The Glass Castle

supportive, teaching values, and taking responsibility are the necessary qualities found in a good parent, which are shown throughout Walls’ memoir, Roethke’s poem, and Gibbs’ article. Every good parent should support their child’s goals. In The Glass Castle, Jeannette’s dad is only thinking about himself when he told her she could stay in Welch high for her final year, go to college at Bluefield State, and work at the Welch Daily News (Walls 238). He does not realize how much getting away…

In The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, She faced the terrible problem of alcoholism just like some people in today’s society. Alcoholism is still a problem in society today.Her dad went through some hard times which made him dependent on alcohol. Alcoholism is one of the most things people label as addictive. People turn to alcohol like it is the only thing that can help them; they say it clears the mind and comforts them. There are many addictions out there, but I do not believe that…

taught her and her siblings that they had to stick together. In addition, the children to forced to care for themselves. The Walls children faced various types of child abuse throughout their childhoods which the book outlined. In her memoir, The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls recalls the events which best exemplify the abusive and neglectful nature of her upbringing. Neglect is defined as a type of child abuse that occurs when a parent fails to provide basic necessities for a child…

cater for the children's wants. Some parents like Rex and Mary from The Glass Castle believe in more of a “live and let learn” approach. The most effective parenting method is addressed by Pamela Druckerman. Parents should allow freedom for children and support them in what the child strives but at the same time, the parent should point their child…

Christopher Jr., and Linda start off has a happy family, despite their financial issues. Over time Chris’s lack of job stability causes his wife Linda to leave him. Now it is up to Chris to find a job, so he can provide for his son. In the book the Glass Castle, The Walls family also struggles with financial stability. Although they both struggle with money and homelessness the parents approach to each situation differs. In these situations, one family sank in the world of poverty while the…

In the memoir of Jeanette Walls’ “The Glass Castle”, there are many themes to explore. Jeanette tells the tales of growing up in continued poverty with dysfunctional parents who find pleasure moving frequently in the dead of night. The Walls family was extremely poor and often there was no food, electricity or indoor plumbing in the multitude of places that the children called home. Jeanette grew up as the second oldest daughter in a family of six. Her father, Rex Walls, was a glorified…

In the human family structure, parents are seen as caregivers, teachers and responsible figures in the lives of their children. However, in her memoir The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls shares many memories where both she and her siblings accept the roles of their own parents. She explains several situations where she accepts a multitude of responsibilities which would have normally fallen upon a parental or guardian figure, one of these being the caring and protecting of her infant sister. In the…

The Struggles of Wealth & Poverty [Eli Khamarov once said, “Poverty is like a punishment for a crime you didn’t commit.”] In the novel The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, the Walls family is very poor in the start and toward the end until they move till New York, yet the Walls parents were homeless, the Walls kids had their own shelter and had enough money for food, water, electricity, etc. The Walls kids also had paying jobs. *However the Walls family are robust and self dependent.* Even if…

Jeanette Walls’ memoir, The Glass Castle, uncovers Walls’ difficult childhood that she recovered from, where she faced many inconveniences, seemingly from her parents lifestyles. Jeanette Walls’ parents might not have really watched, disciplined, or fully cared for her and her siblings, but they did give them love and were able to teach them resilience and independence through the way they lived their lives. The many struggles that Jeanette Walls faced in her childhood helped shape who she is…

often go forgotten or unrecognized in school systems. Books provide the opportunity to live a life beyond reality- for some, this is a rare means of escape from stress and problems that are particularly hard to deal with. In Jeanette Walls’ The Glass Castle, the Walls family has a vast and diverse number of issues they have to deal with. Lori, a J.R.R Tolkien fan, finds relaxation in reading and utilizes books to get away from everything happening around her. Walls recalls how “She tried to get…