Jeannette Walls

which an author writes his or her works. Author’s voice has been prevalent throughout literature. In The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls develops her own voice trough her writing. Within several significant events, she uses diction, syntax, figurative language, point of view, and many other styles of writing to portray what happened to the reader. At the beginning of the story, Walls starts off the memoir with an extremely significant event. As she is riding in a taxi to a party, she sees…

memoir written by Jeannette Walls with little demands for a high level of vocabulary and understanding, giving chances to scrutinize. It’s worth a read. Personally, I would recommend it because of Walls upbringing with destitute. It taught me that no matter where you were brought up and how horrible financial and emotional positions are, courage and determination can only overcome the conditions. The book contained tragic events and displayed the brutal reality one can face. Walls used immense…

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…

“Things always have a way of figuring themselves out.” That’s what my dad always would tell me when I was younger which, in a way, relates my life to Jeannette Walls’ in The Glass Castle. He told me that whether or not things had problems over time or in a matter of seconds, they would always figure themselves out. I carry those words with me as a reminder that things for me were really hard at one point, but in the end they figured themselves out. My parents divorced when I was twelve years old…

After reading Jeannette Walls’ Glass Castle, I realize that she and I have a lot in common. From her parents arguing to her being bullied at school to her father dying, she went through a lot of situations that resemble some of the less known and serious problems that I had while I was about the same age. Jeannette had a tough life while growing up. However, even though I had similar issues, I lived and still live a relatively sheltered life. I, like her, simply viewed everything that happened…

From having their three year old daughter get set on fire to acting as if they are above those who chew gum Jeannette Walls’s parents are a walking catastrophe. These “adults” lack any kind of brain cells, more than I thought possible from Part 1: A Woman on the Street. It shouldn’t have surprised me when they broke Jeannette out of the hospital where she was being treated and hit the road to avoid bill collectors. I should have known they were carpet baggers. What I don’t understand from the…

Everytime I read a book, I find myself either loving the book or not being interested at all. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Wall’s memoir recounting her childhood, keeps readers captivated, and contains many raw emotions. When I was reading the novel, I had to remind myself that this really happened to someone. It amazed me that someone could come out of a situation as difficult as hers and still be successful. Going through a difficult time, your true personality can come out. Jeanette’s…

move forward and create lives that were secure and successful. Walls’ first memory creates the pattern of forgiveness that she would be forced to establish when dealing with her parents. She was cooking hot dogs by herself when she was three and was burned badly when the skirt of her dress caught fire. In the hospital she told the doctors that “ Mom says I’m mature for my age,” I told them “and she lets me cook for myself a lot.”(Walls 11). Even though Jeanette was too young at the time to…

In Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle, Brian would be the character most likely to survive the Hunger Games based on his willingness to fight, his logical reasoning, and his emotional detachment. Brian is willing to get into a fight, and he is willing to take on people that are much larger than him in both stature and number. When Rose Mary, their mother, is ready to have her fourth child, the Walls family moves to Blythe in order to be near a hospital. Because all of the children have had an odd…

circumstances. A positive attitude is essential for success. It leads to perseverance, which in turn, creates achievement. In Jeannette Walls’, The Glass Castle, we learn of a family’s struggles and Walls’ life growing up as she traveled across the country living in unimaginable environments. The story begins with her earliest memory, which is when she was at the age of three. Walls and her…