What do you think when you pass a homeless person on the street? You probably think that they are lazy and don't try to find a job or they don't have to support a family. Well if you do you could be wrong. In the book Glass Castle you will learn about the battle of having an alcoholic and abusive father.You will read about a mother that cares more about art then her own family. You be introduced to kids that keep the whole structure of their family together.Finally you will learn about the struggles of kids on a long journey of poverty.
“Your father needs to see the mess he's making of our lives,' Mom said. But when dad got up, he'd act as if all the wreckage didn't exist, and no one discussed it with him. The rest of us had to get used to stepping over broken furniture and shattered glass" pg …show more content…
This quote has different meanings but the meaning that stood out to me was related to social classes. “If you don't want to sink” means going down into debt or a lower class and you better learn how to swim meant to me that if you are losing money you should do something about it. The Walls family is a poor family but they make the best of it. When the parents don't have jobs the kids help by doing things like yard work for a neighbor of collecting rocks to sell. When the grandmother died they got some of her money which was a upbringing. But the Walls don't really know how to save money so they spend it on useless things like art supplies and beer. When they spend all the money the inherited from the grandmother they have to move into the parents of the father. When they move to Welch they are made fun in school for being poor. Welch is known for being a poor area. When the family didn't have enough money for beds the kids would sleep in cardboard boxes. Allot of times when they move it's the father's fault, like when he gets in trouble by the Mafia. For a family of six they are making it ...
“Your father needs to see the mess he's making of our lives,' Mom said. But when dad got up, he'd act as if all the wreckage didn't exist, and no one discussed it with him. The rest of us had to get used to stepping over broken furniture and shattered glass" pg …show more content…
This quote has different meanings but the meaning that stood out to me was related to social classes. “If you don't want to sink” means going down into debt or a lower class and you better learn how to swim meant to me that if you are losing money you should do something about it. The Walls family is a poor family but they make the best of it. When the parents don't have jobs the kids help by doing things like yard work for a neighbor of collecting rocks to sell. When the grandmother died they got some of her money which was a upbringing. But the Walls don't really know how to save money so they spend it on useless things like art supplies and beer. When they spend all the money the inherited from the grandmother they have to move into the parents of the father. When they move to Welch they are made fun in school for being poor. Welch is known for being a poor area. When the family didn't have enough money for beds the kids would sleep in cardboard boxes. Allot of times when they move it's the father's fault, like when he gets in trouble by the Mafia. For a family of six they are making it ...