Glass castle
Melodie Yang
Mrs. Kondrusk
2nd Hour
English 10E
In the book the Glass Castle written by Jeannette walls she talks about many memories and struggles that she and her family went through growing up. One of the main struggles in the family was alcoholism. Rex Walls, Jeannette’s father, was the typical alcoholic that drank until they were glowering and having people fear them. The book has many thing related to alcoholism, it shows the precarious of obstacles people face, and why it is important to talk such a serious topics.
Alcoholism is prevalent in the book because growing up Jeannette always had to see her father drunk. When he was sober he was audacious person and a great husband and father. He would always teach Jeannette and her siblings many things such as Math, physics, and would treat their mother right. But when he got drunk he was a whole new person. It was as if he had changed his whole personality. He would be ranging and hurting their mother. For example “But when Dad pulled out a bottle of what mom called “the hard stuff, she got kind of frantic, because after working on the bottle for a while, Dad turned into an angry-stranger who threw around furniture and threatened to beat up mom or anyone else who got in his way.”(Walls 23). This really shows that alcoholism does not make up who a person is because when they are drunk they are not thinking straight at that moment.
After reading The Glass Castle I do feel that it has broadened my perspective of the obstacles people face in real life. It has broadened my perspective, but in a sad way because to really think that person is good but only when sober is a sad a way to think or say about a person. I already knew alcoholism was already bad, but this just proves even more how alcoholism can really affect other around the alcoholic. The way alcoholism affects everyone is sad because most of the time it is a negative impact.
It is important to read and discuss this, so people understand that what
Mrs. Kondrusk
2nd Hour
English 10E
In the book the Glass Castle written by Jeannette walls she talks about many memories and struggles that she and her family went through growing up. One of the main struggles in the family was alcoholism. Rex Walls, Jeannette’s father, was the typical alcoholic that drank until they were glowering and having people fear them. The book has many thing related to alcoholism, it shows the precarious of obstacles people face, and why it is important to talk such a serious topics.
Alcoholism is prevalent in the book because growing up Jeannette always had to see her father drunk. When he was sober he was audacious person and a great husband and father. He would always teach Jeannette and her siblings many things such as Math, physics, and would treat their mother right. But when he got drunk he was a whole new person. It was as if he had changed his whole personality. He would be ranging and hurting their mother. For example “But when Dad pulled out a bottle of what mom called “the hard stuff, she got kind of frantic, because after working on the bottle for a while, Dad turned into an angry-stranger who threw around furniture and threatened to beat up mom or anyone else who got in his way.”(Walls 23). This really shows that alcoholism does not make up who a person is because when they are drunk they are not thinking straight at that moment.
After reading The Glass Castle I do feel that it has broadened my perspective of the obstacles people face in real life. It has broadened my perspective, but in a sad way because to really think that person is good but only when sober is a sad a way to think or say about a person. I already knew alcoholism was already bad, but this just proves even more how alcoholism can really affect other around the alcoholic. The way alcoholism affects everyone is sad because most of the time it is a negative impact.
It is important to read and discuss this, so people understand that what