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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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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full control over how they choose to perceive their own situation Eric Hoffer says‚ “It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.” This remarkable trait is apparent in Jeanette Walls’ memoir‚ The Glass Castle‚ in which Walls retells the story of her childhood surrounded by her extremely dysfunctional yet oddly vivacious family. The reader becomes engrossed in Jeannette’s endless battle between defending her family and the greatness she hopes the Walls
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In March of 2005‚ Jeannette Walls released her memoir called “The Glass castle”. Recently‚ in August of 2017 “The Glass Castle” was released as a movie that was written by Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Lanham. The movie starred Brie Larson as Jeannette and also casted Emmy Award winning actor Woody Harrelson. More minor roles such as‚ Rose Mary‚ Lori‚ and Brian were played by Naomi Watts‚ Charlie Shotwell‚ and Sadie Sink. When watching the film my expectations and hopes became present in my head
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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls represents permissive parenting the most‚ of all the different types of parenting.The Walls parents follow this style to a “T”. Permissive Parenting uses the terms “low expectations”‚ “nontraditional”‚ and “lenient”. I believe the Walls parents portray all of these qualities. When Jeannette tells us about enrolling in school‚ she says “We might enroll in school‚but not always. Mom and Dad did most of our teaching.” The statement represents that they are more responsive
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The Glass Castle is a brilliant memoir following the story of the young author‚ Jeannette Walls. She writes a revealing look into her uniquely vibrant and deeply dysfunctional family. Constantly short on cash and food‚ the family moves around the country frequently and tries to re-settle. Threw the families hardships‚ the family carries hope that one day they will build their Glass Castle. This books title is symbolic of the overall book in its whole‚ and takes up a large amount of the author’s life
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I recently read the book‚ “The Glass Castle‚” by Jeannette Walls‚ which is a short novel in the form of a memoir. She is famous for both “The Glass Castle‚” but also wrote another best seller‚ “Half Broke Horses.” I would give this book a positive rating‚ and also deem it one of the best books I have read so far. Walls kept juggling many themes‚ kept the book lively at all times‚ and keep all aspects of her novel true. The plot had a very fast pace‚ and beautifully illustrated the pains she and
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Kyle Scott Reading 96 Journal # 2 The Glass Castle #2 After the Walls had been in Welch a while‚ Rex and Rose-Mary decided to leave the children with Rex’s mother Erma‚ and make a road trip back to Phoenix. Their excuse for leaving them was that it was only going to be a short trip‚ all business‚ and to retrieve anything they had left behind. A week after the parents had left Erma was hammered‚ she had been drinking since before breakfast‚ and told Brian that his pants needed sewed up. She
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into a screen‚ where your face is into a book with paper pages. The book I’ll be summarizing is a book about lesson about to be responsible‚ a book about having an unstable family and an unstable family life. The title of my reading is about The Glass Castle. The author’s name is Jeannette Walls‚ the book is about a family with poverty‚ the lesson of this entire book is about being responsible. being a good influence and to have a good structurized family because things can affect others and you
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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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