Neglect In The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls

Neglect is the state or fact of being uncared for. The Glass castle is about Jeannette Walls and her family. Constantly short on cash and food. The family moves around the country frequently and tries to re-settle. They encounter many situations but they manage to overcome it.
These problems should have been easily avoided if the parents did not neglect their children. Rex and Rose mary Walls are one of the reasons why the children feel like they are neglected. Rex is an alcoholic and can’t keep a stable job. Rose mary is always in a world of her own, only caring about her paintings than her children. From the beginning you can most likely tell that they are irresponsible. When Jeannette was young in the beginning, she was boiling hot dogs by …show more content…
Rose was outside painting and Rex was nowhere to be found. In the midst of that, her dress caught on fire and was rushed to the hospital. On top of that, since they are always on the move, the places that they live in are constantly changing and the children are faced with their father not keeping a job right. With each shack or broken-down house they live in, the children are met with the risk of their father losing a job again. At Battle Mountain, Jeannette is supposedly “raped” by Billy Deel, the town troublemaker. Life at Jeannette’s grandmother’s home in Phoenix opens up a number of new opportunities for positive living conditions. It is definitely an improvement over living in Battle Mountain. Furthermore, the children are enrolled in a public school called Emerson. Emerson also puts Jeannette, Lori, and Brian into advanced reading groups where they can further their education. In addition to a large home and a great school, the father is making enough money that he is able to buy his kids bicycles to ride on, a first for all of the children. Unfortunately, Rex eventually loses his job and takes up