The Negative Analysis Of Jeannee Castle's The Glass Castle

This may mean that she wasn’t given very much information over the 5 years. “It had been 5 years since Dad died. I had seen mom only sporadically since then, and she’d never met John nor been to the old country farmhouse we’d bought the year before. It had been John’s idea to invite her and Lori and Brian out the house for Thanksgiving” (Walls 285). This is saying that the only way she would of gotten information about her childhood would of been when she saw her mom on those sporadical moments, and it probably wasn’t much information because she saw her for short time periods. Then the issue with when did Rex tell Jeannette about there adventures? She never mentioned him talking to her about them, and he wasn’t around whenever she wrote this book, so she may have actually had memories of her and Rex and their adventures. Rex may have altered her memory though while he was around. He did always tell her throughout the story that they would make The Glass Castle

Jeanette represents Rex as a reasonable and loving father through Christmas time during which he gave the presents stars to them. She describes the memory with admiration and love towards her father. Although Jeanette says “we had no money at all” her family showed no regret, she instead showed how they absolutely admire him, by capitalizing “Dad”. Rex has an ability to brave the cold times because ”the cold never bothered him” as he said ( Glass Castle 39). Jeanette holds onto her father when other people ignore him because he makes her feel unique, as it gives her one of the most important moments of her life. It's clearly obvious that Jeanette admiration is growing as she continues to describe the experience in positive terms. The final quotation at

Firstly, her father gave her the attention and love she always wanted. One Christmas, Rex, her father, brought each kid out in the middle of the desert and as a present, gave each of them a star. Jeannette picked Venus. Her father told her, ““It’s Christmas. You can have a planet if you want.” And he gave me Venus” (Walls 40). Jeannette always wanted attention and love. She got it for Christmas

Jeannette lived a very underprivileged life, it was always difficult for her to see the good in everyone, especially her parents. Somehow she managed love them anyway. The Walls’ were always traveling around without a clue as to where they were going, often running from financial crime. However, Jeannette and her siblings found that there was, in fact,so much to admire of their parents. and looking at any situation you can see Rex’s optimism, and Rose Mary’s loyalty.

Throughout the Glass Castle, Rex can not keep a stable, long living job. Sometimes even leaving his family starving, with no home, and not having the necessities the family needs. Rex can never pull through for his kids, and if he does it is extremely vague and only for a special occasion. Jeanette's father chooses to spend the money that he makes from his odd end jobs on his own wants, not his children needs. He comes home and finds things that the rest of the family can not seem to find, for example when Jeanette says “ He’d find a can of tomatoes on the back of the shelf that everyone else had missed, or he’d go off for an hour and come back with a handful of vegetables- never telling us where he got them. But disappearing a lot” (67). Rex never learns the value of his money and is continually burning a hole in his pocket. The money that Rex spends on his alcohol and his addictions he could be using to benefit his family extensively. He leaves his family hungry when he could be providing for them. When the Walls did have a stable income, Rex would always come up with a way to waste it. When Rose Mary went to Charleston, Jeanette is left in charge of the money flow and comes up with plenty to have a stable food flow. She was doing the reasonability of the her father.

Though in Jeannette’s Christmas story in which her father gave her a star, Jeannette realizes the intelligence of her father and how loving he is. When her father questions Jeannette what she desires for a Christmas present, she states, “And he gave me Venus.” (40) Although Jeannette’s father is unable to provide her something luxurious, he gave Jeannette something special that she is able to treasure forever and that is her star. Jeannette’s father’s act demonstrates the love he has for her due to the love Jeannette has towards him. But, the most important value is the love she devotes for her father and this is due to the ability that one could inspire Jeannette repeatedly. When Jeannette went to the hot springs to learn how to swim, she also learns that her father is inspiring. Though her father has done a deed which becomes unforgivable, Jeannette still finds the inspiration through her father and she realizes, “I figured he must be right.” (66) Jeannette comprehends his saying and she realizes the influence he places in her

Jeannette’s family is not your average American family. Her father was a raging alcoholic who lost too many jobs to count and her mother was an adrenaline addicted painter, who never wanted to work

Quote Analysis #1: Whilst Rex is becoming inebriated Jeannette is being sexually assaulted by a man she doesn’t even know and Rex just goes along with it because he cares more about money and alcohol than the safety of his daughter.

