...Rose Mary and Rex Wall’s free-spirited way of life regularly caused tension in their everyday lives, and more importantly in their relationships with their children. While reading The Glass Castle it’s clear that the pairs parenting leaves a lot to be desired. They both seem to refuse to see how their addiction to an adventurous lifestyle may impede their children. Despite their faults, the two do manage to impart some meaningful lessons to their children along the way. But the lessons they teach are typically undermined by the harmful way they are taught. One of the many examples of Rex and Rose Mary’s harmful way of teaching lessons plays out in the house Grandma Smith leaves Rose Mary. For a while things seem to be going well for the family despite their odd and even occasionally dangerous neighbors. But eventually, Rose Mary and Rex’s parenting choices ended up costing their children yet again. The two’s stubborn refusal to close the front and back door, along with the windows, so they could air out the house, has adverse consequences for at least two of the four children....
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...Why? By looking at the title "The Glass Castle" I believe that there will be either an imaginative glass castle or a real glass castle. I also think that in this book there will be a story about how the characters will achieve or arrive at the glass castle. I think the author will show us all of the obstacles that the characters had to go through to make get there. I predict this because the author would have not been titled the book "The Glass Castle" if there was not real or metaphoric castle. I also predict that in this story the main character will be a girl. I believe this because on the cover of the book there is a young girl. From my personal experience, I have come to find that most authors who are women make the main character a girl as a metaphor for themselves or someone they know. 2) What character do you like least? Why? My personal least favorite character in the book is Rose Mary Walls. She is my least favorite character because of the fact that she is always selfish towards her kids. She likes to make sure she is taken care of before of her kids. When Jeannete burned herself in the...
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...In The Glass Castle, we are introduced to a family of six and we learn about the parents, Rex and Rose Mary, along with their behavior, attitude, personality, and the overall approach they have towards parenting their children. We all know that the bottom line to "good parenting" is to avoid any type of negligence toward your children. With further study into the book, one may come to the conclusion that Rex and Rose Mary do not fall under the category of "good parent." Rex and Rose Mary do not uphold their moral responsibilities to care for their children's basic needs due to their lack of supervision, stability, and their selfishness. To begin with, Rex and Rose Mary demonstrate a lack of supervision in their parenting throughout The Glass...
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...The Glass Castle is a book by Jeanette Walls that details her life and family as she grows up. Jeannette Walls has some interesting characters in the book but the most compelling out of them all is her mother, Rose Mary. She is married to Rex, Jeanette’s father, and is a self described artist who is qualified to be a teacher. Also, she is a free spirit woman like her husband and very optimistic. Rose Mary is intriguing because of how she deals with problems, her mentality, and how she is as a parent. Not much is said in the story about Rose Mary’s past or mental illness, which contributes to much curiosity and theories surrounding her. It does not take a genius to see that Rose Mary has not mentally matured. Not much is revealed about her...
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...A wise person once said, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” But what is the reality of this statement? Are children always similar or identical to their parents behaviour? The memoir The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a piece of literature that one can study and relate to this philosophy. Children are influenced to become who they are by their parents’ positive and negative actions. Jeannette’s creativity is derived from her parents. Her mother, Rose Mary Walls, has possessed artistic abilities since she was a child. Throughout The Glass Castle, Rose Mary is always painting. When she is stressed or has spare time, she grabs a brush and a canvas and lets the paint flow. Jeannette’s father, Rex Walls has a big imagination and...
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...[In the Glass castle by Jeannette Walls, Jeannette sleeps on a cardboard box all her childhood because her parents didn’t have enough money for beds.] The Walls family goes through life with little to no money and the kids still find a way to succeed in life. The Walls children do not have it easy they have to work hard to accomplish their goals. *The Walls children show that it takes hard work and determination to succeed without money or wealth.* In the book Jeannette and her siblings had to adapt to life without money. There’s an example in the book where Jeannette wouldn’t have enough money for braces, so she would have to make them with stuff like rubber bands and a clothes hanger. “ It would take about four years to raise the money....
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...Review of “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls is an intriguing story of Walls’ family and their experiences. Through Jeannette’s story as both the narrator and the protagonist in the story, the actual state of Walls’ family is vividly described. Through the eyes of Jeannette, the reader finally shares the troubles of Walls family, where the parents are less concerned about the children. Jeanette herself is rendering the burden and responsibility of taking care of her siblings on her shoulders. In conjunction with the other Walls (Jeannette’s siblings), the theme of the story is relinquished while at the same time developing the character of Jeannette. This context will embark on describing the Walls from a family’s point of view while at the same time highlighting their attachment styles. Right from the beginning of the story, the immediate surroundings of the Walls Family is disgusting. It clearly portrays negligence which is symbolic throughout the story as portrayed by Rex and Rose Mary Walls. Though Rex is a loving and caring father, he is irresponsible. Despite his academic qualifications, he cannot keep any job when his family needs it most. Under his alcoholic cover, Rex becomes a completely different person (Walls, 2006, p. 25). Throughout the story, Rex lives a dignified life in dreams and illusions. This is the only way he escapes his responsibilities and problems as the head, the provider, and the protector of the...
