The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls Character Analysis

By the end of the book Jeannette starts seeing that she does not agree with her parents motives, ideas, and ways of parenting so Jeannette becomes more vocal of her thoughts and opinions. One situation where she stood up for herself and grasped the idea that she is the only one who controls herself is when Jeannette and her parents get in a fight about money. Her mother concludes that she should “start living her life” for herself and that Jeannette and the other kids could make their own money. This makes Jeannette question why her mother is giving up on them and it ends with Jeannette accusing her that she is not acting like a mother “My mucus is yellow,’ Mom said. ‘If everyone who had yellow mucus stayed home, the schools would be pretty empty,’ I told her. Mom's head snapped up. ‘You can't talk to me like that,’ she said. "I'm your mother.’ ‘If you want to be treated like a mother,’ I said, ‘you should act like one." Then, Jeanette's father comes in and whips her with his belt, and at that very moment Jeannette knew that she would never be whipped again “The air was clear and cool, and the forest floor was thick with leaves that had fallen from the buckeyes and poplars. Late in the afternoon, I sat down on a tree trunk, leaning forward because the backs of my thighs still stung. All through the long walk, the pain had kept me thinking, and by the time I reached the tree trunk, I had made two decisions.” The author uses imagery and symbolism to show that this is when Jeannette has had enough and comes to the realization that she is alone and only her can get herself out of the situation she is in. The imagery used is describing the forest around her, this then merges with symbolism. By saying “the air was clear and cool” it symbolizes as Jeanette's realization and that it was “clear”

Many of the younger children are scared, of something known as “the beast”. Ralph assures the children that there is no beast, and the kids feel safer knowing that the beast is not a problem. For kids will be kids, they will disobey rules, but are more sane knowing that there are guidelines that keep them in line. Without them, there is nothing to break, nothing to rebel against, except for their sanity. But soon, the survivors got tired of all the structure of Ralph’s ability to lead. At this time Jack himself called a meeting, and challenged Ralph for the “crown” of power. After losing, he left to fend for himself; unknowing that he had inspired many along the way. Jack’s ability to stand up to Ralph, caused his role as chief to waver.

his only true friend, Piggy, away. On the other hand, Ralph changes positively because he

This evidence portrays that the main character's traits support´s, the theme through these quotes from the book..In a way their character traits resembles on all the other characters mostly whenever they are together since, together they are stronger.

Immediately the reader is thrown into the struggling family dynamic of the Guy being dismissed out of the household for his son. Accordingly, the author gradually builds up the tension of Guy slipping out of his duty as being the strong, essential father figure. Within the first steps into his

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.

A few different personality traits are displayed in the new person that Henry becomes due to his round character. One of

Oedipus Rex has survived the ages and audiences and readers alike continue to be surprised, revolted, and forced to confront those moral reactions that this play inspires.

He is a self-proclaimed inventor and thinks very highly of his skills and self, but is constantly losing jobs and sweeping the family away to avoid the law. While he has the emotional support of his family, he is battling his own demons of feeling like a failure, leading him to steal his wife’s money, gamble profusely and even takes steps toward selling his own daughter for a quick buck (Glass Castle, pg. rex takes to bar to play pool, win money back). He also seeks the comfort of a prostitute, probably to have the company of someone who makes him feel better about himself (Glass Castle, pg. Brian tells Jeanette about reading comic while Rex/Ginger were in hotel). It’s also interesting to examine the impact of the sexual abuse Rex may have been exposed to as a child by his mother, which could have been the start to his cycle of living in a dream-world, using alcohol and low self-esteem (pg. when they tell Rex Erma tried to molest Brian and wonder if he was abused).

A lot of character traits are revealed through events of the novel. A trait that was unveiled when the narrator climbs a tree and is out of sight, is that Tank is caring.

The power outage has also disabled the electrified fences around the dinosaur’s paddocks, so the t-rex breaks through the dominant fence, eating Regis and severely injuring Malcolm. Grant and the children are forced to leave onto the park on foot. The park’s game warden, Robert Muldoon, joins with Grant to search the others. They find Malcolm severely injured and take him back to Sattler and the park’s vet, Dr. Harding.

He’s also courageous since he doesn’t fear risking his life to take revenge on the razac who killed his uncle but he’s also reckless since he didn’t think out how he was going to get his revenge on the supernatural creatures known as the razac and how he might get himself killed. He’s also very curious since he can’t stop questioning the old storyteller brom about the dragons, their riders, and their history. He’s also a quick lerner since he managed to learn how to ride his dragon saphira and can communicate with her, also he learned swordsmanship quite quickly

personality through all of the events that occur and stays true to his non-barbaric self.

Now if I didn’t read the story, and just found this quote during my quote hunt, then I would have just thought it was an inspirational quote about learning. However, since I did read the story, he was literal about this. I thought it was crazy how he would let Jeannette sink for a couple seconds, take her out, then throw her back in the sulfur spring again and again. It’s an interesting way a teaching, especially when it is risky. This really shows how Rex doesn’t like to baby his kids, but to challenge them. It’s a method of being forced to learn how to do something which to me is a fascinating way of guidance. Also, I think it helped Jeannette and her siblings in the long run since they are put in a lot of predicaments that they have to handle

He is looking for a home and then he meets the Brown family. The character who I felt changed the most was Mr Brown who went from being uptight and cautious to being chilled and fun. The director used a combination of camerawork,body language and dialogue to emphasise these changes and show us the important idea that you accept everyone for who they are. A character who changes throughout