Cawdor Castle

While I have not had nearly as many hardships in my life as Jeannette Walls in her book The Glass Castle, there are still some things that her and I have in common. Throughout the book, Walls endured many struggles while traveling with her dysfunctional family. Jeannette’s father is constantly getting in the way of her success, from stealing her money to not always making her go to school. Eventually, she leaves her parents behind and makes her way to New York City, where she goes to college and…

Throughout life many of the problems that people face are overlooked. Whether the conflicts are internal or external, they tend to affect not only the person, but others around them. In Jeannette Walls’s, The Glass Castle, she documents her life story through the eyes of a child growing up. Much of this includes how her dad’s internal conflicts rippled to create problems with every other member of the family; in turn, this created more internal conflicts for them all. From early on in the book,…

In times of hardship, people tend to do one of two things: give up, or fight to overcome their problems. The Glass Castle, written by Jeannette Walls, is a memoir that tells the story of a young girl who fought to overcome obstacles throughout her childhood. Jeannette spends most of her childhood in the Southwest, then later moves to Welch, West Virginia. The Walls family rarely lives in suitable conditions, often living in abandoned houses, with inadequate food, water, and finances. They move…

Negligence from parental characters can subsequently affect a child while also having an instantaneous effect. Rex and Rose Mary Walls in The Glass Castle by Jeannette walls pay little attention to their children and the effects their actions inflict on them. As the parents act childish and dismiss their responsibilities Jeanette is made to assume a parental role. She has faced with the families financial issues as well as her sibling's personal lives. She adapts to her role in the family…

I believe that the learner profile trait that describes Jeanette Walls the best is risk taker because throughout her life, she takes many risks despite the possible outcomes. She grew up in a very turbulent family with lots of drama and struggles. Once her older sister was able to move out, she put in so much work to be able to go with her, including raising money and working hard in school, all at the same time as taking care of her family. On page 238, she says, “”Dad,” I said, “as soon as I…

Robert Boyle was born in 1627, he was the seventh son of his father Richard Boyle. Boyle was named the father of of chemistry after he created a vacuum pump and found Boyle’s law, became a philosopher, chemist, physicist, and an inventor. He gave the first accurate definition of a chemical element, chemical reaction, and a chemical analysis. In 1641, Boyle went to Florence with his tutor who was French, he spent his winter studying with Galileo Galilei. He was also part of the “Invisible…

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…

While being subject to the taunts of the other Welch children, the Walls siblings develop a unity which allows them to stand up against two generations of unstable parents, a difficult feat even for wealthy characters like Daisy in The Great Gatsby. On her first day of school at Welch Elementary, Jeannette is ridiculed by students and teachers alike for not having her school records from Phoenix. Her English teacher, Miss Caparossi, mocks Jeannette's response to her question about whether or not…

Ray Lewis once said, "No matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it." In society, people sometimes give up when faced with tough times. When people use their determination and courage, they could do more. In Catherine, Called Birdy, Catherine uses her determination and courage to make the best of her marriage, her lady tasks, and her life. First, Catherine cannot escape marriage. She thinks about her own marriage and used to dream of a nice marriage, but instead…

city’s surrounding. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls is an autobiographical journal about her life and her family. The book features her family and her relationship with every single one of her family members. She is especially close to her highly intelligent father with a passion for logic and alcohol, Rex Walls. The parents of Walls are regularly move from city to city because of the lack of security in parenthood and their failure to keep their…