The Glass Castle Analysis
Kyle Scott
Reading 96
Journal # 2
The Glass Castle #2
After the Walls had been in Welch a while, Rex and Rose-Mary decided to leave the children with Rex’s mother Erma, and make a road trip back to Phoenix. Their excuse for leaving them was that it was only going to be a short trip, all business, and to retrieve anything they had left behind. A week after the parents had left Erma was hammered, she had been drinking since before breakfast, and told Brian that his pants needed sewed up. She said she didn’t want Brian running around in his underpants so he had to keep them on while she fixed the seam of his crotch. “I went into Grandpa’s bedroom and saw Erma kneeling on the floor in front of Brian, grabbing at the crotch of his pants, squeezing and …show more content…
3. Malicious: “Holding up the sharp pencil she had jabbed into my back, she smiled the same malicious smile I’d seen on the playground.” 138
Definition: Characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm.
The boy’s parents told him the other boys were just being kids, but he could sence the maliciousness. 4. Contemplative: “She unscrewed the cap from her bottle of hooch and took a long, contemplative swallow.” 143
Definition: Expressing or involving prolonged thought.
The man had a very contemplative look, as he tried to decide whos side to take. 5. Hypocrites: “Situations like these, I realized, were what turned people into hypocrites.” 144
Definition: A person who indulges in hypocrisy.
He was being a hypocrite, taking side against drinking and driving, and then ending up being arrested for a DUI. 6. Flouted: “There were rules that had to be followed, and people didn’t take kindly when you flouted them.” 145
Definition: Openly disregard (a rule, law or convention).
The clerk flouted the underage looking man back in the beer section. 7. Cantankerous: “After Mom and Dad left, Erma became even more cantankerous.”
Reading 96
Journal # 2
The Glass Castle #2
After the Walls had been in Welch a while, Rex and Rose-Mary decided to leave the children with Rex’s mother Erma, and make a road trip back to Phoenix. Their excuse for leaving them was that it was only going to be a short trip, all business, and to retrieve anything they had left behind. A week after the parents had left Erma was hammered, she had been drinking since before breakfast, and told Brian that his pants needed sewed up. She said she didn’t want Brian running around in his underpants so he had to keep them on while she fixed the seam of his crotch. “I went into Grandpa’s bedroom and saw Erma kneeling on the floor in front of Brian, grabbing at the crotch of his pants, squeezing and …show more content…
3. Malicious: “Holding up the sharp pencil she had jabbed into my back, she smiled the same malicious smile I’d seen on the playground.” 138
Definition: Characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm.
The boy’s parents told him the other boys were just being kids, but he could sence the maliciousness. 4. Contemplative: “She unscrewed the cap from her bottle of hooch and took a long, contemplative swallow.” 143
Definition: Expressing or involving prolonged thought.
The man had a very contemplative look, as he tried to decide whos side to take. 5. Hypocrites: “Situations like these, I realized, were what turned people into hypocrites.” 144
Definition: A person who indulges in hypocrisy.
He was being a hypocrite, taking side against drinking and driving, and then ending up being arrested for a DUI. 6. Flouted: “There were rules that had to be followed, and people didn’t take kindly when you flouted them.” 145
Definition: Openly disregard (a rule, law or convention).
The clerk flouted the underage looking man back in the beer section. 7. Cantankerous: “After Mom and Dad left, Erma became even more cantankerous.”