The Story Of Jeannette Walls

The book is told from Jeannette’s point of view; Jeannette is an adventurous child with high hopes. Her father Rex Walls is an alcoholic who would distract the kids from when they had to move house to house,

This shows that she was raised to be independent and self-sufficient by her parents. The theme of forgiveness is shown in the novel as Walls continues to forgive her parents for all of the terrible choices they made that negatively affected her and her sibling’s lives. The novel is written in the first-person point of view of the protagonist Jeannette Walls. Walls, the middle child of Rex and Rose Mary Walls, is hard-working, smart, and courageous.

Jeannette Walls is left with huge burn scars all over her body from a cooking accident when she was only three. This is only a part of the crazy life of Jeannette that is explained in the book and movie, The Glass Castle. The book and movie are both based on the life of Jeannette Walls, who is the author of the book. The book and the movie are both wonderful but at the same time very different, here are some similarities. Surprisingly, the book has more differences than similarities, but a few of the similarities are the way they both portray the Mother (Rose Mary Walls) and Father (Rex Walls).

Jeanette Walls and her out of the ordinary family live their lives surrounded in pure craziness and poverty. Jeanette has been raised to be as independent as her age allows her. At age three she could make herself a hot dog and by the age of eighteen she had started a new life in New York away from the craziness that followed her parents throughout the kids nomadic childhood. Jeanette and her siblings Lori, Brian and Maureen live their childhoods with almost nothing. They were always wondering where their next meal would come from and where there parents had mysteriously disappeared to. Rex Walls, the father and husband was a severe alcoholic who spent most of his money on gambling or a beer from a local bar. Rose Mary Walls, the mother and wife was not better, never being to hold onto a job for long enough to get paid and support her family caused many problems for Rose Mary, Rex and most importantly… the kids. The kids all had the dream of escaping the prison their parents called home and heading to New York or California where they could feel endless happiness. The kids grow up with almost no parents, which forces them to become independent from the day they were born. In The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Jeanette's parents teach her to only rely on herself and never get attached to something you can lose, forcing Jeanette to become strong and independent throughout her childhood.

Griffin Speck Ms.Smith Journaling, Period 8 April 5th, 2024 Alienable Life, liberty, and property; the three unalienable rights, right? Humans are supposed to be guaranteed these rights. Too often, people take what they have for granted. In reality, there are people out in the world who have been giving nothing, and have had to fight their way out of terrible situations. In Jeanette Walls’s memoir, The Glass Castle, the struggle of her life is shown.

Jeannette Walls has always been moving from place to place. Her father, Rex Walls, is a raging alcoholic who is constantly running from the police in order to keep his kids. They have lived in houses, their van, even outside. Imagine sleeping outside because the police are looking for the children of the parents who haven’t paid a

Jeannette Walls grew up in the 1970’s with her family traveling around the desert states. She was a young, fearless child that enjoyed adventure, family, and the ability to live anywhere. Jeannette was independent at a young age, cooking food, caring for her siblings, and growing up with very little. Jeannette was a skinny girl when she was young and was always dirty from her mini adventures.

In the memoir, The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls was Most influenced by her time in Battle Mountain as indicated by how she describes the events that transpire with her father as well as her experience there with Billy, her first “boyfriend”.

Jeannette Walls is a critically-acclaimed author (of both biographies and works of fiction), despite her unorthodox upbringing. Her parents supported giving their children excessive amounts of freedom, even though they were clearly too young to be taking care of themselves, causing Walls to light herself on fire while cooking herself a meal at only 3 years old. Also, they did not believe in proper treatment, hence why they force Jeannette to leave the hospital, although she is not finished with treatment, and still had third-degree burns all over her body. Considering her father would waste all of their money on cigarettes and alcohol, there were periods of her life where she was homeless, and would have to sleep in a cardboard box, that of which she shared with her three other siblings (and this is if they were lucky; otherwise, they would be forced to sleep in their car). However, a young Jeannette’s father would manipulate her into thinking it was “an adventure,” causing her to get

Jeannette Walls had an extremely unique childhood that included tons of adventures, fun, and interesting events. However, it was not all good. It was full of confusion, suffering, hunger, pain, and hardships. Rose Mary and Rex Walls were not exactly ideal parents, but they cared for their children deeply and Jeannette, Lori, and Brian would not be the people they are today without what happened to them years ago. To some extent, Rose Mary and Rex are not awful parents.

Rex Walls and his wife didn’t live a normal lifestyle, hopping from town to town and having odd jobs to barely get by. Jeannette Walls recounts her father as having the essence of cigarettes, whisky, and hair tonic (Walls). Even so, The Glass Castle is filled with Jeannette’s prized memories with her father. In spite of the feeling of self-doubt, Jeannette still loves her father unconditionally. Rex always inspired the author, and made her feel special. He tries a few times to turn his life around by going sober, but it never lasts long. The characteristic of Rex Walls are developed throughout his childhood, which impacts how he thinks and acts.

All around the world, society pushes people to become who they are. Whether it is a trend or a way of life, those people get to choose how they want respond to society. This develops the person's traits and allows other people to understand why they act the way they do. With character development comes maturity, realization and a path away from society’s norms. The same idea is shown throughout the books The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Jeannette Walls believes society’s influence is more helpful to character development because it allows the characters to form around this idea of society and decide how they want to

“It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life” (Nicholas Sparks). Author, Jeannette Walls, had a tough childhood mainly because of her parents decisions. She turned it around to become a successful writer. She wrote The Glass Castle. A New York Times bestseller, that depicts her childhood to adulthood, and tells the circumstances that the Walls parents put their children in. Although Jeannette’s parents loved their children as much as they were capable of loving them, two damaging characteristics of their parenting style, irresponsibility and shiftlessness, almost destroyed the family and certainly cast a shadow over their childhood.

Often times one can fully understand what Walls was experiencing by the tone she was conveying with different adjectives. “It was cold in the house, and the air smelled of mold and cigarettes and unwashed laundry (Walls,131)”. After reading this passage one can conclude that Jeannette was clearly not fond of their new home in Welch. Additionally, this can be seen by her use of more negative descriptions of the house. “His face was inches from mine. “What are you going to do to punish me?”I asked. “Stop taking me to bars?”(Walls,220)”. This quote displays Jeanette's pain and anger she was feeling towards her father. Although Walls is not using harsh words in this statement you can sense her annoyance of her father through her sarcastic remarks. By using different tones throughout the book, the reader is able to indicate Jeannette’s true emotions towards situations in her life.

There are several different social issues presented in Jeannette Wall’s memoir “The Glass Castle.” These issues included neglect – medical and education,