The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls is a remarkable true story of a family and the problems they face because of poverty. This two hundred and eighty eight page book is a truly inspiring and astonishing memoir. This book was published in 2005 and has spent more than three years on the New York Times bestseller list. This book would be great for high school students for many reasons. For one high school students aren’t exposed to memoirs very often. Secondly‚ it’s a more modern piece
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Final Draft Stereotypes/ The Glass Castle Stereotype plays a big part in today’s society. In the Memoir “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls‚ others would easily misjudge Jeannette’s family just by their image and the way they lived their life. Although they lived the way they did the walls family had much potential and were very well educated in their own ways. People need to live by the quote “Never judge a book by its cover” because you never know who they are until you meet them. In todays
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The Glass Castle The Glass Castle‚ written by Jeannette Walls‚ is an autobiographical novel that shows how hard life can be when you have little to no money and highly deteriorated parents. During the whole memoir it shows how hard it is to live in poverty while at the same time trying to raise a family. The exposition of the novel is how having parents that cannot support their children because the lack of a stable income. The rising action is when Jeannette was in a taxi cab going to a party
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Glass Castle and The Lone Ranger Breakdown Sherman Alexie and Jeanette Walls share equal thoughts in there writings. In Jeanette Walls’ Glass Castle she describes her father‚ Rex Walls‚ of having a grave addiction for alcohol. Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Victor’s Father seem to have a relatively similar situation. Jeanette’s father struggles throughout most of their journey searching for a way to live in a better environment and more of a wealthy lifestyle but
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many books‚ one of which being her memoir The Glass Castle. After years keeping her story a secret‚ in 2005 Jeannette’s husband inspired her to write her sad story for the world to see. Through the 288 pages‚ Jeanette illustrates her story of a life as nomads constantly on the move‚ with a passive mother and a drunken father. The stories she shares show the side of an abusive childhood that we rarely have the opportunity to understand. The glass castle is shattered in the reader’s face‚ and its pieces
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In the memoir‚ The Glass Castle‚ Jeanette Walls‚ the author‚ was most influenced by her time in Phoenix‚ as indicated by how she describes the neighborhood‚ house‚ and experiences there. She had a stable household for quite a while. Although Jeanette and the family faced their struggles‚ the experience of living there made the kids extremely happy. They all had their own bikes‚ and they went to a nice school with excellent education. Their father had a stable job‚ and even though he hated how organized
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The Glass Castle Book Analysis The Glass Castle is a memoir by Jeanette Walls. She describes her life growing up in the dysfunctional Wall family. The book started when she was 3 years old‚ she was cooking some food on the stove and ended up burning half of her torso which resulted in her being hospitalized for 6 weeks. Her family came to the hospital and checked out “Rex Walls- Style” and a few days later vacated the city entirely (Walls‚ 2005‚ p. 14). From that point‚ it was clear that Rex Walls
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the reasons for banning books is offensive language‚ sexual content‚ racial themes‚ religious content‚ alternative lifestyle‚ profanity‚ violence‚ negativety‚ and political views‚ people also say that books challenge and interrogate people. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls‚ Jeannette tells you about her life story and how her family treated her and her siblings. In this novel‚ the family is always short on cash and food. They are always running away‚ Rex Walls (the father) runs from his problems
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In this passage from The Glass Castle‚ the Walls family moves into a new house in Welch which is even worse than some of their other houses‚ having no running water or electricity. Jeannette Walls conveys the central idea that even though people may not be great parents‚ they could still have good intentions. The author uses imagery to show that even though her parents tried to come off as good parents‚ they were not living in good conditions because of choices they’ve made with their money. In
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are constantly at battle with their economic situation and having to take care of themselves and/or their family. If there is no hope and no way out‚ there is no way to be able to take anything away from the hardships that are being faced. In The Glass Castle‚ the only reason Jeanette became a successful writer is because she wrote for her school’s newspaper. This is where she learned her talent and love for writing. In this example‚ she was able to overcome the adversity she faced by expressing herself
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