The Joshua Tree

Adversity, unfavorable fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress. Adversity is something everyone encounters at some juncture in their life. Many people concede in the face of adversity, while many people persevere through the struggles they face daily. Jennette Walls wrote The Glass Castle, a memoir that unmasked the dark mysteries of The Walls Family’s onerous life. She continuously proves that no one’s background they can make it through the adversity in their lives

begin, through the description and symbolization of the Joshua tree, Walls depicts her message. Walls’ description of the tree was that it was, “scraggly and freakish, permanently stuck in its twisted, tortured position” (35). Through this quote the reader has an understanding of how because of the natural elements, such as wind and rain, the tree becomes a deformed more flawed version of itself. Her mother, however, believes that, “It’s the Joshua tree’s struggle that gives it its beauty” (38). This

2. The theme of The Joshua Tree is based on the spiritual uncertainty of Bono’s experiences in life. In the song “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, Bono is in a moment of spiritual doubt. He writes “You broke the bonds and you loosed the chains, carried the cross… I still haven’t found what I’m looking for (U2 25-27;31).” Which means he believes but not enough to have faith. Furthermore, in the next song, “Where The Streets Have No Name” is built on what Bono thinks is Heaven.

A problem with Joshua Tree right now is pollution, by the park being only a little more than a hundred miles from Los Angles, Joshua Tree is able to get a lot of air pollution by the wind pushing it to the park. With this air pollution visitor cannot see the views and has caused Joshua Tree to be ranked to have the highest level of ozone pollution of any of the U.S. National Parks. The air pollution cause nitrogen to build up in Joshua Tree which cause very fertile soil which allows non-native plants

that allude to her personal life. One example of an event that connects to Jeannette’s life is that of the Joshua tree, said in the beginning of chapter nine during part two . The Joshua tree that the Walls encountered was ugly and “looked scraggly and freakish” (21), which mirrors the negative toils and struggles that occur behind the scenes of the Walls family. However, the Joshua tree still grew through

enjoy nature, and because of this, people have found their way to Joshua Tree National Park. One of twenty-eight national parks in California, Joshua Tree is the closest and easiest park to get to for most Southern Californians - from the Los Angeles area it is an easy two-hour drive east to reach the park. Because of the park’s growing popularity, the visitation rates in the park have risen significantly and the city of Joshua Tree surrounding the park has seen a boom in its local economy. However

creosotes, the mojave desert however is also known for their Joshua trees. They passed by a Joshua tree that was titled from the wind. Rose Walls, the mother of the household, finds the beauty in the Joshua tree and tells them that its struggle is what makes it beautiful. While they were about to go to sleep Jeanette

those good vibrations. They are too busy multi-tasking to take out time for peace, love, and happiness. However, the Joshua Tree Music Festival did its best to bring back those good old days that were reminiscent of peace, love, and the Haight-Asbury days. Counter-Culture Movement Returns Perhaps, the young people today were not aware of the hippie movement. Those at the Joshua Tree Music Festival were filled with thousands of people that

Last summer I went to Joshua Tree with my family and another family with their daughter Faith. Joshua Tree is a vast desert with many huge rocks that we loved to climb. We had wanted to climb as high as we could, and we did. We went extremely high and it was beautiful. But although it was beautiful where we were, we wanted to climb higher, so we did. We climbed even higher, so high that… we got stuck. Faith started freaking out and I wasn’t sure what to do. I kept telling her we were fine and nothing

In The Glass Castle, the three main themes I found to be to most relevant are fire, bended Joshua tree, and perversion of nature. The main character believes that fire is following her throughout her life. The Joshua tree is relevant in the story because it shows up in Jeannette's mother's paintings and places where they visit. The family believes that nature is being corrupted by man making nature uninhabitable. There are several themes throughout the storyline but these are the three I chose to