Book Summary: The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls

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Analena Jurić
Grant Currier
English Composition 1
23 October 2017
The Glass Castle The Glass Castle, a memoir written by Jeannette Walls is a story about the chaotic life of the author Jeannette and the life she endured growing up with her bizarre parents and three siblings. Jeannette’s life was anything but ordinary, she lived a tough life compared to most people. Jeannette had to grow up faster than most children and was constantly moving. The reason behind Jeannette’s constant struggle in her life led back to her parents. Jeannette’s mother was not your typical mom always taking care of the children, she viewed Jeannette and her siblings as a distraction from her artwork that she would always work on. Meanwhile, Jeannette’s father Rex Walls
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It is a house made entirely out of glass. This glass castle was a long-time plan Jeannette’s father wanted to complete. All Rex needed to do was find some gold in order to build this Glass Castle, this was an expensive proposition though. Jeannette, in particular, pushed her father to keep going with the plan to build this grand house, even though this plan seemed unachievable. The Walls family spent most of the book planning out their Glass Castle they would live in, chasing a dream even though the idea itself was outrageous. Eventually, there was a point where they thought they were so close to building it they began to take the planning …show more content…
The idea of the Glass Castle was slipping away from them but Rex still hoped Jeannette believed in him and had faith in what he was doing. Toward the end of the story, Jeannette was getting ready to graduate high school and get as far away from Welch and her family. Jeannette decided to leave and go to New York to start career within writing, her family was upset that she was leaving, especially Rex. Rex was losing the one person who believed in him, so one night he pulled her out of bed and tried talking to her about the Glass Castle thinking it might get her to stay. However, it did not work, Jeannette expressed to her father, “Dad” I said, “as soon as I finish classes, I’m getting on the next bus out of here. If the buses stop running, I’ll hitchhike. I’ll walk if I have to. Go ahead and build the Glass Castle, but don’t do it for me.” (238). Jeannette was fed up and finally done with her father and his broken promises she did not believe anything he said anymore. She knew her father would never build them the Glass Castle. Jeannette always dreamed of the Glass Castle being built, but as she got older she realized that dream was never going to

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