The Memoirs Of Jeannette Walls By Jeanette Walls

Jeanette Walls developed through many hardships in a poor and unstable home. The daughter of Rex and Rose Mary Walls had a tough childhood as her father was an on and off alcoholic and her mother a self involved and somewhat distant figure to her four children. Jeanette and her siblings, Lori, Maureen, and Brian, relied heavily on each other to make their lives different from those of their parents. Jeanette has a special bond with her father growing up and often sees the good in him over the bad. As she develops, she witnesses more of her parent’s empty promises and takes it upon herself to make a change for her families’ future.
Jeanette’s individual factors play one of the largest roles in her development. Jeanette moves to New York City in the end of the novel and attends an ivy league school and lives in a very wealthy part of the city. She describes …show more content…
The first factor Jeanette individually uses is her positivity. Her positivity enabled her to develop because she was often let down by her parents even when trying to help her family. This quality allowed her to grow up through the hardships and make it out of the town that was only holding her back from her successes. Positivity is an example of an individual factor because it is her own activity and it plays a large role in her development. She used positive spirits many times over the course of the book when children are tease her for her dingy appearance. Another individual factor of Jeanette’s was her countless hours of practice writing