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One of the most prevalent and profound themes in The Glass Castle is forgiveness. Throughout their lives Jeanette, Lori, Brian, and Maureen have all had to forgive their parents numerous times. When they forgave their parents it allowed them to all 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…

Nick and Franny’s DC Spy Tour Nick and Franny have been looking forward to their visit for some months. Franny has had a very hard year physically including her final surgery which has left her with limit vision in her left eye. This has affected her vision and balance. Nick is using this trip to help Franny relax from the year of surgeries and doctors. He has a developed a Spy Tour of DC to help during her recovery. They both share a love of David Baldacci novels and this visit is the…

The Glass Menagerie is a play full of symbolism, but the elements are not the only symbols in the play, the characters themselves are symbols as well. The characters in The Glass Menagerie represent Tennessee Williams himself, while the play as a whole represents his life. The characters Tom, Laura, and Amanda can be compared to Tennessee, his sister Rose, and his mother Edwina. Throughout the story, it can be seen that Tom and Tennessee suffer through the same struggles. Like Tennessee, Tom…

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,…

Symbols throughout the play reveals the characters’ motives and desires. In The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, jonquils and the glass menagerie symbolize the characters’ desires to escape from reality. The jonquils represent the memories of Amanda Wingfield’s glorious past and how she is running away from the present. While Amanda was preparing Laura for the dinner with Jim, Amanda tells Laura about how she made her gentlemen callers “help [her] gather the jonquils.” Amanda’s bright and…

The play The Soap Myth written by playwright Jeff Cohen is an excellent representation of the prodigious struggle that many survivors of the holocaust faced. The story revolves around the effort of Milton Saltzman (Greg Mullavey), a holocaust survivor who is attempting to prove to the entire world that Nazis used human fat to produce soap, from the victims of concentration camps. He along with a reporter Anne Blumberg (Andi Potamkin), are attempting to prove that a survivor’s memory is just as…

Tennessee William incorporates many different symbols into his play, The Glass Menagerie. The symbols cover the breadth of the play and bring about a new meaning to details that are mentioned. A glass unicorn and blue roses are connected to the character Laura Wingfield, and a fire escape relates to the whole Wingfield family. Laura’s unicorn represents her uniqueness. As Laura’s character is developed throughout the play, it is made clear that she has always been different from others…

Tom from The Glass Menagerie is a character who develops success as the play runs its course. He starts out very unsure of what he wants to do and how he is going to achieve it. Tom can be seen developing into the person he wants to be as the play goes on. Using his strengths as an independent person who is not afraid to speak his mind, he is able to overcome the constant pressure put on him by Amanda. A weakness that Tom had shown constantly throughout the play was how he couldn't be happy…

This quote is perfect for describing The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls because even through all of their struggles they stay together as a family. They had many problems going on throughout their life but they managed to work together and get through them as a family. *The walls family worked together to stay positive, have a better quality of life and to overcome poverty.* The walls family doesn't let what other people think affect how they live there life. When the family was living in the…

Jeanette Walls developed through many hardships in a poor and unstable home. The daughter of Rex and Rose Mary Walls had a tough childhood as her father was an on and off alcoholic and her mother a self involved and somewhat distant figure to her four children. Jeanette and her siblings, Lori, Maureen, and Brian, relied heavily on each other to make their lives different from those of their parents. Jeanette has a special bond with her father growing up and often sees the good in him over the…