The Life Of Jeannette Walls In Battle Mountain

As the reader continues to comprehend what Jeannette has experienced, the reader will understand that majority of Jeannette’s childhood was unstable and chaotic. Unstable to a point that when Jeannette grew up she became ashamed and embarrassed about it. The Walls’ lives were truly unstable. They didn’t have a stable place to sleep, a stable diet, a stable income, or a stable family relationship. The Walls basically lived a nomadic lifestyle and did what they want and didn't care about the consequence of their own action. Despite all the difficulties that had engulfed Jeannette's live, there were still some bright moments and times when Jeannette learns about life from her beloved, drunk, and intelligent father, Rex Walls. Jeannette’s father taught her life lessons like “material doesn’t matter, that the only way to break your fears is to approach it, and the best way to learn something is to learn from your own mistakes.”. …show more content…
Instead of getting aggravated by the fire accident, Rex tells his kids it's okay and that the fire incident will teach them a lesson. Somewhat his words about the boundary marked the Walls lifestyle and Jeannette’s childhood. There were many moments in the memoir when the Walls have approached too close to this boundary line or sometimes even stepping pass that boundary line. There is a boundary between the 2 forces, turbulence and order. The forces of turbulence for the Walls’ children comes from their irresponsible parent and their lifestyle, and the forces of order comes from the children’s desire to avoid living in instability like they