“The Glass Castle” by Jeanette Walls is an extremely intriguing novel that really kept my attention throughout the whole story. The Walls family is definitely one that is unlike any I’ve ever come across‚ and the lessons that the children learned were ones that helped shaped their lives and made them who they are today. Jeanette obviously learned so much from her experience that she wrote a whole book about it‚ managing to hold the reader’s attention through all 281 pages. Jeanette Walls goes
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English 11 24 November 2014 …Epilogue… After Dads death‚ Mom was able to work for herself to better her own situation. With a lot of help from Lori‚ Brian‚ and I‚ Mom was able to get back on her feet in a low cost apartment. She got a job working as a waitress at a steakhouse. Which reminded her of her life back in Texas. She was able to pay for her art career too‚ now that all the monthly income wasn’t spent on Dads alcohol infirmity. After a while her money started to escalate and she was
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respect for my mother because of all that she has done for me and my two siblings. We never had a lot of money when she was single‚ yet She always provided for us. “Putting food on the table isn’t difficult if that’s what you want to do.” (The Glass Castle) After my parents got divorced‚ she met a new guy named Rodney. He is like a father to my brother and me. He helped raise us since I was in Kindergarten. He works construction‚ so he wasn’t around that much during the summer days‚ nor was my mom.
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The Glass Castle. Sounds like a story about some fantasy kingdom with a castle made of glass‚ but it’s not. This is a story about the early life of a young woman‚ Jeannette Walls. From drinking to living in the desert to going to New York‚ her life is a roller coaster ride. However‚ there is one thing you notice in the story: forgiveness. This happened many times in the Walls family. The act of forgiveness ultimately led the family to peace. Forgiveness in a relationship is an important factor which
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To explain the significance of the word fire that is portrayed repeatedly in section 2 of the Glass Castle‚ we first need examine why she uses the word fire. Can she relate the meaning of the word fire to her life? Well on page 15‚ paragraph one‚ lines 5 through 6; “You can’t live in the fear of something as basic as fire”‚ shows that fire is something that one shouldn’t be in fear of and should be least feared. That she should be in charged and not the other way around. The second time is on the
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You Can Always Find the Good in a Bad Situation In Jeannette Walls’ memoir‚ The Glass Castle‚ Jeanette’s unconventional childhood is characterized by constant poverty and the chaos and confusion of having dysfunctional parents along with their nomadic lifestyle‚ moving from neighborhood to neighborhood. What is exceptional about Jeanette’s story is that although her parents were irresponsible‚ neglectful and careless‚ they were still able to manage to instill admirable qualities in their children
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Last week in class we read the Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. The book showed what’s it’s like to overcome adversity at anytime even when times are bad Jeannette Walls overcame her father’s alcoholism and her mother’s psychoness. The family was also going through a financial crisis so with the weight of everything on her she had to get over so much for her to be able to succeed in her later life. Jeanette was a very strong and determined person and she didn’t allow herself to use the homelessness
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In the memoir‚ The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls‚ four dysfunctional kids learn how to grow up on their own and take on new responsibilities due to the absence of their parents. The parents‚ Rex and Rose Mary live very different lives but seem to always be on the same page when it comes to doing things for there kids. The story takes place in many different states because Jeanette’s dad Rex does not always have a stable job. The Walls family moved to various towns in the Desert until they had to
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The Glass Castle Section 1: A woman on the street Quote 1: “’You want to help me change my life?’ Mom asked. ‘I’m fine. You’re the one who needs help. Your values are all confused’” (Walls 5). I think that this quote is significant because it shows how different Jeannette’s views on life and her mother’s views on life are. Throughout the novel Jeannette is always trying to help her parents‚ but what she does not notice is that they are happy the way that they are. They enjoy the way that they
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After reading a vast majority of “The Glass Castle‚” I have personally enjoyed reading Parts II and III the most. Throughout these two sections of the memoir‚ Jeannette was faced with an uphill battle each and everyday scarred by homelessness‚ poverty and starvation that has come to define this novel. Furthermore‚ the struggle experienced in these two parts allowed for Jeannette to truly reflect on her life and take control of her own destiny to realize that she needed to escape this lifelong rut
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