Diana Benavidez
Mrs. Donato-Jennings
English 10
November 1, 2015
The Glass Castle
In Jeannette Walls’s novel The Glass Castle, it shows the reader that even when you're growing up with hardships it doesn’t mean that one can’t grow up to be successful. She shows her readers this by writing a memoir which is The Glass Castle. She retells the stories of her life growing up with her three siblings and parents. After reading the story one would think that the Wall’s children wouldn’t have amounted to anything. They moved from place to place never really settling down in a town for too long. Jeannette’s parents were careless and irresponsible and were always looking out for their own best interest. Even though Jeannette’s parents weren’t the best they still showed them how to be independent and value the things in life others may have taken for granted. The Wall’s children grew up never really having a home and they knew that. They relied on each other because their parents were neglectful. They were okay with that though and often they were the ones who more responsible than their parents were. Their dad, Rex being an alcoholic and their mom Rose- Mary who was always consumed in her paintings or any of her other hobbies. Jeannette and her siblings often had to take the bigger role in their family. …show more content…
In the book she says, “ It was up to Lori, Brian and me to get her out of bed and see to it that she was dressed and at school on time” (74). They were the ones who graded Rose Mary’s papers for her class and they checked school work with her so that she wouldn’t get fired from her teaching job. They grew up in poverty which is why they were hoping that by helping her she would keep her job and they would have money to buy