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
“By the time I was four, I was pretty good with dad’s pistol” (21). That is just a glance into young Jeannette Walls’s life; she tells her story in her memoir The Glass Castle. When Walls was growing up, her parent’s way of living was normal. Once exposed to life outside her parents, Walls was no longer content in their unfulfilling lifestyle. She had made the decision to leaver her parents behind and nothing would stop her from achieving her goal. Walls’s father’s determination to build this grand glass castle was set on unrealistic ambitions and expectations. The goals set by Walls herself, to leave Welch and make a better life for herself, gives a truer meaning to the word determination. Walls shows just how important determination can be.
Success in life does not ultimately rely on a person’s upbringing. Often, society tends to blame their parents, or the lack of opportunities given to them as a reason for their failure to achieve an ideal lifestyle. This is one of the main ideas represented throughout Jeannette Walls memoir, The Glass Castle. She overcomes all the destructive people and behavior in her life. Even though she had no advantages growing up, we still see Jeannette become a successful adult.
“Family like branches on a tree, we may grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one” (Top Quotes). In The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, her character in the story starts as a young girl that learns everything on her own. Eventually she adjusts into her own foot steps, but always loves her family values no matter the circumstances. Because Jeannette wasn’t looked after, she was adventurous and evolved into a responsible and mature woman.
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.
‘The Glass Castle’ by Jeannette Walls, is a book of the trials and tribulations of the Walls family. Even though times had been tough and the parenting was not the best, at the end of the day they were all there for each other. With this tough childhood, Jeannette had, shaped her as a successful woman. Growing up, Jeannette learned responsibility, education and fearlessness all at a young age. Jeanette's childhood taught her all the things she needed to be a successful woman
Many people look up to their parents and wish to imitate their success. Many people recall their childhood as the good old days when life was easy and stress-free. However, not everyone can relate to carefree childhoods and role model parents. The memoir The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is the story of Jeannette Walls’s childhood. The memoir includes short stories from the past and an overall summary of Jeannette’s life. Jeannette Walls became the woman she is because of her childhood and the hardships she faced growing up.
Today, thousands of kids grow up with hardships, but have potential to be successful. One example of this is in The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. The book is a memoir that tells stories about Jeanette and her family. For the most part Jeannette’s child hood was filled with hardships, but did this make her as successful as she is today? Jeannette Walls is successful because of her hardships she experienced as a child, which shaped her into who she is today.
In Jeannette Walls’ The Glass Castle, there are many important themes that pop throughout the book. Although there are many themes, the most essential one is how a hard past forces people to learn to rely on themselves to make their life better by pushing through their struggles, this changes how a person thinks and acts ultimately defining their identity. This theme is the most prominent throughout the book.
In the New York Times best selling memoir, “The Glass Castle” by Jeanette Walls, the author discusses her hardships as a child and how she grew from it. Through ought the book, Walls and her family relocate multiple times because her Dad not only has issues holding a job, but his paranoia about the state and organized society sometimes got in the way of taking care of his obvious responsibilities as a parent. Walls eventually grew up, broke through her destructive family’s lifestyle, and became a successful writer. If Walls had never gone through the ongoing struggles she faced as a child, she would not be where she is today. If she was born into wealth, she would have never had to face the hardships that she overcame to become successful; the adversity she faced drove her to do well in
Jeannette Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle, is about her growing up with parents whose beliefs and persistent rebelliousness was both their curse and their salvation. The book starts when Walls is four years of age; she is gullible and energetic, and trusts her dad can't take the blame no matter what. The family ventures a great deal, living in Las Vegas, Blythe, and Battle Mountain (Nevada), San Francisco (California), Phoenix (Arizona), Welch (West Virginia), and New York City. Additionally, a great part of Walls’ memories happens while her family is in their car, traveling to new places. As the book advances, and she hits her pre-adolescent years, she turns out to be less innocent and starts to acknowledge how strange her family truly is. Jeanette has a kind identity, she learns all through the novel to act naturally, dismissive and strong. As the brokenness of the family is raised, Walls and her siblings fought for themselves, supporting each other through their parents’ neglect and, finally, find the advantages and will to leave home.
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a descriptive and emotion filled memoir of her childhood and how it affected her in her adulthood. The novel was released in 2005 and in 2017 the film version was released. The purpose of both the novel and film was not only to inform the reader about Jeannette’s story, but to also encourage people to achieve their dreams and to not let their past determine their future. In comparison to the movie, the book portrays the theme, characters and the mood of events better. Although both the novel and film allows the audience to get a sense of the central purpose, the book has a way of making the reader emotionally attached and want to continue reading.
You don’t find very many families nowadays that are constantly moving and traveling throughout our country, stopping to live in a place for a couple months, then leaving for another place for a couple months and doing that constantly. But the Walls are a family that does do that. In the entertaining book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, a young girl named Jeannette Walls learns how to become successful in life through constantly being on the move, and living with her parents, Rex and Rose Mary who would be in a huge fight one minute and would be hugging each other the next. Through Jeannette’s unusual childhood, she learned to develop acceptance towards herself, braveness towards her fears, and how to figure out the most important things in life, which helped her become the successful person that she grew up to be.
Colson Whitehead once said, “Let the broken glass be broken glass, let it splinter into smaller pieces and dust and scatter. Let the cracks between things widen until they are no longer cracks but the new places for things”. In the memoir “The Glass Castle,” author Jeannette Walls faces despair and turmoil as a result of her impoverished and dysfunctional upbringing. As Jeannette grows up, she watches her father Rex fail to reach his full potential and his dream to build a Glass Castle shatter as his alcoholism takes control. Aware of the devastation her father was causing, she begins to slowly lose faith in him but doesn’t fail to escape her destructive household and pursue her dreams of becoming a journalist. Due to her parent’s lack of parenting and being forced to fend for herself, Jeannette developed a sense of responsibility to care for others and make amends to improve the family’s lifestyle. Despite the turbulence and destruction her parents had caused over the years, unlike her father, Jeannette was able to find the strength to overcome obstacles, developing characteristics that ultimately lead her to achieving her dream, thus illustrating that adversity has the power to shape one’s identity.
Think back to your own childhood. Could you imagine being a child, and not having a care in the world, but then, as quick as the snap of a finger, that all changes because of a thoughtless mistake made by your parents? In The Glass Castle it is revealed that as Jeannette grew up, she endured hardships inflicted upon her by her own parents. However, if Jeannette had not gone through these things, she never would have gained the characteristics that she values present day. Although Jeannette Walls faced hardships and endured suffering during her childhood, these obstacles formed her into a self-reliant woman who proves that just because you do not have as much money as other families, you can still achieve success in your life.
Imagine a society without taking risks what world will we become if we don’t take risks. Taking risks shows confidence, and helps you stand out. For example, rosa parks took the risk of not giving up her seat to a white man she stood up for what she believed in even though she went to jail for that she took a risk that changed her life. We learn from risks and those lessons may lead us on an important path in our life. We take risks for a reason and by making choices is a risk taking