The Glass Castle Essay

In novel the glass castle the Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls, has a powerful meaning. While reading the novel it had some intense scenes and made you question everything. I believe the meaning and theme behind the title of novel is hope. As Rex, the father of the novel promises his daughter Jeannette, that he would build her own glass castle when he finds the money for it later in the novel. Jeannette didn’t want to lose hope her in father and believed that he was going keep his promise…

Through the memoir The Glass Castle Walls shows us that telling the truth about your family can set you free and allows you become true to yourself. If you tell the truth it makes everything in life so much easier and it will be so much easier to prevent any problems that come up because you were afraid to tell the truth and be honest. In writing about her mother Walls shows us that the benefits of telling the truth about your family can set you free and you become true to yourself. Jeanette’s…

The Glass Castle is an inspiration story that has inspired a lot of people to write and or talk about their own hardships in life. In life most people are born without a mental illness and they go through life not knowing what it is like to have one unlike me. When I was born I had Dyslexia and ADHD so I had a hard time in english, reading and staying awake for most of the day. I could never understand social cues or slang so I was out casted from my class because it seem like I have a curse and…

With reading each chapter of the Glass Castle, I could relate more and more too each story the author told. Throughout the novel, Jeannette Walls childhood is characterized by the disorder and confusion of flawed parents and their chaotic lifestyle. Although her parents were irresponsible and careless, somehow they managed to instill in their children commendable qualities that led to them becoming well-adjusted adults. Through the dysfunction of their childhood, Jeanette and her siblings…

because she feels that her life has needs no help. Even in one of the busiest and prosperous cities in the world, she is perfectly happy with (what seems like to me) a hard, depressing, down-on-her-luck life. 2) The epigraph in the beginning of The Glass Castle explains how darkness is the journey that ultimately leads to light. For Jeanette, she truly had to endure a childhood filled with darkness and strife to enter into a place that is the light. The light is the life that Jeanette has…

Jorge Rovira Mrs. Chaffin 9th Honors Literature January 25, 2017 Journal #3: The Glass Castle, pp. 91-154 The Walls siblings showed loyalty to each other many times. For example, when Billy kept pestering Jeannette about being her girlfriend, Billy gets turned down. He got mad and began shooting at her with his bibi gun so the three children protected themselves with their father’s gun. When Jeannette tells Erma off, Lori gives Jeannette a hug. Kids always started fights with Lori, Brian,…

You learn many things through reading the Glass Castle. I feel one of the first tones you pick up on would be the closeness between Jeannette and her father. Jeanette has this faith and happiness she gets from Rex that no one else in her family understands. Sadley, this becomes one of the many big problems she faces in her life. There are many times throughout Jeanette’s life you could start this out with. For example, Rex ruined Christmas. He got so drunk that he burned down the christmas…

The memoir The Glass Castle, written by author Jeannette Walls was published in March of 2005. In August of 2017 Jeannettes memoir was adapted into a movie by screenplay writers Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Lanham. Some of the actors that starred in the movie were Brie Larson (Jeannette Walls), Naomi Watts (Rose Mary Walls), and Woody Harrelson (Rex Walls). The movie adaption did exceptionally well gaining a gross revenue of 21.70 million USD, but i would not recommend the movie to those who…

Belal Jamil Mrs. Dachille AP3: Hr. 1 19 August 2015 The Glass Castle: Setting In The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, setting plays a crucial role in the plot. The book revolves around the life of Jeannette Walls, from her early childhood in the 1960’s, to her adult-life in the early 2000’s. Since Jeannette’s father, Rex Walls, is unable to hold down a job and refuses to pay taxes, a majority of Jeannette’s childhood is spent moving from city-to-city. Due to this, there is no specific location…

“The Glass Castle” is a memoir written by American writer and journalist,Jeannette Walls. The memoir consists of the struggles and the big adventure Jeannette Walls had in her childhood traveling to many cities with her family. Coming from living in numerous cities and living in poverty with her family at such a young age, Jeannette Walls shows how difficult her childhood was. No matter how tough the situation she was in or what actions she took, Walls talks about how she was able to get through…