The Glass Castle Essay

In the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, we learn about the authors childhood. It goes into depth about her family relationships as well as the battles they face. With a book this complex there could be different feelings the author is intending for the reader to feel. Although there are other readings I’ve done that relate to problems in The Glass Castle. Throughout the book I have been in constant disbelief. To start off it is unbelievable the way Jeannette’s parents think. After Jeannette

Rex Walls was a very intelligent man when it came to science and the like. As said in the description of The Glass Castle, found in the back of the book, “When sober, Jeanette’s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly.” When describing the area just outside of the fire as “the boundary between turbulence and order” (61), it was surprising that he didn’t explain the phenomenon scientifically and instead

“I was on fire” is one out of many memorable phrases used in The Glass Castle. The Glass Castle is a memoir written by Jeannette Walls about the trials and tribulations she and her siblings had to deal with while growing up. Though not all of her childhood was a struggle, she did experience some joyous moments too. Walls later on grew up to be an author and a journalist. Her memoir, The Glass Castle, should be required as summer reading for the Class of 2019 because Walls's life is very interesting

It Could Always Be Worse “If you don’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim” Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle. This School year our class read a limited amount of novels. Of those novels I would say, The Glass Castle was my favorite. This novel that influenced me was a backwards, up-beat Memoir concerning Jeannette Walls and her family of five, similar to mine. However, unlike my family, theirs were constantly on the move. This novel remained my favorite due to its continuous paced events

When I think of the name Jeannette Walls, I automatically think of her book, The Glass Castle. This is a story about her life and the hardships she faced growing up. She experienced poverty, hunger, bullying, and so many more horrible things that others can relate to. At a young age, Jeanette was a little oblivious to her family’s problems. When people are young, they are less experienced with hard times and personal problems. They think that the bad things happening are normal because they know

The Glass Castle In the memoir The Glass Castle there were many obstacles Walls had to get through. Walls’ family was complicated enough and, obvious enough, dysfunctional. Nevertheless she got through every single obstacle that was thrown at her by her family’s nomadic lifestyle. Not only did she went through psychological obstacles, financial barrier, and her unstable childhood. It was not unusual for the Walls to lack money. It is apparent that they had very alarming financial problems

“Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us.”(28) In the memoir, The Glass Castle (2005) , Jeannette Walls writes of her journey to becoming a renowned journalist in New York City, recounting the hardships she faced, such as extreme poverty and negligent parenting. Rose Mary, Jeannette’s mother and an aspiring artist, prides herself

Ali Azhar Ms. Hess ENG2D7 June 9th, 2016 Forgiveness goes a long way in The Glass Castle The Glass Castle is a memoir told in the perspective of Jeanette Walls as she grows up. The memoir follows Jeanette and her family as they move from city to city in search of a better life, while also overcoming obstacles such as poverty and neglect. This memoir shows the everyday struggles of Jeanette and her siblings due to the poor decisions of their parents. In this memoir, while she is telling her story

The Glass Castle The parents from the glass castle Rose Mary and Rex Wall were quite different parents. They weren't quite clean, and having a job to Rexs Walls is gamble and make money. But children were children wanted a normal life so when there with friends they didn’t really mention their life styles. There irresponsibility of the parents and the children wanting to take care of themselves led to the children breaking apart from their parents early. Supporting the family was one of the most

Throughout the book, Jeanette's father, Rex Walls, continuously tells his children that one day he will build them a gorgeous home completely made of glass where the family would be happy together. When the family moved to Welch, Brian and Jeannet both start digging the foundation for the glass castle in the backyard. Even when the family couldn’t afford the trash-collection fee, she was told by her dad to start putting garbage into the foundation they dug. She writes, "He