Overcoming Obstacles In The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls

Life in general is full of facing challenges. As the saying goes, “”What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” So then why do we all, when faced with an unpleasant situation, try to find the easy way out and not tackle down the obstacles and all the suffering? People stop trying because they believe that their hardship will never end so they put up with it and suffer more than they have to. However they don’t understand that there really is a light at the end of the tunnel and that you might be struggling now but it will always be brighter and greater on the other side, you just need to find your way to it. Our society is always changing. Different generations of people include having different kinds of life’s, which means that these challenges

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.

Everyone experiences obstacles throughout their lives. It is important to overcome these obstacles and not let them get in the way of our future. An obstacle can be anything: A lack of food or money, an addiction or even just someone telling you you’re not good enough. Often when people experience obstacles in their lives they need other people to help them overcome their obstacles. Family, friends and mentors are some of the best people to ask for help with overcoming obstacles.

Duke Ellington, the legendary jazz pianist, said that a problem is a chance to do your best, and I agree with him. When people learn from their problems, it can help them in many ways. They can learn how to do things better in the future, they can learn more about themselves and what they like or dislike, and they can even be used to help someone who is having trouble with the same issue(s).

Duke Ellington once said, “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” Some people have a lot of problems in there lie. You live and you learn from them. Some people’s problems stress them out or give them really bad anxiety. You have to learn a way to talk it out or figure out some other way to work them out. Some of my problems and taking Pointe or even learning a dance in a short time,but I have learned how they will change my future for the better.

I agree with Duke Ellington when he said “A problem is a chance to do your best.” In other words to me it is saying, when you are faced with something difficult you can, and will

One could agree that it’s much easier to run away from an individual's problems rather than facing them. But facing problems head on and working through them allows you to grow and makes an individual stronger in the long run.

Life is not always a straight path, and most of the time there are ridiculous obstacles in the way. Individuals handle life differently than others. Certain people handle problems badly, but others handle problems just fine. Some acceptable ways people overcome adversity is by embracing differences, having a positive attitude, and persevering to get through the obstacles/problems.

"If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere" Frank A. Clark. Everyone has experienced challenges and difficulties in his life which made him stronger, and able to endure life's obstacles. I, like everyone, have faced impediments that made me feel powerless, hopeless, and miserable. Even though sometimes I thought my obstacles are too small to mention, but now I believe they have role which brought me to where I am today.

The first way of turning a difficulty or flaws into something good is optimism. People who are optimistic generally tend to look at the brighter things in life. By being encouraged to take on stumbling blocks it can help you rethink the outcome for the obstacle. Keeping your chin up can change the approached that you take to dealing with the restriction at hand, or drawbacks that you face. Looking at a barricade can be hard, or take time-consuming to think about the good in the bad, but the payoff can change the way you think about life or other roadblocks, or imperfections. However being a ray of sunshine is not for everyone; nevertheless, the next way to turn bumps, or weakness is "wearing them as a part of your armor"

Throughout my life obstacles appear around every corner. From the time when I was a newborn and my mother had found out she had breast cancer to when my parents had told me they were going to get a divorce. For some, these situations may be depressing to talk about or even uncomfortable. In my mind, however, the more I talk about it and see how it’s changed the way I view life is a more than beneficial opportunity.

Have you ever decided to take on a task and halfway there you decide it is way too hard and just put it aside and give up? Why not just look at it from a different perspective and try to make it into a positive situation. Any obstacle can be concurred with the right attitude and outlook. In “Canine scrutiny” by Lawrence Eisenberg he said “ In any situation in life that is negative, there is something positive you can do with it”. So in any situation, you just have to look at the brightside.

If you think about it, life is full of not only a bunch of unsolvable mysteries, but also obstacles. However, are those obstacles unsolvable? No. Just because there are obstacles in life doesn’t mean that you should give up and not care. Trying is what makes you the person you are, and it brings out the real you. When something happens in life do you give up, or do you keep your head up and try your best?

We have all faced problems that stray us from the path that we want to take.But maybe we were never meant to take those perfect paths after all.Ever since we were little we have faced challenges and this doesn't exclude anyone even seemingly successful people like Tupac Shakur have faced so many challenges to get to where they are but even seemingly normal people like my interviewee and I have had to face problems at a young age.The message i m trying to get across is that even though that every single one of us is different we all have to deal with problems that slow us down from getting to where we want to be.Some of these reasons could vary from issues with mental health, to issues with health, and even having a rough upbringing.But it is the way that we take on these problems that forms us as human beings

Everyone experiences adversity. Challenges that everyday people experience can potentially shape, improve, or destroy one's sense of self and personality. Through all these hardships and seemingly impenetrable obstacles, the most pertinent component of one's ability to overcome can only be shown in actions taken despite the odds. People have one of two options; to let those obstacles overwhelm them and keep them from pursuing all that they were destined to accomplish, or to march forward, fight harder and push past the seemingly impossible circumstances to become greater than they ever expected to be, but until they take the step that enables them to be successful -- they are stranded. All of our actions, mistakes, successes, and behaviors shape our person and what we can or cannot become, but what will always matter is our individual decisions and actions not those of the people around us because at the end of the day, we are the ones who have to deal with ourselves.