75. It’s weird that Jeanette is suggesting to leave their dad when she is the one who believes in him the most.
76. The mom finally decided to take initiative and try to get her family some money. But just as their lives seem to be getting better, the kids start to realize that money is going missing. It causes a rift between them and their mom because the kids suspect the mom is using the money for her own needs.
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77. It shows us one bad thing in life can greatly affect the life of someone. It also shows how time changes people.
78. The Jeanette became extremely self-conscious and that Jeanette was very resourceful.
79. It gave her something to do and I can infer that that was the beginning of her writing career. Plus she really
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Jeanette buys her parents clothes to keep them warm during the winter. Lori sometimes lets her parents live in her apartment.
100. Professor Fuchs calls on Jeanette to talk about whether or not poverty was the result of drug abuse and misguided entitlement program or because of cuts in social-service program and the failure to create economic opportunities for the poor. They get into an argument over what the answer is and eventually Professor Fuchs says “What do you know about the lives of the underprivileged?” This statement angers her because she used to live an underprivileged life. It shows that she is still keeping the secret that she her family was poor.
101. Rex was angry at himself because he wasn’t able to afford presents for his kids but they could afford presents for him. He thought that he was supposed to be taking care of his children instead of his children taking care of him.
102. Jeanette’s dad goes out and gambles in order to get Jeanette the tuition money she needs to finish college. It shows that despite the fact that Jeanette has lost hope in her father, he still cares about her.
103. Jeanette’s mom thinks that Jeanette has lost the values that she had taught her. I think their mother should stop worrying about Jeanette. Jeanette is simply living a normal middle class
Her dad carried her away from the hospital without payment, and then her mom permitted her to cook again, moreover she said, “ Getting right back into the saddle” ( Glass Castle 47). Jeanette was not angry at such young age and soon the family had to pack their belongings into bags and “do the skedaddle” as her parents always said. The parents were fleeing from bill collectors. Although Jeanette's father was an alcoholic, he could get work almost anywhere, often in small towns. The family was moving because of these things, she never complained when they did not have enough food. Jeanette always forgave her parents, she understood what they were going through.
He usually let her out on the streets alone when she was young and often did not teach her the traditional paternal love and guidance in life. She eventually used this childhood to foster her own happiness, making it as positive as possible by herself, and instead of hating her dad, she grew to love him. Although my cousin did not exactly have Jeannette’s problems, she grew to continue loving him, which is what Jeannette did for
38. Avalon doesn’t confide in Ms McKenzie’s because she believed it may worsen the situation and would have broken Marshall’s trust.
While she is in the hospital, her mother does not stay with her. Instead she visits a few times and gives her oranges, seeming to be disappointed in the fact that it is an illness. At this point in the story, the reader can begin to feel sorry for young Jeanette. She is left all alone in the hospital while her mother is busy helping the church. Jeanette wants to be a missionary, just like in the stories her mom has read to her. In the beginning of the book, it appears that Jeanette’s mother does love her. However, it appears that she only loves her based on if she fulfills her expectations or not.
Jean works in a nursing home taking care of the infirm and dying, she makes $11 an hour. She takes care of her three children, one of which has cancer and is racking up medical bills every month. As you can imagine $11 an hour is not enough to take care of all these people. After adopting two more children and being evicted from her home she finally gave in and started to receive government assistance.
Jeannette’s self-reliant behavior is frequently shown through her refusal of help from others. On one trip to retrieve her father from a bar, Jeannette’s father is so drunk that he can no longer walk. Another man offers to drive them home, and
When Dad asks Jeanette for money, it shows that Dad doesn’t know how to handle money. Since Dad can’t be trusted with money, Jeanette has to be the responsible adult in the family.
Throughout the book, many attempts are made by Jeanette's mother to make Jeanette suppress her feelings and sexual orientation. When Mother finds out that Jeanette is a lesbian, she kicks her out of the house, saying, "You'll have to leave, I'm not havin' demons here."(Page 136). That incident, however, happens only after Mother and the Pastor try many times to make Jeanette repent and renounce her sexual feelings toward women, including trying to make her feel guilty and shameful, sending away her sexual partners, and locking her in a room for thirty-six without food or light.
Jeanette wanted to always make her father proud and she wanted to be responsible. A happy family is more important than anything, and I believe at times that she’s complacent about her feelings, even though she’s only looking out for the best interest of her family. Even though she lives in poverty due to her parents, she loves them dearly and tries to find the good in every adventure. It’s clear that she is scared of losing her family because they are the only thing in her life that doesn’t depart at any given moment, Jeanette has no control on when they move, because her Dad is an alcoholic who owes money to many, and her mom is at the whim of her father for fear of mental or physical abuse I presume. Also, Jean always tries to please her family so she isn’t consigned to oblivion. Quijote, her childhood pet, was dumped by her parents, and Jeanette would rather perish than meet his fate. The entire ordeal was horrific, and Jeanette couldn’t bear it. Being a little girl and
Although she would like to live independently for as long as she possibly can, Jeannine is aware that this most likely will not be the case. Once she reaches this point, she would
Jeannette recalls a memory one Christmas, when they managed to buy a few gifts for each other, and even a Christmas tree. Rex, angry that he didn’t get the gifts for them, and extremely intoxicated, lights the tree on fire, burning all the presents along with it. This shows his true selfish egomaniac character. If he can’t provide the family with presents, they simply don’t get any. Rex is the perfect example of selfishness ruling over someone’s life. His selfishness not only affects his life negatively, but his entire family. His wife is too afraid to lose him, so she puts up with his constant selfishness and stubborn behavior. In contrast with Amadou and William Sine, their selflessness and sacrifice makes them and others around them very blissful, whereas Rex struggles with everything around him. He can’t hold a job, and his family is in despair. Yet, when Rex does something selfless, such as when he gave Jeannette $1,000 for college, even though it’s probably all he has, he makes a great and strong impact in her life, and he is proud of
____35. After all the effort she put into the project that could save the company from financial ruin and closure.
The opening scene of the book demonstrates the current social and economic status contrasted between Jeanette and her mother. Even their relationship between the two is displayed. While sitting in a cab, Jeanette sees her mother digging through the dumpster as she happily observes the items she picks up. Jeanette on the hand hides from her so she won't be able to be seen and tells the driver to take her back home. The scene shows how the narrator views her mother due to how she lives.
17. It’s been a week since the bus crashed. We are still trying to diagnose her but I don’t think we can really save her. I think it’s time that we wake her up to say goodbye,