Billy's Absence In The Movie 'The Glass Castle'

Billy had thrown the ring at me. I kept walking. ‘Guess what?’ Billy shouted. ‘I raped you!’” (pg. 87). Jeannette is confused when she hears what Billy says. She is sexually assaulted at the age of eight, and it only seems to get worse as she moves from place to place. With each attack resulting due to the continued neglect that Rex and Rose Mary show towards their kids by not providing stability. The neglect that Jeannette experiences, but does not yet understand, eventually results in the involvement of Social Services with the Walls family; “He’d launch an investigation and end up sending me and Brian and Lori and Maureen off to live with different families, even though we all got good grades and knew Morse code. I couldn’t let that happen. No way was I going to lose Brian and Lori and Maureen.” (pg. 194). It is here that Jeannette shows how much she truly cares about her family. The neglect of her parents has required her to become the responsible figure head of the Walls household and she learns to protect and care for her siblings. Jeannette develops the characteristics of a mother figure despite the careless absence of her own mother.

She has always felt a responsibility to take care of her siblings, earn money to help with finances, and control her father when he was drunk, even taking him home from the bar. Jeannette would try to bring food home for her siblings when she found any extra. At one point she says, “I felt like I was failing Maureen, like I wasn’t keeping my promise that I’d protect her.” (206) In reality, Jeannette should not be the one in charge of protecting her siblings and making sure they have enough food and necessities but she does because her parents don’t. She also feels the need to make extra money because her parents don’t have steady incomes. By the age of thirteen, she was the head of the household for the summer and had a job that paid forty dollars a week. (209, 215) She was making more money than either of her parents and she wasn’t even old enough by law to have a job. Another example of her maturity beyond her age is when Rose Mary makes Jeannette retrieve her father from the bar when he doesn’t come home after a couple of days. (181) This a job that Rose Mary should be doing herself but instead she sends Jeannette so she doesn’t have to deal with

Everyone has some kind of hope for the future, something that they want to achieve or experience. “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls, is the real life story of Jeannette growing up in poverty and her experiences as a child. Jeannette’s father was an alcoholic man, he was very irresponsible when it came to taking care of his children. Rex still managed to keep an emotional connection with his children, and this helped shape the Walls kids into who they became and kept their family together. Throughout Jeanette's childhood, she was always moving from place to place, and was constantly struggling to keep her family together. Throughout the book, “The Glass Castle” was mentioned a multitude of times. “The Glass Castle” was representative

These differences, although they seem insignificant, generate stronger emotions and better character development in the book. Due to several instances being left out, the audience member is not impacted by Rose Mary in the slightest, and may experience hostility toward Jeannette for her spiteful actions in the film. From both reading and watching The Glass Castle, a new insight comes into the mindset. While Rose Mary may seem like an adventurous, good-hearted person from the outside, Jeannette’s writing describes, in detail, the pain and frustration she causes the family as a whole. This is one of the reasons the book was immensely enjoyable, more so than the movie. The production never gives insight as to what Jeannette’s true feelings are in specific bursts, leaving the viewer to make their own assumptions and accusations. In order to improve the movie, the directors could have done more in terms of character development, as there was no depth in any characters, including Jeannette and Rose

Throughout the novel, the readers have the ability to follow along Jeanette’s life story. She deals with her distracted yet present parents. They remind her of the important lessons in life. One of the most important lessons that Jeannette learns is that life will eventually work in the end and if it still isn't working that just means it is not the end

Moments in Billy's life change instantaneously, not giving Billy a clue to where he will end up next. In one moment, he is sitting in his home typing a letter to the local newspaper about his experience with the Tralfamadorians, and in the next he is a lost soldier of World War II running around behind German lines aimlessly without a coat or proper shoes. He then became a child being thrown into a pool by his father and afterwards a forty-one year old man visiting his mother in an old people's home. In the novel, changes in time are made through transitional statements such as, "Billy traveled in time, opened his eyes, found himself staring into the glass eyes of a jade green mechanical owl." p.56 In the movie there is no such thing and different moments in Billy's life happen instantaneously. Because scenes are continuous as times change, the movie better displays the author's attempt to capture in the notion of being "unstuck in time." On the other hand, the novel does help the audience follow these time changes better by setting it up for the next scene, offering a background of Billy's experiences before they begin through these transitional statements.

