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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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is an extremely shocking novel in that even it weren’t true the events in the story would still be shocking‚ but the fact that it is true makes it that much more disturbing. In the book Jeannette is on more than one occasion‚ a victim of sexual abuse. Although there is one event in particular that I found exceptionally troubling. And that is when Jeannette and her family are in their upper class house in Phoenix and innocently leave their doors and windows open
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man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities. This is evident in Jeannette Walls’ memoir‚ The Glass Castle‚ which reiterates the story of Jeannette who is raised within a family that is both deeply dysfunctional and distinctively vibrant. Jeannette is faced with numerous barriers throughout her life. Despite the many obstacles set forth by her parents during her childhood‚ Jeannette develops into a successful adult later in life. One of these obstacles is the lack of a stable
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In the memoir‚ The Glass Castle‚ written by Jeannette walls‚ we see how Jeannette’s childhood with her extraordinary parents shapes her identity and sense of value. Rex and Rosemary Walls‚ the parents of Jeannette‚ can be seen as irresponsible and careless people‚ although they raise Jeannette as an extremely resilient‚ independent and warm-hearted person in the future. Jeannette is using some of the certain objects as a reflection of her and‚ her emotions. Furthermore‚ she repeatedly makes mention
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personal wants and desires. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a perfect example of selfishness in parents having a large affect on their children in the long run. The Glass Castle isn’t just a story but it is someone’s actual life that was affected by selfish parents. The story is told by Jeannette Walls and is the story of her life and the ups and downs that she went through as a child with troubled parents and how it affected her life. Jeannette was the middle child out of four siblings. She
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Quarter 1 Reading Guide Title of Novel _The Glass Castle ___ Author __Jeanette Walls _ I. Introduction. What was good about the first few paragraphs? Was it an effective beginning to the story? The story starts out rather well. It gives you a good first couple of pages to give you a good idea of what 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
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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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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 days
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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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The Glass Castle was written by the author‚ Jeanette Walls and she is also the protagonist of the book. The book tells the story of Jeanette Walls and her family life. It shows how they basically struggled day in and out like being short on food and money‚ they always moved around the country just to find a place to settle in. Jeanette Walls and her family mostly lived in various mining towns on the west coast of America. As Jeannette grew up in the desert‚ she enchanted by the limitless
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