Angela Lin Mrs. O’Neal AP English Language and Composition—4 9 April 2016 The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls: Biography Jeanette Walls is a journalist and a writer who is best known for her work as a gossip columnist for MSNBC and for her memoir, The Glass Castle, which spent over 200 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list, received the Christopher Award, the American Library Association 's Alex Award and the Books for Better Living Award, and is being made into a film by Paramount entertainment
Abstract “The Glass Castle” by Jeanette Walls is an extremely captivating novel that really kept my attention throughout the entire story. It’s a fascinating story of growing up in circumstances that kept me shaking my head as I turned the pages. The Walls family is unquestionably one unlike any I’ve ever come across. The lessons and experiences that the children learned and endured were ones that molded their lives and established who they are today. Jeanette Walls goes through many descriptions
In the memoir, The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls, the main character, grows up in a dysfunctional family that travels from place to place like nomads. Her father is an alcoholic, who is verbally abusive and destructive when drunk; however, when sober, he is charismatic and knowledgeable. Her mother is an artist who does not want to take on the responsibility of raising a family. Walls and her three siblings live out of the ordinary and in the worst possible environments and circumstances. Despite
The title of the book, The Glass Castle, is repeated throughout the book as a dream that her father had. The family knew that he would never actually build the castle, but her father still talked about it like he would actually do it, and Jeanette would believe him. Jeanette's father made her many promises, but he did not follow through with the promises. Whenever she questioned him about the promises he made to her he justs says, “Have I ever let you down?” Jeanette knows that he had let her down
Jeannette Walls, Shows in the book The Glass Castle that there are a lot of situations that happen in life where people make countless mistakes, but it is very important to forgive her father and her mother for many mistakes. She has to cope with many obstacles without her parent's help. In the author's memoir, we become attracted with Jeannette constant struggle between protecting her family and the pleasure that her family is based on the same hopes and senseless falsehood with her unbelievable
In March of 2005, author Jeanette Walls published her second book, The Glass Castle, a memoir of her adventurous childhood family adventures. While The Glass Castle may have not been Jeanette’s first book, she had been writing since she was in middle school and showed a passion for the subject. However, unlike others, Jeanette has an interesting yet beautiful story about how she became the woman she is today. From reckless driving in the western desert at a young age to almost being raped multiple
self-esteem, and self-actualization. In Welch, West Virginia Jeanette and her siblings must adjust their lifestyles in order to meet their human needs according to Maslow’s hierarchy. The physiological tier is the lowest level of Maslow’s hierarchy. This level contains the basic human needs such as food, water, and breathing. Throughout Jeanette Walls memoir, A Glass Castle, the Walls kids were in a constant battle with starvation. In the Glass Castle the children were never worried about regular teenage
in "The Glass Castle" with Rex Walls and also occurs regularly in our society today, such as abusive parents, and husbands. Without alcohol Rex was intelligent, responsible, honest, and a overall respectable father figure, but when under the influence he would bring his entire family down mentally and physically. Alcoholism's effects can indirectly abuse a family because of the immense change in behavior and discombobulate the family's daily life in many ways. When Rex promises Jeanette that he will
in "The Glass Castle" with Rex Walls and also occurs regularly in our society today, such as abusive parents, and husbands. Without alcohol Rex was intelligent, responsible, honest, and a overall respectable father figure, but when under the influence he would bring his entire family down mentally and physically. Alcoholism's effects can indirectly abuse a family because of the immense change in behavior and discombobulate the family's daily life in many ways. When Rex promises Jeanette that he will
Determination In “The Glass Castle” we see many different possibilities pertaining to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. We see the father, Rex and one of the daughters, Maureen, who fall victim to Maslow. Then there’s Jeanette and the mother, Rose Mary who have both seemed to achieve self-actualization regardless of their hardships. Traditionally, Maslow’s Hierarchy is thought to be achieved by working up from the bottom of the pyramid to get to the top. However, in “The Glass Castle” this is not particularly