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People all the time question who has made the biggest impact in our life and then we have these people that we look up to, but that didn’t raise us or give birth to us. The memoir The Glass Castle, by. Jeannette Walls would prove that the people who affect us the most are our parents because they are there for us all the time and we spend our whole life up with them until maturity.

Writer, Jeannette Walls, in her memoir, The Glass Castle, provides an insight into the fanciful and shocking life of growing up poor and nomadic with faux-grandiose parents in America. With her memoir, Wall's purpose was to acknowledge and overcome the difficulties that came with her unusual upbringing. Her nostalgic but bitter tone leaves the reader with an odd taste in their mouth. In some memories, the author invites her audience to look back on with fondness; others are viewed through bulletproof glass and outrage.

The earliest Motte and Bailey castles were simply a wooden blockhouse placed on a mound. The rapid construction of the Motte and Bailey castles enabled the Normans to control the conquered English.

As frigid snow frosts the sun-licked ice, a glacial wind howls against the trees. As a child, one would sip hot chocolate and watch a movie with their family. However, Jeannette Walls would be sitting on a dirty floor, cold with no food. In The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, it is revealed that as Jeannette grew up, she endured hardships inflicted upon her by her own parents. However, if Jeannette had not gone through these things, she never would have gained the characteristics that she values present day. Although Jeannette Walls faced destitution and endured anguish during her childhood, these obstacles formed her into a self-reliant woman who proves that just because she did not have as much money as other families, she can still achieve success in her life.

In the memoir The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls, the main character explains her life story and all the struggles she went through. Along with herself, other characters such as her father Rex Walls and her mother Rose Mary Walls played vital roles to the successful memoir. The settings in this story added a deeper meaning and helped readers better understand the context. Lastly, the themes that the memoir conveyed were extremely important life lessons that shaped Jeannette Walls into the person she is today. Without the strong characters, settings, and themes, the story would not be as successful as it has become.

The memoir The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls follows the socially impaired and significantly eccentric Walls family and the consequences of their life style. Lori, Jeannette, Brian, and Maureen Walls endured a poverty stricken upbringing at the fault of their egotistical parents Rose Mary and Rex Walls, the hardship the children faced in their young years had an effect on how they adjusted to life as adults. The lack of support allotted for the children left them to fend for themselves. This came into effect when in order to escape a life of starvation, penury, and instability they each migrated to New York City one by one to develop a new life for themselves. Their atypical childhoods left them seeking resilience and made it

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls touched upon many topics including alcoholism, mental illness, and poverty. One specific topic that seemed to be particularly attention-grabbing was the possibility that her mom had bipolar disorder, or some other possible mental illness. There are so many people in the world who have some form of a mental illness, and many go undiagnosed. Some that are never diagnosed go through their life needing help or maybe even becoming a danger to others. Despite the bad reputation mental problems get, people are able to overcome their struggle and live normal lives with the proper medicine and help. The Glass Castle is one example of how mental illness is a part of many people’s lives.

Does being neglected help or hinder children? Traditionally, we think of neglect as a form of abuse. However, the memoir, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, poses the possibility that being neglected as a child can actually help the child to grow up to lead a successful and independent life as an adult. The memoir details the life of author Jeannette Walls and her siblings and how they escaped their impoverished and abusive childhoods to find success and happiness as adults in New York City. Being left to fend for herself as a child allowed Jeannette to become an independent, self- sufficient, and successful adult.

“We don’t accept handouts form anyone” says Rose Mary Walls, the mother of Jeannette Walls. In the memoir The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls she describes events from her life from childhood to adulthood and how she overcame her struggles. She had to adjust to her family’s situation and comply with how her parents wanted her to act, which was to be independent. Walls’ memoir embodies the theme of being self-sufficient by illustrating scenes that take place in hers and her siblings life that demonstrate the need to become self-sufficient. Jeannette Walls has been learning how to be independent from a young age.

Writer, Jeannette Walls, in her memoir, The Glass Castle, provides an insight into the fanciful and shocking life of growing up poor and nomadic with faux-grandiose parents in America. With her memoir, Wall's purpose was to acknowledge and overcome the difficulties that came with her unusual upbringing. Her nostalgic but bitter tone leaves the reader with an odd taste in their mouth. In some memories, the author invites her audience to look back on with fondness; others are viewed through bulletproof glass and outrage.

Many would argue that Yourself and the mindset you have in life most affects the kind of person you become because, If you treat yourself poorly and look at everything negative while you're young you will not be successful later in life. However, the short story The Glass Castle by, Jeannette Walls reveals that your environment and the way you grow up affects the kind of person you become because People that grow up in bad environments can still be successful. One reason the short story The Glass Castle by, Jeannette Walls reveals that Yourself and the mindset you have in life most affects the kind of person you become is when Jeannette said, “I figured you didn't need a college degree to become one of the people who

Michael J. Fox said, “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” This relates to The Glass Castle because even though Jeannette went through difficult times with her family she was still able to care about them. The Glass Castle is a book that was written by Jeannette Walls. It tells about her experiences while she was growing up, and in those experiences she would describe how she felt about what was going on. Most of the situations that she was in was because of her family. The Glass Castle demonstrates that families can learn from each other and grow up close through fights with each other, not understanding each other, and helping each other out.

A traumatic narrative is a narrative that aims to describe an experience of extreme horror or shock that cannot be incorporated unproblematically within memory. Throughout her own traumatic narrative, Jeannette Wall’s describes different aspects of her everyday life that showcase various levels of significance. She is able to show how certain life events impact her plans for escaping her current socioeconomic status and her plans for the future. The text is also able to tell us about trauma, poverty, our selves, and our society. Furthermore, the text demonstrates the impacts of trauma and poverty and how they can have lasting impacts. These concepts help us to think about our own life experiences and situations and they also show us how to be analytical about our society. Lastly, this narrative is able to reveal to us the different aspects of a traumatic childhood and how important and impactful this type of upbringing can be. Jeannette Walls uses her own traumatic autobiography to show that despite her adverse upbringing in poverty and passive and unattached parenting she was able to become successful. The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, shows the benefits and the value that can come from having a traumatic narrative. This is significant because it shows that an experience can shape a person, but a person can also shape the experience.

The novel The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls demonstrates about a young girl, Jeannette Walls’, childhood. This book is memoir of the author, Jeannette Walls. Jeannette grew up in a family that had little to no money at times and has to move to different cities in deserts numerous times. Although many events in the novel were depressing the family still managed to keep humor and hope, especially when going through having to move constantly and being broke.An example as to why the family was always short on money because Janette’s father was an alcoholic and he would use up the family's money to purchase liquor. However, when the family was in need of food and money he would go out and a job. In the end the Walls children were moved out of

The Siege of a Castle was a guarantied victory, but it took a long time of patience. Patience was the key to victory with this strategy, however it was scarce in the battlefield, because of the angry, impatient soldiers waiting to get home to their families. The city walls were suppose to be fortifying a position that could not be easily overrun, and that it could be strong enough to enable the defense to maintain that position for a long period of time. Siege of a fort, castle, or city walls had four basic concepts. The Sieging technique was directly directed towards these four. In order for the attackers to get inside they would have to go over the wall, tear a passage through the wall, dig a tunnel underneath it, or just wait until the defenders surrendered.