The Glass Castle Response

It was a typical Friday night, in the spring of 2003, my mom had just dropped me off at the gas station so I could go over to my dads. After I got in my dads truck we drove over to his friends house where we would stay till late hours into the night. I tried to stay up as late as I could so my dad would not leave me at this stranger’s house, but inevitably as the second grader that I was I couldn’t compete with the older men when it came to who could stay up the latest. Needless to say I woke up on a couch, in a house I’d never been to. I started crying and frantically looked for a phone, so that I could call my dad. “Hello, who’s this? Why the hell are you calling this late at night?” he said, “Dad can you please come get me? I’m scared.”, “Jesus Victoria. I’ll come get you in the morning.”, “No now, or I’m calling my mom.” Then it was silent – my dad hung up. In the book, The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls perseveres through the trails and tribulations she encounters while growing up; Likewise, throughout my childhood I can relate to Jeannette’s strong will to not be defined by her parents. …show more content…
For instance, in the book Jeanette tells the story of when she learned to swim, "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim" (Walls 66). This is symbolic because Jeanette had to teach herself how to do everything. She had to establish for herself what was right and wrong. In the same manner, so did I. Growing up neither of my parents were religious, but I sought out for something to feel the void of my absent father. I taught myself how to do a lot of things. I am not ashamed of the way I grew up because I would not be who I am today, neither would