The Glass Castle-Personal Narrative

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No matter what is going on in my life I always have a way I want everything to turn out, and I think Jeannette feels this way in the Glass Castle. I think most people dream in their head about how well they want the game to go or picture exactly how they want their life to turn out. For me those dreams in my head never seem to be what actually happens. When I went to the high school basketball games in middle school I would look over at the girls in the front row of the student section and only dream about what it would be like to sit in the front row, as seniors, with my best friends and cheer on our boyfriends that were star players. The more I think about it the more I realize that most of the things I wish come from what I see in movies, …show more content…
We talked about how fun last night was, everything seemed great. My parents got home in the afternoon and we talked for a little bit. I went to my room because I had to get ready for my volleyball practice. When I got home from practice my parents were in the kitchen. They had a very angry look on their face and my stomach dropped. They asked to see my phone and looked through all of my pictures and read through my messages. They found out about everything, and when I say everything I mean everything. My parents yelled at me and then my mom took off and went to Abby and Kayla’s house to tell their parents about what happened. I got on my computer and direct messaged all my friends warning them about what was happening. I couldn’t believe they found out and I couldn 't imagine how much trouble I was about to be …show more content…
Frankart and Mr. Gerken and told them what had happened. It was a very emotional experience but it was also very freeing. My mom always says “the truth will set you free”, and I couldn’t agree more with that statement. I went back into Mr. Gerken’s office later that day and he told me my punishment. I had to sit out three games of volleyball and had to attend a for 24 hours substance abuse program, not 24 hours in a row but all together. After I confessed Kayla and Olivia did as well. There were many other LB people at the party, but for some reason we were the only three that were getting

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