The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a memoir that takes the reader through a story of growing up in tough conditions. The most shocking about this book is that the terrifying events actually took place in real life.
One of the flaws in the plot is that the plot is told in such a fast pace which made it hard for me to comprehend when a major event occurred. I know that living is a constant struggle for the Walls family, but I never could tell if they were in Welch, or on Little Hobart Street, or living somewhere else because they moved so quickly and abruptly. As soon as I get used to and understand one town, they move to the next town. I also soon realized that this is the same for Jeannette and her family. They all were getting used to …show more content…
She begins the story with her in taxi in New York City. She shamefully passes by her mother, Rose Mary Walls, ¨rooting through a Dumpster.¨ A similar pattern seems to occur throughout the book. Jeannette and her siblings find their mother continuously going under the covers. ¨Brian yanked the covers back. Lying on the mattress next to mom is one of those huge family-sized chocolate bars… she´d already eaten half of it.¨ The Walls family always struggled to get food and fed, while the mom of the family is eating her own chocolate bar. She gives the rest of the chocolate bar to the children, Lori, Maureen, Jeannette, and Brian, and says to ¨forgive her the same way we always forgave Dad for his drinking.¨ Although, Jeannette´s fathers drinking is never truly forgiven by her when he drinks and becomes drunk. In my opinion, the Mom of the Walls is not as great as she appears to be. She seems alright because of her strong morals and beliefs, but sometimes she is not as strong. Jeannette even says at one point that ¨it was hard for me to believe that this woman with her head under the blankets, feeling sorry for herself and boohooing like a five-year-old, was my mother.¨ Every person breaks down once in awhile, but she broke down quite …show more content…
He has a constant battle with himself that always is ¨solved¨ with the same solution- alcohol. Jeannette is given money to take care of the family while her mother is away. Rex Walls being the father that he is, asks for some of the money ¨for beers and cigarettes.¨ Jeannette reluctantly gives the money to him even though ¨that was two days´ worth of food… and dad wasn't even doing me the honor of pretending he needed the money for something useful.¨ As the reader, I immediately felt bad for the children in this family because the parents care more about themselves and their personal needs than their children and their needs. I always hoped throughout reading this book that one of the parents would step up in times of hardship, but neither of them did step up. Jeannette must have not had a positive view on her parents because she rarely stated anything positive about them. She told stories about them which seemed to provide hope but nothing really ever
One of the flaws in the plot is that the plot is told in such a fast pace which made it hard for me to comprehend when a major event occurred. I know that living is a constant struggle for the Walls family, but I never could tell if they were in Welch, or on Little Hobart Street, or living somewhere else because they moved so quickly and abruptly. As soon as I get used to and understand one town, they move to the next town. I also soon realized that this is the same for Jeannette and her family. They all were getting used to …show more content…
She begins the story with her in taxi in New York City. She shamefully passes by her mother, Rose Mary Walls, ¨rooting through a Dumpster.¨ A similar pattern seems to occur throughout the book. Jeannette and her siblings find their mother continuously going under the covers. ¨Brian yanked the covers back. Lying on the mattress next to mom is one of those huge family-sized chocolate bars… she´d already eaten half of it.¨ The Walls family always struggled to get food and fed, while the mom of the family is eating her own chocolate bar. She gives the rest of the chocolate bar to the children, Lori, Maureen, Jeannette, and Brian, and says to ¨forgive her the same way we always forgave Dad for his drinking.¨ Although, Jeannette´s fathers drinking is never truly forgiven by her when he drinks and becomes drunk. In my opinion, the Mom of the Walls is not as great as she appears to be. She seems alright because of her strong morals and beliefs, but sometimes she is not as strong. Jeannette even says at one point that ¨it was hard for me to believe that this woman with her head under the blankets, feeling sorry for herself and boohooing like a five-year-old, was my mother.¨ Every person breaks down once in awhile, but she broke down quite …show more content…
He has a constant battle with himself that always is ¨solved¨ with the same solution- alcohol. Jeannette is given money to take care of the family while her mother is away. Rex Walls being the father that he is, asks for some of the money ¨for beers and cigarettes.¨ Jeannette reluctantly gives the money to him even though ¨that was two days´ worth of food… and dad wasn't even doing me the honor of pretending he needed the money for something useful.¨ As the reader, I immediately felt bad for the children in this family because the parents care more about themselves and their personal needs than their children and their needs. I always hoped throughout reading this book that one of the parents would step up in times of hardship, but neither of them did step up. Jeannette must have not had a positive view on her parents because she rarely stated anything positive about them. She told stories about them which seemed to provide hope but nothing really ever