“If you don’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim.” Jeannette Walls and Liz Murray learned this throughout the struggles in their life. In the book ‘The Glass Castle’ Jeannette Walls learned that you have to see the better things in life. For example, when she was burned by scalding hot water at the age of 3 and had to go to the hospital, she used it to her advantage by getting delicious food and gum. Similarly, in the movie ‘Homeless to Harvard,’ Liz Murray did this by taking extra classes to stay after school and learn when she was homeless and lived on the streets. Although Liz Murray and Jeannette Walls experience different hardships in life being homeless with barely any money, they both learned to go through life providing for themselves.
Liz Murray and Jeannette Walls had many similarities in their …show more content…
Their parents were similar in many ways, but they also had a few differences. Liz’s mother was a drug addict, alcoholic, prostitute, was blind, had aids, and had a mental illness. She eventually died of aids. Her father had aids and used drugs. Jeannette’s parents were somewhat simpler. Her father was an alcoholic that couldn’t keep a steady job, and used all the money to buy alcohol. He eventually died of a heart attack. Her mother was a painter that refused to get a job, and that kept food for herself and didn’t share with her children. Another difference of their families is the number of children in the family. Liz Murray only had one sister, Lisa. Meanwhile Jeannette had two sisters, Lori and Maureen, and one brother, Brian. An additional difference is the colleges they went to, and careers they pursued. Liz first went to Harvard University, and eventually went to Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University. She grew up to become an inspirational speaker and author. Jeannette went to Barnard University, and later became a
Liz Murray and Jeannette Walls had many similarities in their …show more content…
Their parents were similar in many ways, but they also had a few differences. Liz’s mother was a drug addict, alcoholic, prostitute, was blind, had aids, and had a mental illness. She eventually died of aids. Her father had aids and used drugs. Jeannette’s parents were somewhat simpler. Her father was an alcoholic that couldn’t keep a steady job, and used all the money to buy alcohol. He eventually died of a heart attack. Her mother was a painter that refused to get a job, and that kept food for herself and didn’t share with her children. Another difference of their families is the number of children in the family. Liz Murray only had one sister, Lisa. Meanwhile Jeannette had two sisters, Lori and Maureen, and one brother, Brian. An additional difference is the colleges they went to, and careers they pursued. Liz first went to Harvard University, and eventually went to Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University. She grew up to become an inspirational speaker and author. Jeannette went to Barnard University, and later became a