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In the book Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls she describes the many hardships that she faced as a young child. Jeanette struggled with things like an alcoholic father, a mentally ill mother, poverty, and sexual abuse. Throughout the memoir, Walls is describing her life as she remembers it. Their family was always doing the “skedaddle” when things were not going as planned. The book started with Jeanette's first memory when she was burned very badly at a young age. The book progresses throughout Jeanette’s

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

1. Fire is a major theme in The Glass Castle. Jeannette becomes very fascinated by fire which continues throughout the novel. The first you hear of fire is when Jeannette is burned while cooking hotdogs at the age of three. Though she suffers extreme injuries, Jeannette becomes extremely fascinated by fire. In the novel, she cannot keep herself from playing with it and watching it. In “The Glass Castle” there are a number of other fires that burn houses, sheds, and injure other people like Jeannette

The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls is a memoir about her early years and her family situation. Throughout the story you learn about her Father Rex, her Mother Rose, and her three siblings Loir, Maureen, and Brain. With each story she tells it conveys such emotion and feeling. The theme of the memoir starts with a hopeful tone the transforms to a somber tone, this is conveyed through imagery, language and dialogue. To convey my point i will start by talking about imagery. The beginning

One of the things that amazed me the most about The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls was that even though she had basically been brainwashed by her own father, she still came to terms with what she wanted out of her life and became a success. For her entire childhood, her parents did not even think she would amount to anything because she had no real skills, and her father did try and push her towards a life in science. However, in high school, Jeannette realized she had a passion for journalism;

The definition of a good parent is simply one who cares about their child’s well-being more than their own. In The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, neither of Jeannette’s parents are fit to be parents because they can’t even take care of themselves properly let alone four children. However, if the argument was to be made which is the lesser of two evils, Jeannette’s father, at least, has some redeeming qualities. Rex Walls is a smoker, an alcoholic, a gambler, and a danger to all of those around

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

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a descriptive and emotion filled memoir of her childhood and how it affected her in her adulthood. The novel was released in 2005 and in 2017 the film version was released. The purpose of both the novel and film was not only to inform the reader about Jeannette’s story, but to also encourage people to achieve their dreams and to not let their past determine their future. In comparison to the movie, the book portrays the theme, characters and the mood of events

Although allowing children to individually solve their problems fosters independence, avoiding parental responsibilities erodes a child and parent’s relationship. In The Glass Castle, author Jeannette Walls conveys this theme through her parents neglect, especially when she faces physical and emotional peril. Jeannette elucidates Rex’s recent behavior after moving into their new house: “Dad had taken to disappearing for days at a time. When I asked him where he'd been, his explanations were either

Parenting Paradigms of The Glass Castle The parenting style that is most exemplified by Rex and Rosemary Walls in the memoir “The Glass Castle” by Jeanette Walls is the style permissive parenting. The Walls are permissive because they “rarely discipline” (Cherry, “The Four Styles of Parenting”) their children. For example, this quote demonstrates how Rosemary does not punish her children; Jeanette recalls, “I’d broken one of our unspoken rules: we were always supposed to pretend our life was one