Imagery In The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle, a memoir written by Jeannette Walls, is a story that discusses the insights of a dysfunctional, yet vibrant family. The four Walls children have two parents, Rose Mary who was an unconventional artist, and Rex who was an alcoholic father. The family travels constantly across the country, with their parents using their imagination as a distraction from their poverty. Despite the hardships the Walls family has faced, Jeanette writes her truth in order to reconcile with her past. She expresses through her story of how she has reflected upon her childhood, and how it has shaped her character in the present (The glass castle: Jeanette Walls, 2016). The majority of readers may believe that Rex Walls is an irresponsible, neglectful parent. However, Rex’s viewpoint of how he cares for Jeanette and her siblings can be portrayed as supportive, intelligent, and sensible.

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.

There are a variety of books out there, but few offer a range of genres encompassed in one. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, is a memoir from her point of view during years in her life. This memoir has everything from suspense, comedy, action and tragedy. This memoir is able to take the reader on an emotional journey and makes them feel everything from compassion to anger. It keeps the reader engaged and never wanting to stop reading, which is why I highly recommend reading it.

The Glass Castle is a memoir of Jeannette Walls’ experience and her tempestuous upbringing. Her father was a charismatic and intelligent man, but when he drank he was dishonest and couldn’t hold a job. Their mother was a free spirit who felt confined by the responsibilities of motherhood, and sought refuge in her blind optimism. Without steady parental figures, Jeannette and her siblings turned to each other for support. Eventually, they made their way to New York to build lives for themselves. Their parents followed, choosing to be homeless.

California, Nevada, Arizona, West Virginia, and New York were key places the Walls family visited. Although all were important, one extremely important setting the memoir took place in was in West Virginia. Jeannette’s grandmother Erma, Rex’s mother, lived in Welch, WV. They all lived in a very small house together. The unfortunately unforgettable incident of Jeannette's brother, Brian, being sexually abused by Erma took place there. Lori, the eldest sibling, mentioned that “You’d be weird, too, if Erma was your mom.” All the siblings saw Erma as strange, and since their father is out of the ordinary, Lori connects it to being the way that he was raised. Jeannette and her siblings were disgusted by what their grandmother had done to Brian. The children later become suspicious that the same thing happened to their father because of the way he reacted when he found out. “Dad wheeled around and gave Lori such a cold, angry look that I thought he might wallop her. "She was my mother, for God's sake," he said.” Erma did a horrible thing, but Rex still defended her. Deep down, Rex knows what happened was wrong. This makes the kids think because Erma could have possibly guilted Rex into defending her, especially if he were at one point in the same situation his son was. Another important setting was the setting of New York City. Both Jeannette and her eldest sister Lori moved to New York City. Lori moved first, shortly followed by

The Glass Castle, is a memoir, written by Jeannette Walls about her life and her families uncommon way of living. From a young age Walls and her family were always moving around and stirring up a little trouble wherever they went. The family faces many problems because of the way they lived including keeping food on the table, an alcoholic father, and a stable living situation. Even though the family had all these problems, all of the Walls children grew up to do great things in the world. Although Walls’ tone changes as she grows older, Walls uses an underlying ironic and humorous tone through the whole book with the use of diction, detail, and dialogue.

The Glass Castle is a touching memoir written by Jeanette Walls, a successful author. Though now Jeanette lives as a successful writer, she did not always see such luxury. She and her family were somewhat nomadic, moving from place to place they lived in extreme poverty. Their father was unable to hold a job and the mother was for the most part just to lazy to work. In the memoir The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Rosemary and Rex disregard and neglect their children to the point that they are afraid to tell their parents when they are bullied and assaulted.

The Glass Castle is a memoir told in the perspective of Jeanette Walls as she grows up. The memoir follows Jeanette and her family as they move from city to city in search of a better life, while also overcoming obstacles such as poverty and neglect. This memoir shows the everyday struggles of Jeanette and her siblings due to the poor decisions of their parents. In this memoir, while she is telling her story, Jeanette shows the importance of forgiveness and forgives her parents time and time again, even though they are the reason the Walls kids live such a chaotic life. In The Glass Castle, forgiveness is shown in one of the very first scenes of the memoir,

You read The Glass Castle from the point of view of Jeannette Walls. You watch as her life develops but also her opinions of her situation and parents change throughout the memoir. Jeannette see’s the circumstances of her life at the start of the memoir through the eyes of an innocent little girl and deals with her life problems as

In the book The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, Walls recalls her life and the significant experiences within it. She goes through the perils of being poor, not having a stable home, and having changing beliefs of the world around her. With an alcoholic and paranoid father, an irresponsible mother, and many nights with an empty stomach, Jeannette Walls grows up loving and supporting her parents as a young child only to realize the neglect that she and her siblings have gone through as she got older. The Glass Castle is a book full of life lessons, unique and baffling experiences, and eye opening scenes of the world and the many different people within it. This book shows the ups and downs of one’s life, showing dysfunction, misfortune, and how these impact someone over time.

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.

This nonfiction story entertains and informs the reader about the author’s life and her family. Jeannette Walls lives her childhood short on money and food, while constantly moving across the country finding a new home. The memoir conveys information through the narrator, Jeannette. In spite of narrative purpose and sentimental tone in the book The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls portrays the main point of determination.

Michael J. Fox said, “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” This relates to The Glass Castle because even though Jeannette went through difficult times with her family she was still able to care about them. The Glass Castle is a book that was written by Jeannette Walls. It tells about her experiences while she was growing up, and in those experiences she would describe how she felt about what was going on. Most of the situations that she was in was because of her family. The Glass Castle demonstrates that families can learn from each other and grow up close through fights with each other, not understanding each other, and helping each other out.

“The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls provides its readers with a personalized incite towards her past, a new perspective to her life and how the chooses she made in her past shaped her into who she is today. The novel is written in her perspective, this giving a full understanding of what she as the author is feeling, seeing, and living through. Non-the less it also provides an understanding of the other characters that became important in her life and what their role was in it. For example, a person Jeannette admired and even looked up to was her father. He is of course an example of turbulence in her life. Either his alcoholism, anger issues, or even gambling problems she still found a way to find the good in him through all the bad.

In the memoir, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, describes her memories growing up with her family. The Walls family is a complex family where the intentions of the parents is not fully comprehensible. For instance, it is difficult to make judgement of the parents as solely bad people. Walls’s parents are faulty in their decisions, but it can be refuted that the parents had good intentions based on what they believed in to be true. The parents were educated, but they refused to follow the rules of common knowledge and perception s of society.