Jeanette's mother, though she's always trying to have a positive, loving outlook on their life, is a selfish woman. The starvation was getting to her head, at which point she began to hide from the family and indulge herself in what little they have. "She told us we should forgive her the same way we always forgave Dad for his drinking. None of us said a thing. Brian snatched up the chocolate bar and divided it into four pieces. While mom watched, we wolfed them down" (Jeannette 174). This is one of the many moments in the novel where forgiveness is vital in the family. In order to get through their life of willingly living in poverty, they need to have trust in one another, as well as forgive each other for their mistakes. Sometimes times are difficult, and we start to lose sight and control of what's important. In this case, Jeanette's mother, though she insists their life is perfectly fine, is breaking down. She is so deprived of her own needs that she forgot of her own families needs, to the point where she hid herself from them to eat a single candy

Every person has a past that they want to hid and keep barred forever. But for some they decide to bring into the light for everyone to see. Jeannette Walls was one of those people who went against the norm. She decided to write the book the Glass Castle which told about her tough and adventurous past and how she rose to where she was today. Although most of the Walls go on to lead successful lives, Maureen's relationship with her parents has a negative impact on the adult she becomes.

In The Glass Castle, the Walls family eventually moves to Rex Walls’ hometown in West Virginia. The family experiences one injustice after another during their time in Welch. The history is not interesting or important. The first events Jeanette experiences are infuriating and upsetting. The town of welch could have a lot to offer some people, but for the Walls family it is a terrible idea. The introduction to welch has a meaning, and it means the walls would have had a much better life if they could stay in the desert.

The movie The Glass Castle, is a biographical drama film telling about the experiences that Jeannette Walls went through during her childhood; based off of the book of the same title. The Glass Castle is a Lionsgate film and was released August 11th, 2017. As I watched this film, I was pretty pleased with the movie version. I did notice many differences while watching, but for the most part it was good. All of the main characters mostly lived up to their acting roles. The directors did a really good job on captivating the audience and giving us a feel of Jeannette Walls childhood. Great job to Destin Daniel Cretton (director/sceenplay writer), Andrew Lanham & Marti Noxon (screenplay writers), and Gil Netter & Erik Feig (producers). Some parts of the movie did not really satisfy me considering the way it

If you love stories that make you laugh but cry at the same time, The Glass Castle is the book for you. Jeannette Walls shows us, heartbreak and the overcoming obstacles that was her life. The film was released on August 11, 2017 and its not as great as the book, but it still fills your heart with sadness and joy. I had high expectations for the film, like every other book fanatic. I expected more of the heartbreaking scenes and the scenes where we got to see the family’s relationship.

Billy loves his wife Valencia and goes on a honeymoon while taking the reader along with him. The marriage quickly becomes dull for both of the characters. It is mentioned in Chapter Nine that Valencia was going to visit Billy after a plane crash which nearly killed him on his way to an Optometrist convention. She gets into a car crash and dies. That is her role in the story. Other roles include the son of Billy and Valencia who is a Green Beret in the Army named Robert Pilgrim, and Billy’s daughter, Barbara Pilgrim, who takes care of her father after he leaves from the multiple hospital

Not trusting instincts is a central issue found in this short story. Billy notices that something is unusual about the boarding house he decides to stay at. For example, Billy signs into the sign in book and notices that there are only two names there he slightly recognizes. Dahl writes, “ ‘I’m almost positive it was in the newspapers I saw them’…” (4). Billy notices that it is a little strange that only two people have been here in the past two years. He feels confused and nervous but does not do anything about it. Because of this, Billy Weaver makes the problem worse because he can say something about it, but he decides not to. This shows that Billy has to trust himself. Billy Weaver does not know this lady very well, so he can easily trust

In the landlady there’s a few creepy parts that he made, one was how nice the lady was and how she said that she already knew that he was coming but no one called to tell her that they would need a room for Billy. The other one is that she stuffs her pets when they die which lead to the first two boys and also the lady’s husband being stuffed, and now poor Billy.

Billy would pick fights with people to try to be funny to make his time at school enjoyable. Billy would start fights with people by saying how stupid they were for getting questions wrong on tests. Billy would pick on the biggest kids and they would get so mad at him and punch him in the face. Billy would get the kid suspended for violence and bullying. The kids who liked Billy were in academic clubs and helped Billy with doing well on tests.