1) Reading the opening section again, Jeanette’s mother seems to both have an extreme sense of frugality and a true unawareness of the changing world around her. She chose to live her life the way she wanted to live it. For example, when Jeanette and her mom are seating seafood, her mom tells Jeanette that “You’re the one who needs help. Your values are all confused.” (pg. 13). Jeanette’s mother doesn’t wish to receive any help because she feels that her life has needs no help. Even in one of the busiest and prosperous cities in the world, she is perfectly happy with (what seems like to me) a hard, depressing, down-on-her-luck life.
2) The epigraph in the beginning of The Glass Castle explains how darkness is the journey that ultimately leads to light. For Jeanette, she truly had to endure a childhood filled with darkness and strife to enter into a place that is the light. The light is the life that Jeanette has achieved today. The …show more content…
I’m sure that Jeanette would be a much different person if she didn’t go through what she went through as a child. Even though some of the events were far too traumatic for a girl her age, those moments made her learn perseverance and to survive through hardships of real life. Also, to make the best of a situation, not matter how dark the situation is.
10) The tone in The Glass Castle shifts from positive and optimistic to a complete negative. Jeanette’s first memory is when she gets severely burned cooking hot dogs and taken to the hospital. Jeanette tells us that a nurse asked her if she was ok and she tells her “of course” and that she “didn’t care if I had some silly old scar” (pg. 14). A few days later Rex comes in and checks her out “Rex Walls-style” (pg. 14). The way Jeanette tells us the story of how Rex raced with her down the hall makes this part of her life seem exciting and joyous. The positive
2) The epigraph in the beginning of The Glass Castle explains how darkness is the journey that ultimately leads to light. For Jeanette, she truly had to endure a childhood filled with darkness and strife to enter into a place that is the light. The light is the life that Jeanette has achieved today. The …show more content…
I’m sure that Jeanette would be a much different person if she didn’t go through what she went through as a child. Even though some of the events were far too traumatic for a girl her age, those moments made her learn perseverance and to survive through hardships of real life. Also, to make the best of a situation, not matter how dark the situation is.
10) The tone in The Glass Castle shifts from positive and optimistic to a complete negative. Jeanette’s first memory is when she gets severely burned cooking hot dogs and taken to the hospital. Jeanette tells us that a nurse asked her if she was ok and she tells her “of course” and that she “didn’t care if I had some silly old scar” (pg. 14). A few days later Rex comes in and checks her out “Rex Walls-style” (pg. 14). The way Jeanette tells us the story of how Rex raced with her down the hall makes this part of her life seem exciting and joyous. The positive