Jeannette Walls

“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 her struggling childhood and grow to have a successful life. Jeannette Walls discusses one her earliest memory in her life which is being badly burned at three years of age. At only three years of age,living in a trailer park in Arizona, Walls states…

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a memoir that takes the reader through a story of growing up in tough conditions. The most shocking about this book is that the terrifying events actually took place in real life. One of the flaws in the plot is that the plot is told in such a fast pace which made it hard for me to comprehend when a major event occurred. I know that living is a constant struggle for the Walls family, but I never could tell if they were in Welch, or on Little Hobart Street,…

this excerpt from the memoir, The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls creates a somber tone towards the town of Welch. Jeannette develops this tone through the use of repetition and word choice. The word choice throughout this excerpt is always heavy-hearted and gloomy. Jeannette's purpose is to portray the town in a horrid way to show that this was the turning point in her life when she lost her purity and began to see the world in reality. Jeannette Walls suggests repetition when she talks…

than true stories of human triumph. The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, is the story of how a girl in an unthinkable situation overcomes the challenges life presents her. Jeannette Walls and her three siblings suffer severe trauma and hardship at the hands of their irresponsible and self-centered parents. From going days on end without food to almost being raped with the approval of her father, Jeannette endures and emerges as an accomplished author who gracefully and meticulously guides the…

The Glass Castle is a memoir by MSNBC correspondent Jeannette Walls about her nomadic, poverty-stricken, and down-right unusual childhood. This memoir offers the reader an insight into how she was raised. The Walls’s lifestyle lead to endangerment and psychological harm. From the text we can conclude, that the Walls’s created a dangerous environment for their children. Rex and Rose Mary Walls were more wrapped up in their creative endeavors then being responsible parents. “I screamed. I…

“The Glass Castle,” by Jeannette Walls, is a memoir about the struggles of a young girl and her siblings growing up under very dysfunctional family circumstances. Rex and Rose Mary Walls, Jeannette’s mother and father, find themselves continuously short on cash and food, and usually unable to provide well for their children. Regardless of these destitute living conditions, Jeannette and her three siblings, Lori, Brian, and Maureen, find themselves able to flourish as individuals and escape their…

Assignment: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls  “Like build the Glass Castle. All of Dad’s engineering skills and mathematical genius were coming together in one special project: a great big house he was going to build for us in the desert. It would have a glass ceiling and thick glass walls and even a glass staircase… All we had to do was find gold, Dad said, and we were on the verge of that. Once he finished the Prospector and we struck it rich, he’d start work on our Glass Castle.” Pg. 25…

Castle by Jeannette Walls is a memoir focusing on her childhood and how grew up with dysfunctional parents. Her mother, Rose Mary, was almost always focused solely on her art career- art was such a huge part of her mother’s life that, at times, the maternal duties were of no concern. Rose Mary justified her withdrawal from her children’s life by saying that she had trust in them- trust that they could grow up without any outside help. Jeannette’s father, Rex Walls, was an alcoholic who spent…

for author Jeannette Walls. In her book, The Glass Castle: A Memoir, Walls describes growing up in a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father and a childish mother. After Walls published her book, Alex Witchel of The New York Times Magazine interviewed her. Within the article, “How Jeannette Walls Spins Good Stories Out of Bad Memories,” Witchel recounts her visit to the farm where Walls lives with her husband and mother. Both Walls and Witchel have distinctive styles in their writings.…

The book I chose for this book report is The Class Castle a memoir written by Jeannette Walls. The publisher for this book is Scribner and was published in 2005. There are 288 pages in this memoir. The Glass Castle starts with Jeannette Walls in a taxi driving through a busy New York City when she notices her mother searching through the dumpster on the street. Once she saw her mother she quickly slid down so she would not be noticed. After Jeannette explains her shame for hiding from her…