A Brief Review Of The Glass Castle By Jeannette

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Jeannette is a remarkable memoir that I recommend to teachers to consider it as a summer reading for the class of 2019. Jeannette Jeannette lives in Virginia and married to the writer John Taylor. She is also a regular contributor to MSNBC (American news cable and satellite television network). Jeannette’ book The Glass Castle won the 2005 elle readers prize and 2006 American Library Association Alex Award. The Glass Castle shows Jeannette’ living in poverty, and the way Jeannette and her siblings came through and accomplished their successful lives when they were on their own and had no support from their parents. The Glass Castle provides the family’s poor living conditions, and the children’s achievements that

Jeannette used to do work after school to earn money for enough food and clothes for the family, because their parents were dysfunctional. Her mom always focused on her passion, while her dad was always drunk and kept getting fired from different jobs. Jeannette used to work as journalist in school to write articles and helped the teachers out. Jeannette’ sister, Lori, was offered a job from the relative at New York and she settled their. Along with Lori, Jeannette went there after turning eighteen and started working at a restaurant, then she started saving up and went to college and achieved her degree in Journalism. Then Jeannette invited Brian and Maureen over to New York in hope for their better future. Brian pursued to be a police officer. They all worked their way through in search for a better life. This motivates and inspires the readers to believe that no matter what the difficulty and situation, you can achieve your goals if you truly work hard for

Earlier it talked about how Jeannette’s dad was going to build a glass castle for the family. Readers might’ve expected how would they go from poor shelter to building their own glass castle. But it didn’t happen, and things went different ways from dad being supporting and creative to being a drunk and a disruptive person. However, I refute this opposing view because that shouldn’t be the focus of the book. It mainly shows how Jeannette went onto becoming a successful journalist under impossible circumstances at the end. It’s a positive message that should motivate and inspire