The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls Summary
Summary In the Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls describes her childhood and her views of the world as she grew up. She pushed herself through poverty to eventually become successful. Throughout the book, Jeannette describes her horrific ordeals and crazy adventures her family had. They moved to dozens of different places and even lived in the family car for some time. The Glass Castle shows Jeannette’s power of forgiveness, a common theme in the book. At age three, Jeannette was cooking hotdogs and burned herself. She had to go to the hospital to get treated. She really liked the hospital and enjoyed the time away from home. However, towards the end of her stay, her father, Rex Walls, took her out of the hospital early to avoid paying the bills. She does not become afraid of fire, even though it burnt her. Soon after, Rex tells the family to pack up what they can so they can go on an adventure, when in reality they are running from
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Throughout the book, Jeannette has gone through much adversity and has overcome almost impossible odds. However there was a price to much of what happened. The Walls children were neglected and beaten, and were raised by alcoholic and selfish parents. Yet, after all the strife and turmoil, Jeannette forgave them. She still doesn’t see them as parents now that she is older and can reflect more on her childhood in a more mature way. As they grew up, the horrors the children faced got worse. They faced racism, sexual, verbal, and physical abuse, neglect, and poverty. In class, we discussed the issues related to poverty and how poverty breeds more poverty. However in the case of the Walls, poverty bred a conviction to get out. Jeannette put herself through college and got an education. She eventually married a wealthy man and now lives comfortably with her family. On occasion, she does speak to her mom, who she calls Rose Mary, because she does not see her mom as a mother
Throughout the book, Jeannette has gone through much adversity and has overcome almost impossible odds. However there was a price to much of what happened. The Walls children were neglected and beaten, and were raised by alcoholic and selfish parents. Yet, after all the strife and turmoil, Jeannette forgave them. She still doesn’t see them as parents now that she is older and can reflect more on her childhood in a more mature way. As they grew up, the horrors the children faced got worse. They faced racism, sexual, verbal, and physical abuse, neglect, and poverty. In class, we discussed the issues related to poverty and how poverty breeds more poverty. However in the case of the Walls, poverty bred a conviction to get out. Jeannette put herself through college and got an education. She eventually married a wealthy man and now lives comfortably with her family. On occasion, she does speak to her mom, who she calls Rose Mary, because she does not see her mom as a mother