The Story About The Heroine Vinette

She realizes that the person she was as she is growing up is not who she must become as a mature youth and adult. She envisions a good life for herself and accepts that she has every right to live that life she desires. Though the Walls parents have done many wrongs to Jeannette there is one life lesson that they have instilled into her. They have empowered Jeannette with the energy and hunger to have the best education that she can obtain. ” I’ve always believed in the value of a good education” (Walls 265).

The novel, The invisible hero by Elizabeth Fensham explores the theme of heroism and villainy. Heroism can be defined as doing a selfless act in hope of inspiring others. Villainy can be defined as an act of doing something ‘evil’ in spite of another person or group. although it is commonly known that heroes and villains are polar opposite it is much more complex because it all depends on perspective. This idea of heroism and villainy will be expressed through an analysis of the style, characters, setting and plot.

Experiencing further unstable environments, these children are forced to move from one foster home to another. They rarely develop meaningful relationships and constantly endure lack of care and protection by adults. Sabreen, another gifted student, was able to excel in school despite her unstable environments. She, too, became a ward of the county battling to find a stable home, constantly being placed in unstable environments, environments that do not encourage any achievement. When her situation becomes untenable, she goes AWOL, like Olivia, refusing to return to county supervision. Corwin masterfully frames the problem that wards, like Olivia and Sabreen, face when they feel that going back into the system is not an option. The additional struggles can be seen through Olivia and Sabreen accepting jobs with long hours in order to make enough to pay their bills. The responsibility on taking care of themselves financially detracts from their studies, which quickly can become a vicious, never-ending cycle.

Another main character of the story is Cate’s childhood best friend Vaughan. His character is a bit mysterious during the beginning of the story because it isn't quite sure why he's come to Skola. Vaughan is also initiated initiated into the society, because he helped built the Guilds networking site. Cate isn’t sure if she’s able to trust Vaughan because back home they had a bad split. Vaughan is mysterious, but a sweetheart he is thought of as adorable and is in love with Cate. Vaughans character develops into more of a dangerous and outgoing person as Cate and him set out to find the killer. Although the killer is in the back of the reader’s mind, the readers cannot be sure of the culprit till the end of the story.

The guilt showed on Vines face and she could no longer keep it a secret from Saul. Vine told

Throughout the novel, the readers have the ability to follow along Jeanette’s life story. She deals with her distracted yet present parents. They remind her of the important lessons in life. One of the most important lessons that Jeannette learns is that life will eventually work in the end and if it still isn't working that just means it is not the end

Jeannette’s self-reliant behavior is frequently shown through her refusal of help from others. On one trip to retrieve her father from a bar, Jeannette’s father is so drunk that he can no longer walk. Another man offers to drive them home, and

Her father later told her that she was a special girl, that not many little girls can cook or boil water all on their own. Jeannette realizes that she is special just by this happening and later learned to laugh at her crisis. All of her life, decisions affected her life growing up. She decides that she will be the person she wants to be. Jeannette has had a rough life, but as soon as she faced a crisis, she learned something new about herself.

Jeannette’s various strengths helped her survive her treacherous childhood. One of her strengths was her curiosity. Her curiosity drove her to explore the world, and discover new things. She enjoyed exploring in the desert and in Welch with her brother, Brian. Jeannette’s desire to explore caused her to become a reporter. She wanted to be one of those people that knew what was going on. When Jeannette knew she wanted to become a reporter she stated, “I decided I wanted to be one of the people who knew what was really going on” (pg. 204). Another one of Jeannette’s strengths was her confidence. Her confidence gradually blossomed throughout the book, as her adversity caused her to mature and quickly grow up. Jeannette’s confidence was

Lauren, a fifteen-year-old female, who is self-sufficient, influential, and independent. She envisions the future by planning for possible dangers, learns how to survive out of her gated community, takes initiative of her life, creates an emergency pack, and is well-prepared to leave in any circumstances. Lauren is also tremendously mature for her age. She knows how to read and write, cook and sew, able to shoot guns, and is a potential leader.

Her father's rampant drinking and inability to hold a job, coupled with her mother's lack of responsibility causes Jeannette to inwardly question her role in society.

Jeannette’s parents teach their children to dream big. Jeannette’s mom who has a desire to be an artist and writer tries her best to do so. In times when she is not an addict, she was focused on achieving her dream, but never embraces being a parent. Rose Mary can be known as an “excitement addict”. When she cooked a meal for her family, the mission had to fulfilled in at least fifteen minutes. She knew if she forced on her dream, she knew the painting she would create would last forever. Not providing for her family with a concrete occupation resulted in running out of money. When money ran scarce, they retreated to the mining town of West Virginia. Moving happened often, because the romance of the wandering life faded away. Rex never tried in his power to escape from being penniless. The only solution he figured out was to steal money from the grocery store. When he followed through with this action, he disappeared for days not allowing the money to be used for his family. One immense dream, Rex had been living in a glass castle, where he would see all the imperfections of the world.

One of her skills was her intelligence. Jeannette was very smart for her age, even through she rarely attended school as a child, and was constantly transferring to different schools. Jeannette’s mom taught her and her siblings how to read and write, while their father taught skills they would helping in surviving. Jeannette’s strong intelligence is what allowed her to become a writer and editor at her high school paper. Furthermore, another one of Jeannette’s transferrable skills was her leadership. Jeannette has the traits of a great leader, and as worked her way to the top in many events. When Jeannette was working at The Maroon Wave she worked her way up from being an reporter to an editor. “That fall, when I was going into the tenth grade, Miss Bivens made me news editor of The Maroon Wave” (pg. 231). Jeannette’s leadership ability is what allowed to become a successful reporter in New York City, and become a quality reporter. Jeannette’s transferable skills is also what led to her success in New York City. The skills she learned in Welch and every single place she lived, help improve skills and teach her new lessons. Throughout the book, it is clear that Jeannette’s transferable skills played a major role in her

She has more insight to racism when she attended school and the kids began bullying her because of how skinny and unhealthy she is. Another example of racism is when a young African-American named Dinitia also begins bullying her until she sees Jeannette being compassionate to a young African-American boy. Jeannette has a new understanding with sexuality when she experiences different situations. The first example is when she is forcedly kissed and almost raped by Billy Deel, the second when she sees Erma, her father’s mother, sexually molesting Brian, and the final example is when she distracts an older man when her and Rex was at the bar. Another reason that does not happened to her or what she witnessed, but it affects her, is when she finds out that Dinitia is pregnant and is sent to jail when she stabs the person that had gotten her

The story of Jeannette Walls begins one cold March evening when she comes across a homeless woman, which is then revealed to be her mother. It is there that her troubled past comes into light in, “The Glass Castle”. But through her disastrous childhood and dysfunctional family, she manages to turn it around and and by education, expectation, and most of all environment, Jeannette grew from her experiences and came out successful and stronger than ever.