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Analysis Of The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls

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Author Jeannette Walls, in her memoir, The Glass Castle, revisits her childhood memories and relationships with her family. Walls’ purpose is to persuade people that you’re past doesn’t define who you are. To achieve her purpose, she uses a conversational tone with imagery, contrasting syntax, and anaphora in order to inspire readers to overcome their own problems. Throughout the book, Walls uses many examples of imagery to create mental pictures for the reader. This makes the writing more vivid and allows readers to feel like they're part of the action. An example is when Walls describes the houses at Little Hobart Street in Welch. She writes, “They were made of wood, with lopsided porches, sagging roofs, rusted-out gutters, and balding tar

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