her mother quickly dismisses the idea. Rose Mary claims that the tree is beautiful not because it grows straight like the other trees, but rather because its struggle defines it and makes it unique. Rose Mary is typically unwilling to tamper with nature and she is particularly drawn to the unique form of the Joshua Tree. Through the figure of the tree a young Jeannette learns an important lesson about non-conformity. “Dad kept telling me that he loved me… what other
The parents of the Walls children, Rex and Rose Mary, began their life of extreme self-sufficiency even before their children were born. Rex, coming from a relatively unfortunate home life,
Jeannette's upbringing and her road to adulthood. Jeannette, and her siblings, were raised by dysfunctional, poor, and sometimes homeless parents, Rose Mary and Rex Walls. The Walls children were pretty much abandoned by their parents and in some cases they were forced into making their own money, or stealing food just so they would not starve. Rose Mary and Rex Walls allowed the children to do anything they wanted, whenever they wanted to do it, but that did not stop Jeannette from being successful
The first is self-sufficiency. Even during their hardest times, Rex and Rose Mary refuse to become a charity case. Walls stated that, “Mom liked to encourage self-sufficiency in all living creatures.” (77). They do not even accept help from their children in their late adulthood, even though they depended on the childrens’ incomes while they lived in Welch. The value of being self sufficient descends mainly from Rose Mary, whose upbringing in an incredibly disciplined home leads her to believe rules
Castle, we can compare the main character, Jeannette Walls, with her parents, Rex and Rose Mary Walls. Rex and Rose Mary are portrayed as very poor parents. Throughout the story some of their actions are utterly absurd. The dad, Rex, is an aggressive alcoholic. Due to his suspicions and paranoia of the U.S government, he is always forcing his family to move from town to town. Like the Rex, the mom, Rose Mary, values self-sufficiency and due to the family moving frequently, she struggles to keep a
composed of Rex the father, Rose Mary the mother, Lori walls the oldest child, Brian the only son, and Maureen the youngest child. Regardless of the hardships, the Walls family remained
with her father and mother, Rex and Rose Mary Walls, her older sister Lori, and her younger brother and sister, Brian and Maureen. Rex and Rose Mary could not settle down and constantly uprooted their family of six to different locations in the southwest region of America. Neither parent could keep a job and struggled to feed and put a roof over their heads. In the novel, Walls views her parents as irresponsible because it rarely seems as though Rex and Rose Mary genuinely want to work and make money
beliefs and stubborn ways of life, changed their children’s’ lives forever. Though their parent’s dreadful actions, the children tried to fend for them. Rex, a very brilliant man, when sober and Rose Mary, an inspirational artist, when not a panhandler risked their own lives daily. Even though Rex and Rose Mary’s lives were unstable at times, they would instill lessons into their children. Their philophies in life I believe relied on one another, which taught their children some
and astronomy, while Rose Mary teaches the children about nature and appreciating
with Saint John the Baptist and an Angel, from 1518-1520. The latter one is also an oil artwork, but on panel, not on canvas. According to the annotate of The Divine Shepherdess, the theme source comes from the words of Saint Antoine, who said: “Mary is the Good Shepherd who