and better life to come in the future. Hope is what keeps their Glass Castle alive. In Jeannette Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle‚ the symbol of the Glass Castle is a house to actually feel at home; to feel safe and welcome in. The Glass Castle is the one idea that helps the family continue to grow and move forward while all having a different meaning. Throughout the memoir‚ Jeannette Walls and her siblings’ view of the Glass Castle is a symbol of hope. It is the bright light in their future that
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An Analysis of Lori Walls In the book‚ The Glass Castle‚ Jeannette Walls portrays her life searching for steady ground in a world of chaos‚ created by her alcoholic father and irresponsible mother. Lori‚ Jeannette’s oldest sister blazes the trail for her siblings escape from their whirlwind childhood into a stable adult life. Lori voices her feelings and emotions through sarcastic comments as well as providing emphasis or relief to the situations. In the worst that life has to offer‚ Lori finds
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that hope that kept pushing her forward. The Glass Castle is a memoir written by Jannette Walls about her childhood. Walls did not grow up alike many other people; her family moved around a lot‚ her parents couldn’t hold a steady job‚ and they had close to no money. But in spite of her rough upbringing‚ Jannette believes that she is luckier than others; and for one reason only‚ her parents taught her and her siblings to be dreamers. The Glass Castle was an idea of a mansion that Jannette’s father
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Michael White American Lit. Consider the Role of Class and Gender: Walls has grown up in poverty her whole entire life until she made the move to New York to start her life on her own life she experienced most of her child undernourished and hungry Walls mentions one of these instances where she is going through the trash at school and getting the leftover from others lunches‚ “I began smelling the bologna. It seemed to fill the whole room. I became terrified the other kids would smell
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Lindsay Parsons American Literature Honors Mrs. Comp 12 November 2014 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Imagine a childhood where there is persistent moving from place to place‚ an alcoholic father‚ a hoarder mother who’s possibly bipolar as well‚ and when it is decided that the family has settled down‚ the house in question has no plumbing or heat and is infested with snakes and rats. There is also the likelihood that food will be too expensive and everyone will just have to deal with it
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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls has many themes such as mental illness‚ bullying‚ moving a lot‚ death in the family‚ understanding oneself and where one fits in the world and society‚ and having an abnormal family. It is clear that Jeannette’s mother has a mental illness that‚ in some ways‚ dictates her life and the lives of her children. Jeanette was bullied by classmates for being too smart and they thought she was showing off and “better than them”. Throughout the entire book‚ and Jeanette’s
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In Jeannette Walls’ memoir “The Glass Castle” many of her family members and other people in the book display certain characteristics that make her story unique and intriguing. Often such characteristics can cause problems for the characters and sometimes their own downfall. In particular‚ Jeannette’s father displays irresponsibility that affects not only him‚ but the other people in the story as well. This ultimately ends up causing his downfall and his children losing faith in him. Rex Walls
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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls tell about young Jeanette’s life living with her family. They’re poor‚hungry and living in bad conditions. It tells about how she get’s out of the life she’s living‚ and makes something of herself in New York. In this excerpt‚ Jeannette’s family moves into a new house in Welch‚ after Jeanette’s father’s mother kicks them out of her basement. Jeanette’s mother tries to use her positive thinking to help her children deal with the poor conditions they live in‚ but
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The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck both show the struggles of average middle class Americans in hard times. Some hard times can be brought by personal financial choices‚ like in The Glass Castle‚ while other financial hardships can be brought by terrible economic times‚ such as the Great Depression Era in The Grapes of Wrath. Through all of the tough times the Walls’ and the Joad’s faced‚ they still stuck together. The two families stuck together by being
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Summary In the Glass Castle‚ Jeannette Walls describes her childhood and her views of the world as she grew up. She pushed herself through poverty to eventually become successful. Throughout the book‚ Jeannette describes her horrific ordeals and crazy adventures her family had. They moved to dozens of different places and even lived in the family car for some time. The Glass Castle shows Jeannette’s power of forgiveness‚ a common theme in the book. At age three‚ Jeannette was cooking hotdogs
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