Rex failed to take care of the family properly countless of times and barely showed any attention to the family. Rex was constantly losing his job and failing to bring money to the table so he began to drink more often. Back when he stopped drinking for Jeannette's birthday, the family went to the Grand Canyon and their car broke down after Rex exhausted the engine trying to see how fast the car can go. When Lori asked Jeannette “Why do you always encourage him? Don't worry.

Although Lori, Brian, and Jeannette disapproved of their parents’ lifestyle, Rex Walls and his wife appreciated it. Even though both Rex and Rose enjoyed this kind of lifestyle, it summoned many forces of turbulence to their, and their family’s lives. The forces of turbulence in Rex’s life came from alcoholism and his childhood, and for Rose it’s her relationship with Rex and her irresponsible personality as a parent. Their forces of order came from their strong loving bond and family’s support. Rex never approached alcohol until his second child, Mary Charlene, was killed in her crib, and he witnessed it (Walls 27-28).

The inability of Rex and Rose Walls to keep a stable job led to the family living in inescapable cycle of poverty for most of Jeannette Walls’ childhood. Walls’ grew up in “traditional” or “nuclear family,” where there was a husband and a wife (Moore & Asay, 2018, p. 23). They also maintained the structure of a “modern family” where Rex was usually the “breadwinner,” and Rose was the housewife (Moore & Asay, 2018, p. 23). This structure of their family was ineffective because Rex Walls couldn’t keep a job so as result, the family was constantly lacked capital to buy the resources that they needed. This led to a

During this scene, Rex confesses his guilt towards not being able to build the glass castle. To this, Jeannette responds by saying that even though they were never able to build their dream house, they had a lot of fun their entire life planning it. They also admit to each other that throughout the entire journey, travelling from city to city, in the end they loved each other no matter what. Finally, Jeannette thinks to herself, “But despite all the hell-raising destruction and chaos he had created in our lives, I could not imagine what my life would be like-what the world would be like-without him in it. As awful as he could be, I always knew he loved me in a way no one else ever had.”(279)This was Jeannette’s way of ultimately forgiving her father for everything he did to his family, and forgiving him for the chaotic life she had to live through, only two weeks before his tragic death. She did this because she knew that whatever happened in the past didn’t matter anymore, and that families need to always stick

Jeanette’s eventual rebellion from her husband and city life can be traced back to this point. This location is where she first shes her father with a prostitute, she first sees adultery and infidelity as a young child in a hotel room with her brother after their father takes them out to dinner with one of the girls from the local brothel, The Green Lantern. Following this dinner rex leaves them in the shared room of a cheap motel so he and the prostitute can have sex. Jeanette does not know what is happening

Although she may seem normal now, Jeannette Walls experienced a traumatic and abnormal childhood which she displays in her memoir The Glass Castle. Jeannette, her two sisters, her brother, her “mother,” and her drunken father skedaddled every time the father angered someone, forcing them to leave (which was quite often). This book displays semi perfect description and character developments; however, these weighed down by the possibly invalid information.

Jeannette Walls, who struggled during childhood, in her memoir, The Glass Castle, writes about her and her family’s struggle to survive. Walls mentions how, growing up with her parents was tough, for her parents were very irresponsible. The children were put through many struggles; nevertheless, the children still managed to succeed in life. Wall’s purpose is to inform the readers of her family’s struggles. She supports her purpose by using details and incidents from her past experience. Although the children encountered many struggles, the parent’s irresponsibility and the hardships they went through lead the children to their success.