The Jeannette walls have shown how significant event can change a point of view of person thought their experience. In the novel, The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls, Jeannette started to faces challenge from the age of 3. At the age of 3 she started doing activities that a normal 3 year old would not be doing such as cooking, learning physics and geology, and facing life without fear. Growing up she learned that she can’t depend on anybody for anything and she had to take matters into her own hands by caring for herself and her other 3 siblings. Taking responsibility at the age of 3 allowed Jeannette to build confidence in her and gave her the courage to do whatever she desired. And change her perspective of world and how it should work. The Hardships Jeannette allows her to build off from the past and create a better beginning, her perspective of family change when Jeannette’s family is left off without any money as her dad uses whatever is left of the money for alcohol reasons and her mom uses the money for painting supplies. Due to the lack of income, Jeannette wore unappealing clothes and occasionally slept in boxes which then lead to the bullying that she faced in school. Jeannette had to grow up not having love or support from either parent as her dad was dishonest and destructive and her mom did not want the responsibility …show more content…
I was in grade 8 when this happened. I was really closed to my grandma, after her death I stop talk to my friend and started to become the quiet girl who didn’t really talk to lot of people. Then my parents took the decision to move to different place where I can move on in my life. And meet next people so at grade 9 I moved to new school and started all over. I was able to learn things at the school I never would have if I stayed at my old school. I know I would never have been happy with that. I was able to develop a whole new set of interests that will hopefully better inform my life choices in future. This would never happen if my grandma never died. This negative event created situation that allowed me to do what i wanted in this way. But the thing is that I honestly can’t see myself being happy in that situation, and my life would be so different and so much more closed off. Having experienced the death of a family member has allowed me to relate to others in ways I wouldn't have been able to, it allowed me to realize that life is short and to take advantage of what we have when we have it, it was not a good time of my life obviously but the sayings about that we need bad to recognize the good seem to true for. If someone took me back in time and gave me the choice, would I choose her death? Of course not, But it did happen and It was my turning point, and without it I wouldn't be who I am