Forgiveness In Jeanette's Memoir 'The Glass Castle'

The opening lines of The Glass Castle help to uncover the significant subjects of the memoir. As individuals we need to ask ourselves whether we chose to accept where we are and not do anything to change it or we have the option to accept our lives as it is or try to make our lives better. Jeanette chose to make a goal and live for it. She made her dream eventually become her reality. She needed to comprehend that a few dreams simply weren't intended to work out as expected, regardless how much she tried, and she had to grow up faster than most children might want to. The way she grew up made her more grounded and knew how life truly is. There were numerous obstacles that Jeanette had to face in order to get to where she is currently. She needed to figure out how to forgive her parents and in particular, figure out how to forgive herself.
Forgiveness is one of the hardest things to do. It takes time for pain to heal. Particularly for Jeanette, in the first chapter when she is a fully grown adult and moved on from her family she can not forgive herself for living the life she is now. Regardless of where she will be she generally keeps her patents in the back of her mind. She tells the reader this when she says, “I’d tried to make a home for myself here, tried to turn the apartment into the sort of place where the person I
Dissimilar to her parents who simply continue escaping reality the way Jeanette did in the opening chapter. Jeanette would not have had the inspiration she did if her circumstance was different. Her parents cared, sufficiently not to turn their lives around. Jeanette had changed her life and I can tell that even in Jeanette’s circumstances there is still hope. The starting section gives the reader a thought on where Jeanette came from and how far she came to get to where she is