The Glass Wall

live in a world where all anyone strives to be is perfect. Is that the sole purpose of life? To belittle or gain power over someone’s struggles? Merely to make yourself feel better or look as though you're perfect? Jeannette Walls takes us on a journey through her memoir The Glass Castle and explains her struggles throughout life. Jeanette grew up with a set of neglecting parents who never tried to provide for her siblings or herself like they should’ve. Jeannette begins to see just how bad her…

The Glass Castle The Glass Castle is a memoir written by Jeannette Walls in 2005. The book recounts Jeannettes childhood experiences that lead up to her success in becoming a famous author. The book begins in Jeannettes adulthood after she has dealt with the affects of her destructive upbringing. It is a cold night in March in New York City and Jeannette is sitting in a taxi that is driving her to an upscale party. While she is stuck in traffic she spots her homeless mother searching through the…

The Glass Castle is an astounding and indigence based 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…

Everyone thinks in various ways when it comes to someone's just or injustice. For instance, in the novel “Glass castle” , when people think that Jeannette Walls and her family didn't need any kind of justice because of the way they had been living their entire life/childhood. Although they did deserved justice or a better way of living, not just that time but all of their entire life, even though they couldn't because of the head of the family ( The dad ), he worked and he just couldn't get a…

varying traits within families. The Glass Castle, written by Jeannette Walls is a memoir that expresses the hardships and obstacles she faced while growing up. The book starts out with Jeannette going to an event but on the way she was overwhelmed with embarrassment when she saw her homeless mom searching through a dumpster. Soon after the taxi ride, Jeannette flashes back to her childhood…

regardless of the situation if you’re a man, you have to hold it. In the Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls shows masculinity in the book through her father, Rex Walls. Masculinity is a phenomenon that has been around for so long, it became the normal thing for men. Jeannette Walls explains in her book, The Glass Castle that by keeping everything inside you could cause depression and makes life hard for everyone. Masculinity leaded Rex Walls to be alcoholic because he kept his emotions and feelings…

novel, The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls is money cannot buy you happiness. The Walls family lives their life simply and poorly, despite their financial difficulties. One may believe that money can really make the Walls family happy by relieving them from these difficulties; however, money often causes more difficulties. The quote, “Someone had slashed him apart with a knife and stole all of our money. I knew it was dad, but at the same time, I couldn’t believe he’d stoop that low,” (Walls…

of growing up. Holden is infatuated with childhood and he chooses to be trapped between two worlds; one of innocence and the other of adulthood. On the contrary, maturity comes easily to certain children like Jeannette Walls, the main character and author of the memoir “A Glass Castle”. Jeannette is a four year old innocent, fun-loving girl who thinks she comes from a remarkable family. Progressively throughout the book, more-so when she is in…

household with structure. Jeannette Walls came from a very troubled household as she details in The Glass Castle. While Rose Mary and Rex Walls were able to make the kids happy, the kids needed to be placed in foster care for their own well-being. Rose Mary and Rex Walls made the kids happy in how they treated them. As Jeannette recalled, “We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa myth and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch of cheap plastic toys” (Walls 41). The kids thought…

The value of fiction Many people experience many things throughout life and it sometimes comes from your parents living structure. The glass castle by Jeannette Wall is a memoir based off the events that took place in her life. She soon talks about what horrible things she encountered growing up when she was younger. Jeannette talks about how her parents were and the person she is today reflects on why she wanted to change her living structure.Despite the school boards recent sentiments…