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    Jeannette Walls Parents

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    Jeannette Walls, a once low class, immature child blossomed into an amazing woman and journalist. While her parents fail to provide some of the simplest needs for her and her siblings, instead of letting it get to her and giving up, she makes the choice to face her problems and even learned to grow from them. Although her family held her back from many opportunities, Jeannette still kept trying her best to become a better person as she grew up. While trying to find herself in an unorthodox,…

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    written by author Jeannette Walls refllects a beautiful memoir of her childhood. The focus of the story includes Jeannette 's struggles as a child and having to grow up in a dysfunctional family. The protagonist of the novel being Jeannette Walls herself , describes the brutal yet honest truth behind growing up within the circumstances of an unstable home of her alcholic father and her mothers rather rustic lifestyle. With the use of theme, symbolism and irony, Jeannette Walls has illustrated…

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    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, it is apparent that Rex, Jeannette’s father, struggles with alcoholism. At first glance, a reader might write off alcoholism as a choice. In the case of Rex Walls…

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    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…

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    they are used to or what they wish. The novel, “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls is a perfect example of a child’s development through poverty. In fact, it is a memoir of Jeannette Walls’ life. Throughout the novel, her and her family take on different roles, they test their trust and forgiveness for one another, and obtain the acceptance of their lost dreams. Jeannette took on a huge role as a kid. From earliest…

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    “Don 't worry, God understands, ' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.” This quote from Wall’s book on page 105 reflects on the heaviest burden of the Walls’; Rex Walls. Everything depended on Rex, and though he did care about his family, he cared more about himself and his pleasures; his demons that he would never cease to fight. Rex took his frustrations out onto his family and work life, and hence could never…

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    How much do you trust your parents? Your siblings? The people around you? How far would you follow them, no matter what happens? These are questions asked by Jeannette Walls thousands of times in her upraising, as she struggles with her life in extreme poverty, raised by an unpredictable, alcoholic father and a fickle, temperamental mother, always moving around. However, as time goes on and she becomes older and older, her innocence is quickly stripped away from her by the harsh life she was…

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    The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls is a good example of how a family overcomes poverty by working hard for a better future. Jeanette Walls and her siblings must escape poverty by getting jobs at a young age, working hard and going to school at the same time, so they can get a better life. Escaping poverty was not easy Jeanette and her siblings, they had to sacrifice many things and put in a lot of effort in order to get the future they wanted. The Walls family…

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    tragic events, information, the grueling aspects of life, and still be able to live life with a smile on their face, day in and day out. In the work of Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle, it deals with multiple social, mental, and physical issues that occur today in our society and everyday lives. The Glass Castle is the story of Jeannette Walls it is a memoir of her life and all of the hardships she has dealt with in her life. This book deals with a wide variety of problems that we can all…

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    Jeannette Walls Thesis

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    of situations and overcome them. Jeannette Walls is an American journalist and author that is known for being the author of The Glass Castle. She was born on April 21, 1960, in Phoenix, Arizona to Rex Walls and Rose Walls. Walls has two sisters, Lori and Maureen, and one brother, Brian. In Jeannette Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle, she tells the heartbreaking yet humorous story of her upbringing with her dysfunctional family. Living a life of poverty, the Walls’ family is constantly on the move…

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