The book “The Glass Castle” is a nonfiction book about the life story of a women named Jeannette Walls. Jeannette was judged her whole life for always being an outsider, and for not having nice clothes or money. Her memoir “The Glass Castle” shows what Jeannette, and her family went through on an everyday basis, and how others treated not only herself, but her family. How do you think Jeannette was treated throughout her life while being an outsider? Do you think others treated her kind or fair? In Jeanette's life,she has had several unbelievable experiences happen to her such as when Jeannette was at the age of three she was cooking hotdogs in a beautiful pink tutu. While cooking hotdogs, her tutu had set on fire due to her being
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The neighbor without hesitation “ran for her car.”(Walls 10). Jeanette's mother had acted like her daughter being terribly burned wasn't that big of a deal Once arriving at the hospital the doctors and nurses were so concerned with Jeanette's condition. The people at the hospital thought it was beyond crazy that Jeanette's mother was letting her 3 year old daughter cook hotdogs by herself on the stove, but Rose didn't see the big deal of it all. She thought by letting jeannette do this she was making jeannette a more responsible child. Jeanette's mother is considered an outsider, and we are getting to see an “outsider's” view of point vs how an “insider's” view of point might be, the insiders would be considered as the neighbor, the doctor, and nurses. Once Jeannette was in middle school she had moved to a town called Welch, and had befriended an African american girl named Dinita. One hot summer afternoon, Jeannette and Dintia had planned to meet at the local swimming pool around noon. When Jeannette thought about going to the pool she was quite nervous, but she felt as if she didn't go she would be “ violating some type of taboo” (Walls 190). When Jeannette showed up to the pool she realized that she was the only person who wasn't African …show more content…
The lady stared at Jeannette like the outsider she was at that very moment, till Dinita, Jeanette's friend who invited her told the women that Jeannette was with her. Moments later Jeannette and the ladies in the dressing room were telling jokes and having fun together, It was just that since the ladies had thought of Jeannette as an outsider they had begun to treat her differently, but once jeannette was introduced as Dinita’s friend it had gave her the label as an insider with the other women in the dressing room. Years down the line Jeannette had moved to New York, started her own life,and her own adventures. One night Jeannette was headed towards a very important party when out of nowhere while glancing out the taxis window she had “saw [her] mom rooting through a dumpster” (Walls 3). It had been months since Jeannette had seen or heard from her mother, but then and there was not the right time for a “ family reunion”. Jeannette was “ overcome with panic” (Walls 3) at the thought that if her mother would seen her, she would call for her, and “ that and that someone on the way to the same party would spot [them]
The neighbor without hesitation “ran for her car.”(Walls 10). Jeanette's mother had acted like her daughter being terribly burned wasn't that big of a deal Once arriving at the hospital the doctors and nurses were so concerned with Jeanette's condition. The people at the hospital thought it was beyond crazy that Jeanette's mother was letting her 3 year old daughter cook hotdogs by herself on the stove, but Rose didn't see the big deal of it all. She thought by letting jeannette do this she was making jeannette a more responsible child. Jeanette's mother is considered an outsider, and we are getting to see an “outsider's” view of point vs how an “insider's” view of point might be, the insiders would be considered as the neighbor, the doctor, and nurses. Once Jeannette was in middle school she had moved to a town called Welch, and had befriended an African american girl named Dinita. One hot summer afternoon, Jeannette and Dintia had planned to meet at the local swimming pool around noon. When Jeannette thought about going to the pool she was quite nervous, but she felt as if she didn't go she would be “ violating some type of taboo” (Walls 190). When Jeannette showed up to the pool she realized that she was the only person who wasn't African …show more content…
The lady stared at Jeannette like the outsider she was at that very moment, till Dinita, Jeanette's friend who invited her told the women that Jeannette was with her. Moments later Jeannette and the ladies in the dressing room were telling jokes and having fun together, It was just that since the ladies had thought of Jeannette as an outsider they had begun to treat her differently, but once jeannette was introduced as Dinita’s friend it had gave her the label as an insider with the other women in the dressing room. Years down the line Jeannette had moved to New York, started her own life,and her own adventures. One night Jeannette was headed towards a very important party when out of nowhere while glancing out the taxis window she had “saw [her] mom rooting through a dumpster” (Walls 3). It had been months since Jeannette had seen or heard from her mother, but then and there was not the right time for a “ family reunion”. Jeannette was “ overcome with panic” (Walls 3) at the thought that if her mother would seen her, she would call for her, and “ that and that someone on the way to the same party would spot [them]