Analysis Of The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls

Well-known book writer, Jeannette Walls, in her book, The Glass Castle, describes the dramatic mood altering effects of her struggles through life. Jeannette’s purpose is to show the readers her struggles throughout her childhood. She creates a dramatic tone in order to convey to her readers that you can make your dreams come true. In The Glass Castle, Jeannette uses powerful diction, very descriptive imagery, and symbolism.

In the memoir The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls, the main character explains her life story and all the struggles she went through. Along with herself, other characters such as her father Rex Walls and her mother Rose Mary Walls played vital roles to the successful memoir. The settings in this story added a deeper meaning and helped readers better understand the context. Lastly, the themes that the memoir conveyed were extremely important life lessons that shaped Jeannette Walls into the person she is today. Without the strong characters, settings, and themes, the story would not be as successful as it has become.

“1,520 children [nationally] died from abuse and neglect in 2013 [with] an average of four children dying every day from abuse or neglect,” according to the Child Welfare Information Gateway in “Child abuse and neglect fatalities 2013: Statistics and interventions.” The Glass Castle, a memoir by Jeannette Walls, depicts the harsh childhood the elder three Walls children experienced due to the choices their negligent parents made. The siblings’ childhood was unstable due to bouts of the parents’ unemployment, financial instability, and travels to new homes. The three siblings—Jeannette, Brian, and Lori—came together to survive against starvation from lack of food and to protect against getting abused by the people around them. As they grew up, they learned to support one another to

Home./hōm/ noun- the place where one lives permanently. In The Glass Castle, a true memoir, by Jeannette Walls, talks about how the family moved around a lot. They were always moving because Rex Walls, their dad, constantly was losing his job or getting in trouble with the law. The kids identities were changed a lot throughout the story. Maureen, the youngest child in the family, changed the most. Her identity was shaped and made her into who she is today. Maureen identity goes from a small child, to sheltered sibling, to a christian, and finally to a codependent adult.

"If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim" (66), Jeannette Walls' father told her before throwing her into the middle of the swimming hole again. She thrashed and flailed, sputtering water. When he held out his hands, Jeannette kicked, trying to get away. She knew he would just throw her back into the water again. She kicked and pushed water out of her way to propel herself out of his grasp. This was how young Jeannette learned to swim. She took this lesson and swam through the poverty, hunger, abuse, molestation, and mistreatment that riddled her life. In time, she swam all the way to the top of the food chain, becoming a gossip columnist contributing to many notable magazines such as Esquire and USA Today. In 2005, she published her memoir, The Glass Castle, which documented the joys and struggles of her childhood.

“Things usually work out in the end." "What if they don't?" "That just means you haven't come to the end yet.” That small but powerful excerpt comes from the incredible biography “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls. The Glass Castle is a 269 page Memoir about the unconventional, poverty-stricken, and dysfunctional life of Jeannette Walls and her three siblings.

The memoir, The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, shows the constant battle between stability and chaos. Throughout the battle Jeannette shows a copious amount of maturity and placidity. One occurrence in her life proves this point.

Stefany Tejada The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, the author and narrator of The Glass Castle, begins her memoir with the memory of being burned as a child. The story of how she was burnt shows both her mother and father’s parenting styles. Her mother’s inattentive and irresponsible parenting led to Jeannette catching on fire. Part of this memory also includes being dramatically removed from the hospital by her father, Rex Walls.

“No child is born a delinquent,” Mom said. They only become that way, she went on, if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow up to become serial murderers or alcoholics” (83). The Glass Castle is a memoir written by Jeannette Walls. Jeannette Walls is the second oldest child in a household of four children. Throughout the story, the reader is taken on Jeannette’s journey as she recounts growing up with dysfunctional parents. Parents who chose the life of poverty. Although her parents were neglectful, irresponsible, and selfish, Jeannette does not tell this story with shame or resentment, but rather with forgiveness. It is with the parent’s unconditional love and a few redeeming qualities that render self-sufficiency which

The irregular and sometimes harsh childhood of Jeannette Walls is finally revealed in the memoir The Glass Castle. Jeannette’s story is filled with hardship and many times of nomadic and daring adventures through the desert. Walls uses a broad variety of her experiences that relate in both pathological and ethological manners, and voices a story full of an inferior and unsettling lifestyle through realism and heartfelt passion.

“The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls is a perfect example to an incite of her past event. The memoir as well as her autobiography, gave a new perspective to her life that showed how she become the person she is and the most important moments in her life that changed her. Though the book is only in her view, it does give an inside on the lives of the other character. But, it doesn’t show what is really going on with them. For example, Jeannette’s father struggled with alcoholism, though she always has a remarkable view of him. There had been certain things in the book that show that his life was struggling. Such as on page 43 when Jeannette’s mom jumped out of the moving car and ran into the darkness. Starting the fight

The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, is the memoir of a girl who faced many hardships from the start of her life due to her parents’ insufficiencies. The daughter of penniless but strikingly independent nomads, she struggled to keep her family afloat. Despite the adversity the main character continuously faced, she eventually achieved her goals by never giving up. Instead, she moved forward and gained not only strength, but wisdom from the many challenges she encountered. The quote from St. Francis of Assisi, “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle” is a model for the life Jeannette achieved, learning from her suffering.

I was left wondering how the Walls children survived such an unstable upbringing. It finally dawned on me, that it was because of Janette Walls. Janette was such a selfless person; she had provided her parents and siblings with mental, emotional, and physical support. Janette’s values were remarkable and played a huge role in her success story. It was evident that Janette was the backbone of the Walls family; they all depended on her for something. In class, we discuss the importance of Maslow Hierarchy of Needs, and how met and unmet needs alter a persons needs, wants, behaviors, and perceptions. We have learned how to separate needs (necessities) and wants (non-essentials). The perception of needs can be altered by a variety of things. It is clear in the Glass Castle that economic status, culture, and personality play a vital role in the perception of needs for the family. We have learned the decision making process, and the importance of understanding the process in order to meet unmet needs. Most importantly, we have learned how a change in family structure introduces unique challenges to each family. The Glass Castle, allows a reader to step inside a dysfunctional family and witness the intimate moments

In the memoir The Glass Castle, readers get to witness* author-Jeannette Walls * mature into a successful journalist by persevering through her tumultuous past. Amongst the wrongdoings of her parents, Jeanette uses their lack of responsibility to further her success. Jeanette's mother- Rose Mary Walls lives a life of greed, often viewing others as a distraction to establishing herself as a well-renowned artist. Rose Mary’s selfish attitude motivated Jeanette’s development into the altruistic person she is today.

“The Glass Castle”, written by Jeannette Walls is a New York Times Bestselling novel that was created into a film on August 11 of 2017. The screenplay writer, Destin Daniel Cretton, worked on it without Jeannette Walls. In the film there were three different actresses to play the different stages in Jeannette’s life. Chandler Head as young Jeannette, Ella Anderson as teenage Jeannette, and Brie Larson as adult Jeannette. I believe that the film has a wonderful way of showing the important events that happened in the novel, but some of the events were changed.