The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a memoir of her increasingly difficult and troubling life. Throughout these adventures her and her three siblings travel to many places from California to Phoenix, to the quite backward town of Welch, and to New York City itself. In which, her relationship with her parents is at times, straining and at the times, one of the strongest relationships she has. Whether or not that is true, is up for debate. The relationship she has with her parents can be defined by three points, the issue of survival, the loyalty to each other, and the outcome of it all. All of these subjects can be separated into the good side, and the bad.
Her parents have a habit of putting their children in danger, or just not being parents. This can be proved by several things, the earliest being when Rose Mary lets her cook hot dogs on the stove at three years old because Rose Mary claims Jeannette is “mature for [her] age” (11), …show more content…
The worst of these is when for her birthday, Jeannette asks her dad for only one thing, “Do you think you could maybe stop drinking?” (116), this shocks her father, making him realize that he is a bad father. He does it, hiding in his room for several days, often experiencing what could be best explained as withdrawal where he “thrash[es] about, bucking and pulling at the restraints” (117), where he face turns to “gray and dripping with sweat. I called out to him again, but he didn’t see or hear me” (117), after this event, Jeannette becomes extremely worried about her father. She often stays outside his room with water, waiting for him to ask for something from her. This shows that she is experiencing guilt from her request. Because it's causing him so much distress. In the end, he ends up drinking again, and never goes back because he broke his daughter’s
Her parents have a habit of putting their children in danger, or just not being parents. This can be proved by several things, the earliest being when Rose Mary lets her cook hot dogs on the stove at three years old because Rose Mary claims Jeannette is “mature for [her] age” (11), …show more content…
The worst of these is when for her birthday, Jeannette asks her dad for only one thing, “Do you think you could maybe stop drinking?” (116), this shocks her father, making him realize that he is a bad father. He does it, hiding in his room for several days, often experiencing what could be best explained as withdrawal where he “thrash[es] about, bucking and pulling at the restraints” (117), where he face turns to “gray and dripping with sweat. I called out to him again, but he didn’t see or hear me” (117), after this event, Jeannette becomes extremely worried about her father. She often stays outside his room with water, waiting for him to ask for something from her. This shows that she is experiencing guilt from her request. Because it's causing him so much distress. In the end, he ends up drinking again, and never goes back because he broke his daughter’s