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Freedom In The Glass Castle

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Have you ever stopped to consider your future, and what path you would take? Would you be the next Steve Jobs and revolutionize an industry or live life contently in a cubicle? Many people seek security and try to live an average life without succeeding, but also never failing. In the novel The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls wanted no part of this, she had the mindset of no other. She was bullied, pushed to the brink, but still managed to live an exciting adventurous life. During my experience in reading this adventure packed novel, I noticed one thing. Jeannette was not an average child, she had a plan and was going to achieve the goal of living a successful life. The ability to acquire freedom is one that many people dream of. Jennette took …show more content…

Nowhere, and that is why Jeannette chose the way she lived. Freedom is the key, and forever will be the key to everyone's future. Jeannette always wanted to think outside the box, never settling for “average”. Everything in life surely comes down to what path you take, a “secure” path leads you to a dull, unsatisfying experience content with what you’re given throughout it. Even a legendary basketball player Michael Jordan once said “I didn’t get anywhere by being secure, I took the risk of staying out to practice. I took the chances that I took to be successful, not to swing by as a average person”. Infact we took a nationwide poll, on over sixteen thousand high schools. Over a staggering ninety four percent stated something similar to living a freedom filled life. In the memoir The Glass Castle, Jeannette took the risk of moving to New York, and so did her sister Lori. If they lived a secure life on 93 Little Hobart Street, Jeannette would have never graduated from Barnard, an Ivy League College. If Jeannette never took the chances she took, never thought the way she did, and gave up, she would have never written this memoir. She would have been condemned to live a boring life, brought down by her two parents that always wanted to get by living an average …show more content…

Taking risks allows you to push beyond your limits. We all have a comfort zone where we'd like to stay and think we are entitled to certain luxuries. When you take risks, you can change that way of thinking, establish new limits, improve your ability to succeed in society. Jeannette lived an adventurous life, and many nights didn’t even eat. She was still the head of the schools newspaper and still received amazing grades. Who would have known that a little girl that lived in a old broken down house on 93 Little Hobart Street would have received a full scholarship to an Ivy League College. This was accomplished though her desire for freedom, she had the will to reach out for what she desired. All she had to do was put her mind to it, and she could become the richest person in the world if she wanted to. The inspiring Benjamin Franklin once stated, “Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.” We took a poll on regular elementary school students, and asked them what have they learned on their own. They all stated similar answer which related to the following, “Many times we learn the trick and the trade of real life, but some of my friends are confined to staying inside and being secure. I always want to go outside and learn something new.” The parents that put a burden on their children by making them stay indoors are

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