In The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Dad is generally a mixed parent. We see that Dad has a serious drinking problem and moody behavior. “Let's really light up this christmas.” He said this when the kids gave him a lighter for christmas and he was drunk and threw it into the christmas tree. When Dad is drunk, he has very violent behavior. For Example, he curses a lot when he is drunk, like “s***”, “a**”, “horses***”, and much more in front of the kids! He also fights with mom too. In his dark days, he attempted suicide. “Your father needs to see the mess he’s making of our lives”. What’s going on in this quote is that Dad was drunk and “messing up their lives” at that moment. Dad definitely has his dark days. In the end, I think Dad plays
