kid at the time‚ Jeannette does not quite understand how irresponsible her parents are‚ but by the time she is an adult she understands how badly her parents
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Melodie Yang Mrs. Kondrusk 2nd Hour English 10E In the book the Glass Castle written by Jeannette walls she talks about many memories and struggles that she and her family went through growing up. One of the main struggles in the family was alcoholism. Rex Walls‚ Jeannette’s father‚ was the typical alcoholic that drank until they were glowering and having people fear them. The book has many thing related to alcoholism‚ it shows the precarious of obstacles people face‚ and why it is important
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Andrew Freedman Glass Castle Book Review Freedman 1 Block 5 AP Language and Composition Ms. Snedeker The Glass Castle is a chilling memoir written by the writer Jeannette Walls. The memoir is about her unfortunate childhood‚ which involved constantly being on the move due to her father Rex’s drinking problems getting them into debt or losing him a job. The author has a way of describing things that leaves readers emotionally connected‚ sympathetic‚ grateful‚ wanting more and many other reactions
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