The Glass Castle

Finch has courage to teach his children, Jem and Scout about diversity, innocence, and new perspectives. In The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, Jeannette is raised with the constant lack of food, clothes, and sometimes even shelter, the Walls kids have to learn how to be self sufficient. Growing up in this…

Uninvolved Parenting Paradigms from The Glass Castle In the novel The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, the parenting style that is nearly all exemplified by Rex and Rose Mary Walls is an uninvolved parent. Rex as well as Rosemary are uninvolved parents in view of the fact they have a lack of communication with their children when problems occur (Cherry, The Four Styles of Parenting). “I didn't want to tell Mom the truth. I was in no mood to hear one of her lectures about the power of positive…

In The Glass Castle, Rex walls is usually seen as an alcoholic within the story by his family, it is mostly noticed by his daughter Jeannette. His drinking usually gets so bad that Rosemary has to look in books on “How to cope with an Alcoholic” just to find a way to help him, but what exactly is alcohol abuse? Alcohol abuse is when someone is drinking excessively, binge drinking, or just over doing the drinking. My view on the problem of alcohol abuse is that it is a serious problem because…

English 1 29 Feb 2024 No Pain, No Gain To the average eight year old, the biggest enemy will always be yucky dinnertime veggies, but in the shadowed slums, veggies would be a blessing to eight year olds with hunger pangs and empty plates. In “The Glass Castle”, a memoir by Jeannette Walls, the author herself faces years of neglect, countless temporary homes, and less than ideal parents in even worse social environments. In spite of their unsavory circumstances, Jeannette, along with her siblings…

The book version of The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is more effective compared to the film. The film was released on August 11, 2017 the stars that took on the roles are Brie Larson as Jeannette Walls with Naomi Watts as Rosemary, Woody Harrelson as Rex, Max Greenfield as David (Jeannettes husband), and Sarah Snook as Lori, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and written by Cretton, Andrew Lanham, and Marti Noxon. It is about four siblings learning how to take care of themselves while also…

The Glass Castle The book, The Glass Castle, is a memoir written by Jeanette Walls. It is about her life and family while they struggle to find their place in the world. Throughout the book, Jeanette and her family are frequently doing the “skedaddle” and moving all around the United States. When they finally settle in Welch, West Virginia, her family faces many problems. Not only is her family poor, but also her father, Rex Walls, is a thrill-seeking alcoholic who does the worst job of taking…

In the novel The Glass Castle, a memoir, by Jeannette Walls describes her own extremely unique but dysfunctional family: An alcoholic for a father and self absorbed mother. The author gives the reader explicit memories as a child her family's daily explosions, catastrophic events, chaotic outbursts, emotional mood swings, and cantankerous father and mother. Even though the authors parents were irresponsible and chaotic they managed to teach their children how to be independent, open minded and…

The main parenting style displayed in The Glass Castle is authoritative. These parents have some rules and expectations. If the children don't meet the expectations, they turn the incident into a life lesson. Self-regulation is a set expectation of these parents. Rex and Rosemary Walls have a few unwritten rules, they include aspects of education and respect. "Mom and Dad taught me nearly everything Miss Page was teaching the class" (Walls 58). Jeanette and her siblings could be found at the…

Persepolis and The Glass Castle are stories that remind the reader how violence can disrupt the lives of children. Violence plays a strong role in the stories because it highlights the physical, psychological, and emotional trauma that the children faced. In order for children to develop properly, they need to be protected from violence. Children may be more sensitive to violence because they are still learning about the world around them. Persepolis and The Glass Castle demonstrate that…

In general, parents have their own thought about what the good manners fostering children are. Maybe at the some point, they realize the result of their raising whether it is good or not. In my opinion, depending on "The Glass Castle," Rex was fundamentally good enough at that time; however, his imagination drove him to make some mistakes without conscious. On the other side, Rose Mary definitely was a bad mother. As we can see that the most author's memories in the book were moments with her…