In the human family structure, parents are seen as caregivers, teachers and responsible figures in the lives of their children. However, in her memoir The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls shares many memories where both she and her siblings accept the roles of their own parents. She explains several situations where she accepts a multitude of responsibilities which would have normally fallen upon a parental or guardian figure, one of these being the caring and protecting of her infant sister. In the particular memory mentioned above, Walls expresses a somewhat maternal desire to care for her infant sister as well as love and appreciation for the baby’s beauty. “The baby was pink and wrinkly, but absolutely beautiful, with big blue eyes, soft wisps