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...The Glass Castle is a extremely detailed memoir of the upbringing of Jeannette Walls. Her life was an incredible journey with hardship meshed into each day she spent alive. But the hardship in Jeannette and her sibling’s lives did not discourage them, instead it drove them to become stronger people. Additionally, the events told of in The Glass Castle largely revolve on the idea of family, what it really means, and the roles of each family member. Jeanette’s family life involved harsh realities that she would understand as she matured. The life of Jeannette Walls was as adventurous and captivating as a work of realistic fiction, in the execution and the substance, but it is all true by the word of the author. The story of the Glass Castle...
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...The Glass Castle is a novel that vividly describes the dysfunction of the Walls family. The stories that are described are told by Jeannette Walls who is also the author of the book. In the book, Jeannette describes her life from the age of three years old to adulthood. She tells numerous stories of how her and her family were nomads, and how she managed to escape poverty and become a member of societies middle class. The family lived from city to city and state to state for short periods of time and when things become rocky they would “skedaddle”. The Walls family was highly dysfunctional, and after reading the book it amazed me that anyone could live wandering the states not having any real roots to call home for so long. There are a few things that stood out to me while I was reading Jeannette’s story. The...
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...book The Glass Castle because of her unconventional childhood growing up. The title “Glass Castle” metaphorically symbolises her life of poverty and dysfunction growing up with her parents and their constantly changing lifestyle. This title reflects the fragile relationships she had with her family members which, if not handled properly; could have demolished her family much like a rock being thrown through a glass house at any given moment. The most memorable moment about her story is, even though her parents were negligent, irresponsible and careless; they still managed to raise responsible and independent adults. The Walls children learned how to depend on each other for everything because Rose Mary was a self-absorbed, negligent mother who only cared about her herself and her interests and Rex was an alcoholic father who only cared about his kids when he was sober. Although both parents neglected their children, they both genuinely loved them, just not all the time. Jeannette grew up happy despite the day to day issues living in poverty. Rex and Rose Mary’s neglect for their children’s basic safety needs are mainly present in Jeannette’s childhood. When Jeannette was three, she badly burned herself when she was cooking hotdogs by...
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...their parents demonstrate that they love their children, their shortcomings as parents outweigh their good intentions. In Jeannette Wall’s memoir The Glass Castle, she talks about her childhood and life, her parents Rex and Mary Walls, her two sisters, Lori and Maureen, and her brother Brian. According to her memoir, Walls family is very different from others families. They are free spirited; moving from town to town, experiencing exciting adventures, using different approaches of teaching their kids, while looking for help from others despite their rough life. The Walls family presents a difficult challenge to me, as the family dynamic is such that a case can be made both for and against the removal of the children from the parents' custody, but Rex and Rose Mary Walls have subjected their children to a host of questionable situations as they have moved about the country in a transitory lifestyle that I cannot consider permissible for the development of healthy children. As an agent of CPS I cannot in good conscience recommend that Lori, Jeanette, Brian, and Maureen Walls remain in the custody of their parents. Despite Rex and Rose Mary having demonstrated genuine care for their children, their negligent and occasionally illegal behaviors are what I ultimately use as the basis for my decision. Although Rex and Rose Mary show love and care for their kids, mostly they neglect them, showing irresponsibility and destruction which put the children in dangerous situations....
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...The North Rose Window at Chartres & Its Intricate Stained Glass Story that Depicts the Importance of Christ’s Heritage from the Old Testament Although it may seem an outdated medium, stained glass is one of the most striking and intricate forms of expression. Stained glass has been one of the most powerful sources of storytelling during its extended history, especially in telling the history of Christianity in churches, cathedrals and similar notable buildings. However stained glass hadn’t been the method of communication in Christianity before the Gothic style. “The elimination of solid mural surfaces and the transformation of the Gothic building into a skeletal frame led to the ascendancy of stained glass during the twelfth century” (Bleiberg.) Not only does stained glass serve to tell remarkable stories, but it is also a significant part of the architecture. It is unlikely to find original stained glass windows that are still intact, and so it is not surprising that Chartres Cathedral, 50 miles southwest of Paris, is renowned for its well-preserved stained glass. Chartres began construction in 1194 and continued to assemble until 1250, and so the Rayonnant style remains somewhat cohesive throughout the cathedral. Chartres has three rose windows, created around 1235, which show some of the most stunning examples of high gothic intricacy and tracery. The north rose window depicts the glorification of the Virgin, and through its incredible complexity and striking painted...
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...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...
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...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....
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...Rex Walls’ and Rose Mary’s Questionable Parenting Being married and having kids doesn't make good parents. Good parenting usually comes from a united and loving marriage. In the memoir The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls struggles through life but still makes it through tough times. Rex and Rose Mary Walls are not great parents because they put there own needs in front of the needs of their children and are inadequate role models. Rex Walls and Rose Mary buy unnecessary artifacts not needed in their time of need, therefore putting themselves in front the kids. Rose Mary and Rex Walls were thinking about buying their kids beds shortly after moving, but Jeannette’s “Mom decided that what we really needed was a piano.” (Walls 52) This kind of parenting is terrible because the piano wasn’t needed in this case, the kids needed a bed. Therefore they put their own needs and things that they want in front of the things that their children need....
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