Jeannette’s parents, Rex and Rose Mary, are characterized as negligent which has caused her to mature faster than everyone else her age. Jeannette uses her parents emotions and actions to help characterize them. Rose Mary is the type of person that is self-centered and doesn’t care about her kids. She could care less about her children because all she cares about is herself and what she wants to do. On the other hand, Rex is the type of person that has a strong belief in education but at the same time he has many weakness like not providing much for his family and being an alcoholic. He has had many jobs, surprisingly, but manages to lose them very easily. The sad part is, that because of his actions of losing his jobs so easily, Jeannette