Compare and contrast on Travelling in the Glass Castle
They say life is a rollercoaster and you have your ups and downs; But Jeannette Wall’s rollercoaster is a steep and twisted ride. Being the middle child in her family she has 2 sisters and a brother. Jeannette and her siblings are dragged all across of America because of her father’s actions. Being so young she has lived in more places than the average human. Venturing from Arizona to California then back to Arizona then to
West Virginia and living in multiple tiny towns it’s hard to make friends and keep those friends. On their journey around America the children learn the value of money and how important it is. Learning how carless and selfish their parent’s actions are, they learned how to be independent and take care of themselves. In the end her parents aren’t so…kind of.
Money plays in everything. Everyday life to spending it on luxury’s like Chocolate or the movies. It plays a big part in the glass castle because from the start they have always been “low” on money but when Rex wins it big in Las Vegas he spoils the kids with little souvenirs’ and big meals that they are usually not used of. But the children get a real sense of how money works when they are older in Welch, West Virginia.
Jeannette’s first with money was when her mother had to go to Charleston for college classes. As Jeannette say’s “Before mom left, she gave me two hundred dollars. That was plenty, she said, to buy food for Brian and Maureen, and me for two months and pay the water and electricity bills. I did the math. It came out to twenty five dollars a week, or little over three-fifty a day. I worked up a budget and calculated that we could indeed squeak by if I made extra money babysitting. Pg. 209” Jeannette walls is 13 years old and she has to take care of her entire family’s money budget. I do not think I would have been able to do that at thirteen years old I am terrible at math. She countered one main problem during this learning experience with money…Her
West Virginia and living in multiple tiny towns it’s hard to make friends and keep those friends. On their journey around America the children learn the value of money and how important it is. Learning how carless and selfish their parent’s actions are, they learned how to be independent and take care of themselves. In the end her parents aren’t so…kind of.
Money plays in everything. Everyday life to spending it on luxury’s like Chocolate or the movies. It plays a big part in the glass castle because from the start they have always been “low” on money but when Rex wins it big in Las Vegas he spoils the kids with little souvenirs’ and big meals that they are usually not used of. But the children get a real sense of how money works when they are older in Welch, West Virginia.
Jeannette’s first with money was when her mother had to go to Charleston for college classes. As Jeannette say’s “Before mom left, she gave me two hundred dollars. That was plenty, she said, to buy food for Brian and Maureen, and me for two months and pay the water and electricity bills. I did the math. It came out to twenty five dollars a week, or little over three-fifty a day. I worked up a budget and calculated that we could indeed squeak by if I made extra money babysitting. Pg. 209” Jeannette walls is 13 years old and she has to take care of her entire family’s money budget. I do not think I would have been able to do that at thirteen years old I am terrible at math. She countered one main problem during this learning experience with money…Her