The Glass Castle‚ a memoir written by Jeannette Walls is an eye-opening look at the world of poverty that touches so many lives within in the United States. There are many reasons for poverty wheather they be out of consequence or one is simply born into it there are many reason for its occurance. The story of Jeannette Walls is not only inspiring but motivating as her climb from the depths poverty allow her to become the successful journalist and novelist she is today. Throughout her life there
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up in a family where your dad is a drunk and your mom has the desperate urge to have no kids? Well‚ after reading The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls‚ I can begin to comprehend. There are six members in the Walls family‚ Rex and Rosemary‚ parents‚ and Lori‚ Jeanette‚ Brain and Maureen‚ the children. Jeanette’s dad was an enormous player in the children’s childhood‚ when sober Rex was inspiring and charming‚ but when he drank he was very destructive. Therefore creating a terrible situation for the
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lives. For example‚ young adults‚ may live in situations where they suffer from abuse due to alcoholism‚ mental illness‚ or food insecurity. A work of literature that relates to this real-world issue is The New York Times Bestseller‚ The Glass Castle‚ by Jeanette Walls. In the book‚ Jeanette discusses her abnormal life as a child and as a young adult. Regardless of their struggles in life‚
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1. Discuss the metaphor of a glass castle and what it signifies to Jeannette and her father. Why is it so important that‚ just before moving to New York‚ Jeannette tells her father that she doesn’t believe he’ll ever build it? ● I can’t be sure about what the glass castle means exactly to Jeannette‚ but a few ideas come to mind. The glass castle can symbolize a lot of things about their family. One thing it can show is that they aren’t afraid to hide their life‚ and what goes on in it. Everybody
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our lives‚’ Mom said. But when DAd got up‚ he’d act as if all the wreckage didn’t exist‚ and no one discussed it with him. The rest of us had to get used to stepping over broken furniture and shattered glass" (Walls 112-113). “‘This family is falling apart‚’ he said./ ’It sure is‚’ I told him" (Walls 230). “I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes.” “Why spend the afternoon making a meal that will be gone in an hour‚" she’d
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Rex Walls was the unconventional father due to the occasional endangerment of his children. People think he’s an 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. 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 kids] got is broken and long forgotten‚ you’ll still have your stars”
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The Glass Castle – Connector 1. Life in the city began to annoy Dad after a while. He became sick of the orderliness of the city and had a disdain for their view for wildlife. This is similar to how my mother felt when she was new to the US. She was accustomed to life in Nigeria‚ where she didn’t have to worry about things like tax forms and bank accounts. Additionally‚ she was familiar with the diverse wildlife of West Africa. Coming to the U.S. was a large change for her just like the city
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Dysfunctional Family Roles In The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls‚ you see the different roles of a dysfunctional family being played out throughout the book. There are six members of the Walls’ family‚ Rosemary‚ Rex‚ Lori‚ Jeanette‚ Brian‚ and Maureen. The family is obviously dysfunctional with an alcoholic father and a mother who does not want the responsibility of raising four children. Throughout the book we see the children taking on some of the basic roles of a dysfunctional family and
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Hailey Schwab Block 3B Ms. Cyr 9/19/14 The Glass Castle The memoir entitled The Glass Castle‚ written by Jeannette Walls is a story of the eventful life Jeannette endured growing up with her three siblings and her parents. Jeannette lived a tough life‚ she was constantly moving‚ never had nice clothes to wear‚ and had to grow up faster than most children. The reason for the constant struggles in Jeannette’s life led back to her parents. Her father Rex Walls was outrageous‚ always making spur of the
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Assignment the Glass Castle A. Jeannette Walls‚ in her memoir The Glass Castle‚ demonstrates Erikson’s eight stages of development. Through the carefully recounted stories of her childhood and adolescence‚ we are able to trace her development from one stage to the next. While Walls struggles through some of the early developmental stages‚ she inevitably succeeds and has positive outcomes through adulthood. The memoir itself is not only the proof that she is successful and productive in middle adulthood
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