In the novel The Glass Castle, a memoir, by Jeannette Walls describes her own extremely unique but dysfunctional family: An alcoholic for a father and self absorbed mother. The author gives the reader explicit memories as a child her family's daily explosions, catastrophic events, chaotic outbursts, emotional mood swings, and cantankerous father and mother. Even though the authors parents were irresponsible and chaotic they managed to teach their children how to be independent, open minded and intelligent individuals. Each one of Jeannette's siblings all became discipline through events that surprisingly didn't harden their hearts but made them stronger.
They all lived vibrant lives that caused them to love adventure but also crave stability; …show more content…
She was standing on a chair because she was too short to reach the stove without it. Her pink dress had a skirt that stuck out like a tutu, whilst she was cooking, the dress got caught on fire. After her mother was able to successfully get her to the hospital, Rex Walls and Rose Mary Walls ended up “rescuing” there daughter from the hospital. The following day, Jeanette was making hot dogs. Her mother saw this and instead of cooking them for her, or telling her to wait until she was older to start preparing hot dogs again: Her mother simply said, “Good for you…You’ve got to get right back in the saddle.” At three years old, “supervising” their children was not something Jeannette’s parents do. Jeannette became fascinated with fire and her parents encouraged her to not be afraid of fire but to welcome it: “You can’t live in fear of something as basic as fire.” Her parents do not believe in protecting their children from life's unfortunate incidents, instead they encourage them to have those experiences and overcome them: “She already fought the fire once and won.”
Despite, the fact that a mother should play the role of a mother and a father should play the role of a father. Brian, Lori and Jeannette seemed to be playing the parent's roles. Like, Jeanette having to pay the bills, Rex asking Jeanette for money to buy alcohol and
They all lived vibrant lives that caused them to love adventure but also crave stability; …show more content…
She was standing on a chair because she was too short to reach the stove without it. Her pink dress had a skirt that stuck out like a tutu, whilst she was cooking, the dress got caught on fire. After her mother was able to successfully get her to the hospital, Rex Walls and Rose Mary Walls ended up “rescuing” there daughter from the hospital. The following day, Jeanette was making hot dogs. Her mother saw this and instead of cooking them for her, or telling her to wait until she was older to start preparing hot dogs again: Her mother simply said, “Good for you…You’ve got to get right back in the saddle.” At three years old, “supervising” their children was not something Jeannette’s parents do. Jeannette became fascinated with fire and her parents encouraged her to not be afraid of fire but to welcome it: “You can’t live in fear of something as basic as fire.” Her parents do not believe in protecting their children from life's unfortunate incidents, instead they encourage them to have those experiences and overcome them: “She already fought the fire once and won.”
Despite, the fact that a mother should play the role of a mother and a father should play the role of a father. Brian, Lori and Jeannette seemed to be playing the parent's roles. Like, Jeanette having to pay the bills, Rex asking Jeanette for money to buy alcohol and