Jeannette Walls Quotes

Later on in the story, Walls became more skeptical about whether her dad was a good person or not. In the story, Jeannette was keeping track of the money and managing it while her mom was gone. Rex Walls, her dad, wanted 20$ for a business trip which would make her way off her budget. Rex, however, claimed that he would make sure they had money for everything but Jeannette stopped believing in him and knew he wouldn’t keep his promise. "Have I ever let you down?" Dad asked. I'd heard that question at least two hundred times, and I'd always answered it the way I knew he wanted me to, because I thought it was my faith in Dad that had kept him going all those years. I was about to tell him the truth for the first time, about to let him know that he'd let us all down plenty, but then I stopped”(Walls 210). This quote proves that Jeannette was starting to realizes that her dad wasn't reliable and she shouldn't believe in what he

Throughout her life, starting from childhood, Jeannette Walls suffered through multiple hardships that could lead her away from a successful adult life. Since she was young, her parents put her through things that a child should never be exposed to, which could lead her to make these same mistakes as she grew older. For example, her father was an alcoholic, and from this many problems sprouted. Furthermore, her mother never wanted to be tied down, and loathed the idea of family life, as she did not want the responsibility of raising a family. Rose Mary was depicted as self-centered in the novel, and did not think of her children, as she only thought of her own needs. This can be shown when she keeps the diamond ring her children found for herself.

The Walls family consists of six people, Rex, Rose Mary, and their four children, Lori, Jeannette, Brian, and Maureen. The author of the book, Jeannette, objectively describes her dysfunctional family. She reflects on detrimental circumstances without

Jeannette Walls’s memoir is the heart wrenching story of her past. Walls had a very troubled upbringing which consisted of her alcoholic father, careless mother, malicious schoolkids and abusive extended family. The horrible things that Jeannette Walls went through in her childhood are important social issues that should have more light shed on them by the media.

She has no sympathy that her daughter was just sexually assaulted by a family member, even though about 60% of children who are sexually abused are abused by the people the family trusts (“Darkness to Light End Child Sexual Abuse”). Rex and Rose Mary tell Jeanette that she will be fine and that she can handle herself. They are too busy trying to pretend that their financial situation is okay to truly care about Jeannette being sexually assaulted.

Wall’s parents believed their kids should be self-reliant so that the outcome of their persistence is worth the struggle they experienced. The Wall’s wanted their children to fend for themselves and overcome all the difficulties they encountered. Many of the struggles that Walls encountered as a child was because of her parents negligence. Rex and Rose Mary created a life of imagination and fantasy to cover up how bad their life really was. Rex was to blame for majority of  the fantasy. FBI agents, demon hunting and the glass castle, are all examples of the imagination and fantasy Rex created for his children.  Rosemary embraced the wild life too, but even she saw through some of Rex’s fantasies.

In the book the Glass Castle it seems like the author Jeannette Walls is the only one in the family that still has hope and faith in her father. On page 79 the Father tells Jeanette, “There are times when I think that you’re the only one around who still has faith in me”(Walls 79). When I read this line I noticed that the dad is very focused on his mission to find gold even though he might know that his family might be mad at him because he isn’t making any money because he quit his job. Also this quote is important because it shows that the Father has trust in Jeannette and he thinks that she is the only one that is truthful and agrees with him all the time, unlike the rest of the family how they have kind of lost hope on his big idea that

In the autobiography, “The Glass Castle” written by Jeannette Walls many different paradigms are present when it comes to Jeannette’s parents. However the uninvolved parent paradigm is most consistently exhibited by both Rex and Rose Mary Walls. The easiest way to identify an uninvolved parent according to (Cherry, “The Four Styles of Parenting”) is low or lack thereof communication. In a scene where the walls family is driving to Phoenix to move in with the children’s grandmother once again (on Rose Mary’s side), Jeanette discovers that the grandmother had been dead for months and she had not been informed by either of her parents. She asks, “Why didn’t you tell us?”; “There didn’t seem any point” responded her mother (92). This quote

When the Walls move to Welch in West Virginia, it is apparent that the dynamics of the whole family changes with each individual and their relationships with others. In the first part it, was apparent that the author focused more on her father Rex and not as much on Rose Mary. Now in Welch, the author tells a lot about her mother and not as much her father (possibly because he is almost never around his family and is instead busy being a alcoholic boor) and how she carried herself and how she acted towards her own individual kids. During their time in Welch, the reader can view and come to the correct conclusion that Rose Mary is an inconsiderate, selfish, and terrible mother who doesn’t care enough to provide enough affection and love or even

188 Rose does not feel she needs to heed the advice her mother gives her. Her mother believes out of all people that rose knows; she knows best. Children can’t understand everything that goes on in the world and they need guidance. That is why sons and daughters have parents. Throughout the story Rose shows that she has a hard time accepting responsibility and doing things on her own.

I really like how Rex and Rose Mary think. It’s great that they teach their kids to be who they are rather than listening to what others have to say. Surrendering to fear, prejudice, or close-mindedness can be a confidence dropper to who we are, and unfortunately a lot of people let these things get to them. It’s important to help, and teach others that nothing is considered “proper”; different places have a dissimilar meaning of proper. In the memoir, I believe the way Rex and Rose Mary made their kids think, at an early age, was a very smart move on their part. It helped their kids get through a lot of the things people have said about them about the way they were all living. Along with that, I think it gave them the confidence to be who

Although Rose Mary is formally trained as a teacher, in many ways she rejects the idea of traditional schooling for her children. Jeanette and her siblings grew up moving from school to school, and were often not enrolled in school at all. Rex and Rose Mary’s parenting methods are definitely controversial, as the children were often left to their own devices when figuring out the world. It is definitely shocking to imagine a 3-year-old cooking hot dogs in a room by herself, but the level of independence set upon the Walls children from early on, in many ways helped them to understand the world and their surroundings in more complex ways than usual. Rex and Rose Mary must have been doing something right, for when the children did happen to enroll in school, they always excelled in their classes. In the case of Jeanette and her sibling’s education, there may be certain aspects with which one disagrees; however, there is no denying the sheer results in how they were effectively being

In the early stage of the film, the immediate Walls family consists of Rex who is an engineer by trade but is often out of work and is an alcoholic. Rose Mary, the mother who is an eccentric artist. Rex and Rose Mary have four children, Lori, Jeanette, Brian, and Maureen. Lori is the eldest and often if put in charge of the house when her parents are incapable of doing so. Jeanette is the closest to Rex and has the most faith in him. Whereas the other children lose faith in believing Rex’s stories at a young age. Rex does not have a relationship with his parents or brother which is the reason for no support from his extended family. Erma, Rex’s mother, has a negative disposition and Rex’s children do not feel comfortable around her. Rex has a brother Stanley who still lives with Erma, in Welch. Rose Mary speaks of one brother but does not mention her parents.

The Walls family has many thought-provoking aspects to their lives that contribute to the interesting qualities of the book.

The earliest incidence of this abuse is when Jeannette is four years old. Throughout her entire life her father, Rex, struggles with alcoholism. Despite that, Jeannette always sees him as perfect. He teaches her about life and science, and generally cares for her more than her mother, Rose Mary, does. However, when Rex drinks hard liquor, he threatens and intimidates the kids and Rose Mary. He “turned into an angry-eyed stranger who threw around furniture and threatened to beat up Mom or anyone else who got in his way” (Walls 23). Despite that, since this happens rarely, Jeannette brushes it off and says that, “life was mostly good in those days” (23). Jeannette ignores the negative aspects of her father’s personality and interprets them as part of a normal, good life. It makes sense for her to see the situation