“Later that night‚ Dad stopped the car out in the middle of the desert‚ and we slept under the stars. We had no pillows‚ but Dad said that was part of his plan. He was teaching us to have good posture. The Indians didn’t use pillows‚ either‚ he explained‚ and look how straight they stood. We did have our scratchy army-surplus blankets‚ so we spread them out and lay there‚ looking up at the field of stars. I told Lori how lucky we were to be sleeping out under the sky like Indians.
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Women in Literature Rex Walls Due to his negligence and occasional endangerment of his children‚ many people dislike Rex Walls. They think he’s an awful‚ unfit parent. However‚ Rex was a loving‚ caring father who teaches his kids important values‚ with many positive parenting traits who just messes up from time to time. The reader can see how much Rex cares when he gives his kids stars for Christmas because he doesn’t have money for toys. Rex says‚ “Years from now‚ when all the junk [the other
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"What if they don’t?" "That just means you haven’t come to the end yet” (259). Jeannette changes over the course of the novel tremendously‚ and she uses acceptance to obtain the fact that life is not as successful as it could be. In the book The Glass Castle there are many instances where the family has a problem and they have to accept the fact that life is going to change. Doing this guides them through their hardships so that they are able to move on faster. Despite the fact that Jeannette has an
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Eden Erickson Vaughn‚ period 3 The Glass Castle In the autobiographical novel The Glass Castle by Jennette Walls‚ Jennette is a young girl growing up in a dysfunctional family full of hard circumstances and extreme poverty. Yet her experiences are still very exciting; having many adventures. Her father is an alcoholic‚ but when sober is expressive and brilliant‚ teaching Jennette and her two siblings Brian and Lori about the wonders
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Compare/Contrast Essay The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls as well as October Sky by Homer H. Hickam‚ Jr. both resemble the hardships faced by children living in poverty. The Glass Castle is the story of Jeannette Walls and how her siblings have learned to take care of themselves in their dysfunctional family. Jeannette walls is a willful and independent individual who dreams of leaving her haunted past behind. October Sky tells the story of Sonny and his three school friends with the same
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obstacles in life. In Jeannette Walls’ memoir‚ The Glass Castle‚ tells us about a girl who was in poverty with a father that was very paranoid and logical‚ and a mother who is free-spirited. Even though she went through hardships she was still able to learn lessons‚ and was able to push forward to become a remarkable author. Although human resilience has multiple definitions‚ I believe it is the ability to keep pressing forward because in the book The Glass Castle Jeanette Walls pushed through obstacles
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Yared Golla Mrs.Gutierrez Multicultural Literature 3 April 2017 Bright Tunnel Vision No matter what situation you’re in to be successful you need to have a thrive to succeed. In the novel The Glass Castle‚ by Jeannette walls‚ Jeannette is a motivated student in school who has a motive to succeed despite the difficult family situations she goes through. In the ted talk “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance.” by Angela Lee‚ Angela talks about how she discovered that having grit which is having
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Glass Castle and The Lone Ranger Breakdown Sherman Alexie and Jeanette Walls share equal thoughts in there writings. In Jeanette Walls’ Glass Castle she describes her father‚ Rex Walls‚ of having a grave addiction for alcohol. Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Victor’s Father seem to have a relatively similar situation. Jeanette’s father struggles throughout most of their journey searching for a way to live in a better environment and more of a wealthy lifestyle but
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In the memoir‚ The Glass Castle‚ Jeannette Walls presents the idea that being neglected can force one to look out for oneself even though one cannot eliminate hardships. Throughout the children’s lives‚ their parents‚ who evaded their roles and responsibilities to their children by creating excuses‚ neglected the Walls siblings. The parents started neglecting the children from a young age where they would put their needs above their children. In one of these instances‚ three year old Jeannette caught
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Running head: SOCIAL PROBLEM ANALYSIS OF THE GLASS CASTLE 1 Social problem analysis of The Glass Castle-------The impact of the alcoholism Ying Wan SWRK 725 Saint Louis University Professor Shannon Cooper-Sadlo SOCIAL PROBLEM ANALYSIS OF THE GLASS CASTLE 2 Abstract The paper talks about the social problems presented in the book The Glass Castle. And choose one problem which is alcoholism as the major one to explored in depth. It included the population affected
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