Glass bottles

The Grapes of Wrath and The Glass Castle each hold a different story of how a family perserveres through tough times. The Grapes of Wrath, set during the Great Depression, tells the struggles of the Joad family, a group of poor farmers who are forced to venture out of Oaklahoma in hopes of finding a better life in California. The Glass Castle, written by Jeannette Walls, depicts the memories of the author's tough childhood growing up with her neglectful, yet loving parents. Both families have…

This quote examines an internal conflict. Laura’s choice of completely devoting herself to her work made her sacrifice other joys in life. It reveals that Laura is a hardworking and successful person, but still isn’t satisfied. This conflict repeats itself throughout the book.Laura’s conflict here reminds me of a similar conflict this dude from Disney's Princess and the Frog. They both were so devoted to their jobs that they neglected their love life and friendships. This quote shows a change…

In the novel about a family who thrived off of the struggle of being poor, and jumping from home to home. [“The Glass Castle” shows the reader the perspective of a girl whose family, primarily focuses on family, no matter how much money they have.] It basically shows the importance of family as the author, her brother, and her sisters grew up. At the beginning of the novel, Jeanette talked about how her father would tell stories about himself, but he’d never talk about the later to be found…

The Glass Menagerie, a play by Tennessee Williams, is a memory play set in St. Louis in 1937 just at the start of the Great Depression in America. The Glass Menagerie focuses on three completely different characters, their dreams, and each individual’s inner struggle to face reality. Laura Wingfield and Tom Wingfield obtain certain weaknesses, which include self-consciousness and the incapability of making the decision to remove oneself from their current circumstances which ultimately inhibits…

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…

Avenue stayed where it was with police tape surrounding the cracked brick. However, to the people inside it was beautiful. The tall ceilings and their wooden supports framed the cracked windows where the light filtered through the old tinted glass. Stained glass chandeliers hung from the faded bricks that made up the ceiling. There was old floral couches that looked like they…

In O’Connor’s article, Confinement and Isolation in Menagerie, she claims that confinement is one of the main themes in The Glass Menagerie. She does so by highlighting Tom and Laura’s experiences. She first addresses Tom’s situation and how he is both physically and emotionally confined to the apartment and his family. He is confined to his dead-end warehouse job because he has to support Amanda and Laura. “This confinement keeps him from fulfilling his dreams” (O’Connor). When it comes to…

Tom Wingfield - The protagonist of the play, was abandoned with his mother and older sister by their father a very long time ago. He works with his family in a warehouse but hates his future of having to work there for the rest of his life. Tom is more interested in becoming a poet and frequently uses writing to escape his current situation. Laura Wingfield - Older sister to Tom, Laura who has become overly afraid of her appearance to the public due to her injured leg that causes her to…

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,…

Poverty in The Glass Castle Poverty is the state of being extremely poor. It makes you do wild things when you don’t have money, food, water, and possibly not even having shelter. People go through rough stages when poor. The Glass Castle by “Jeannette Walls” is a good example. A impact that it has on a family and children is surviving. Trying to get through it, some families will eat out of trash cans to survive. That is what Jeannette's family did. There's a bunch of effects that poverty…