I Had Seen Castles

It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities. This is evident in Jeannette Walls’ memoir, The Glass Castle, which reiterates the story of Jeannette who is raised within a family that is both deeply dysfunctional and distinctively vibrant. Jeannette is faced with numerous barriers throughout her life. Despite the many obstacles set forth by her parents during her childhood, Jeannette develops into a successful adult later in life. One of these obstacles is the lack of a stable home base moulds her into the woman she grows up to be. Throughout her life, Jeannette must cope with the carelessness of her

In The Things They Carried Mary Anne Bell is affected mentally because she is snuck into the men’s camp. When she arrives she is this clean and naive high school student. While she is there, she starts to learn how to do what the men do around the camp. Mary Anne is not the same girl she was when she arrived. She is sneaking off to go plan an ambush with the Greenies and she comes back from the ambush covered in dirt, and wearing a necklace of tongues. In “Soldiers Home” Krebs mother because when he returns from the war, Krebs feels like he can no longer connect with his mother. War affects people

Imagine living in a life where everything around you is different from reality. Imagine running from the police, living wherever one can find, and still taking care of one's family just at the age of 16. Jeannette Walls had to deal with all of this and more in her early childhood. In the book “The Glass Castle”, the author uses the characters, Jeannette and Rex Walls, to emphasize the importance of family bonds.

She was not happy in the state that she was in and not feeling safe where she was living. She sought out her family an friends to help her get through this. Wes quotes in the book ,” And finally, I want to show them that I wasn’t alone as I thought I was, and that maybe they are not alone either”(Moore 4).Over time she met a great husband and had loving children. Her kids got opportunities she always hoped they would. Without her hope that time would fix almost all problems, not of this would have

Many people react differently based on the way they have been brought up or taught. In the Glass Castle by Jeannette Wall, it has been portrayed to the readers that the response to a problem can either have a positive effect on a community and or a negative effect on the community. In the book, The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls was seen as live a nonrestrictive life ever since she was three. Jeannette makes a statement that you can still be successful in life even if you had been raised in an irregular family. Through the eyes of Jeannette Walls, it can be said that a person's drive and passion can achieve that point of success.

A. Jeannette Walls, in her memoir The Glass Castle, demonstrates Erikson’s eight stages of development. Through the carefully recounted stories of her childhood and adolescence, we are able to trace her development from one stage to the next. While Walls struggles through some of the early developmental stages, she inevitably succeeds and has positive outcomes through adulthood. The memoir itself is not only the proof that she is successful and productive in middle adulthood, but the memoir may also have been part of her healing process. Writing is often a release and in writing her memoir and remembering her history, she may have been able to come to terms with her sad past. The memoir embodies both the proof

In the story We have always lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson, the reader is presented with only one perspective and that is Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood's point of view. While many aspect were present, the one that really stood out was that the Blackwood family does not appreciate change. Everything is preserved: objects, food, routines, rooms, etc. So, it is clear that when facing situations that cause change, both Mary Katherine and Constance Blackwood, the two sisters who survived the murder of the family, would react a certain way. Merricat's reaction is seen through different stages from non-verbal, to verbal, to violent. On the other hand, Constance seemed to welcome change for the most part

meant. She knew that her dad was away and her family was moving a lot. At

In the novel The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, the uncertain future of the Walls’ children was questionable from the start. From a drunk father, to never having a steady home, the author tells of her idiosyncratic youth to describe the bitterness and longing for an ordinary childhood.

Martin, she spoke of the hard lives women dealt with during the war. She wrote about how the women who were affected by the war and how they reacted to their situation. She went into many aspects of different women’s experiences by their writings and actions throughout the war. There were many examples of pain and heartache that the women of this time dealt with. Women of this time period were forgotten, as well as the pain they suffered from all that came with the war. This author helped me to understand the strength that these women untimely had to have in order to deal with these hard times. I felt that there wasn’t enough credit giving to the women of those

of growing up, and the affects war has on her life and love. As it is

Often, we think of older people as being smarter, wiser, and generally more mature, but this is not always the case. Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger gives a number of examples that shatter this generalization, offering an alternative to age as the primary factor in one’s level of maturity. Ordinary Grace shows how maturity is a result of circumstance and does not necessarily correlate with age.

p. 82). Therefore, the adult narrator’s ability to comment and reflect on his child-self effectively emphasizes the naïve and vulnerable nature of youth, and contributes to the mood of foreboding and suspense throughout the novel, ‘now I was over confident. I expected things to go my way’ (Chapter 1. p. 28).

Consistency within her faith was a large factor in her recovery as it provided Diane with the support and values she needed to successfully change her behavior and get off drugs while using the other systems to recover her children during that time. Diane emerges successfully, and willingly takes her family in as she looks to recover the lost time with her children. She continues to turn to religion and psychotherapy for support and comfort as she feels overwhelmed from the difficulties of reuniting with her family along with its demands. She is often distressed as she tries to manage and recognize that her children feel rejected to which she turns to her religion for help.

Diane did not want to worry about that she knew that they was among the strongest knights in the kingdom. If anyone could still be alive on the run from the holy knights it would be them. They had to be alive or she would never get to see the Captain or the others ever again. "Diane you have to be strong or they will never be able to find you hiding out in this forest. But I wish I had more people to talk to then those simple imps but it was sure easy to scare them into protecting