ipl-logo

Addicted In The Glass Castle By Jeannette

579 Words3 Pages

Rose Mary Excitement Addict
How are the parents affect their kids? In the book of “Glass Castle” the author jeannette and her siblings Lori, Brain, Maurine, her dad Rex and her mom Mary. Their life was arduous, both parents are addicted, Rex in alcohol and Mary is excitement addicted. Mary and Rex are lazy parents they don't like to go work but they work for couple months to get some money. Even Though they work for months they spend the money to their self. Rose Mary excitement addict threaten the well being of the children's.
When Mary said she is excitement addict she mean that she can do whatever she want with her money. While Rosemary gets some money she buys cubism supplies while the kids are hungry. Jeannette describes her mom's behavior because she doesn't take much care of them. ¨She’d also inherited some money so she would give up teaching and buy all art supplies.¨(walls 93) Mary spend her money in art supplies in order to buy a food. This tells that Mary loves art more than her family. …show more content…

She hid under the bed to read books and eat chocolate while people make fun of her kids because they don't have food to eat and no cloth to wear. Mary ask her kid to forgive her because she is sugar addicted as Rex is alcoholic addicted. Mary being selfish, she likes herself more that her own family. (walls 174) “Brain yanked the covers back lying on the mattress next to mom, mom was one of there huge full size hershey chocolate bars the skinny silver wrapper pulled back and turn away.” Mary thinks that she should have to eat everything she likes even though they don’t have money. Rex spend his money drinking, Brian and Jeannette get food from trash, Maurine from her friends but no one knows what lori and Mary

Show More
Related
98 Words | 1 Pages

Forgiveness is the theme of the Glass Castle because although Jeannette Walls was neglected, betrayed, and even belittled by her parents she doesn’t hold any negative feelings towards them. She exemplifies the theme of forgiveness by never blaming her parents for neglecting them, when her mother and father both squander her money on themselves, or when her parents allowed Erma to treat them as horribly as she did. Jeannette knows who her parents are, accepts and forgives, to the point that she can have a Thanksgiving dinner with Lori, Brian, and Mom reminiscing about the days of past.

Read More
937 Words | 4 Pages

In the memoir, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, the Walls family is considered homeless and they are constantly moving from place to place. They constantly find themselves either with a somewhat decent amount of money or at times, no money at all. Jeannette, being one of four children always follows along with and listens to her parents and eventually notices that their family does things very differently than most other families. As Jeannette explains her childhood and how she is being raised by her parents, it is clear to see how different Rex and Rosemary’s parenting style is compared to the parenting style of other parents. Since their parenting style is so different, it seems that it affects their children in a negative way throughout their childhood, but in the end it makes Jeannette become a better and more successful person.

Read More
103 Words | 1 Pages

When society thinks of the word “childhood,” they imagine it as a precious time for children to be in school and freely play, to grow and learn with the love and support from people dear to their hearts. It is also known to be a cherished period where children are to be innocent and live carefree from fear. However, in the context of The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, childhood is viewed as a tough hardship that Jeannette and her siblings have overcame, and the memories they carry has greatly impacted their lives that it has molded them to who they are

Read More
747 Words | 3 Pages

Her father, Rex, has a severe alcohol addiction that significantly impacts the family’s lifestyle. Rex’s alcoholism leads to emotional instability and frequent, hostile aggression towards his family. One way alcoholism affected Rex, was by causing emotional instability. The article, “Symptoms and help for Alcohol Problems” by author Elisabeth

Read More
1436 Words | 6 Pages

The story of Half Nelson follows a man named Dan Dunne, a crack-cocaine addicted, junior high school history teacher trying to make a difference in his students’ lives. Dunne works with inner-city students and coaches the girls’ basketball team in Brooklyn, New York. The film offers no knowledge of why Dunne is doing drugs, so viewers are only witnessing a portion of the ongoing struggle that is his life. It is mentioned and referenced multiple times throughout the film that Dunne is only using in order to “get by” and that he can stop anytime. This is not accurate as Dunne’s addiction is the one thing that defines every other aspect of his life, yet this film is not about addiction.

Read More
732 Words | 3 Pages

In this world, there’s learning things the hard way and the easy way; in Jeannette Wall’s world, there’s only learning things the hard way. The Glass Castle is an adventurous story that reveals the painfully miserable story of Jeannette Walls. A selfish mother, a careless father, and terrible social encounters- these are some of the elements of a harsh reality Rex and Rose Mary Walls failed to shield their children from. Growing up poor was already difficult, but growing up with a selfish parent, specifically an unfeeling mom, made life hell for the Walls children. The family barely had one source of income from Rex Walls, and instead of helping out with the family’s finance issues, Rose Mary spent her days at home painting.

Read More
933 Words | 4 Pages

“Life’s too short to care about what other people think” (Jeannette Walls). It is good to not care what other people think, so stay true in life and live it to the fullest. The book, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, is a memoir that tells the story of Jeannette’s difficult family and her poor living conditions, that cause life to be difficult for her. She struggles to move past all the hardships in life and she learns how to overcome the majority of them, so she can develop into her own person. Even though her family can be a little peculiar, they possess a strong bond with each other and they always seek to help one another out.

Read More
1956 Words | 8 Pages

Parental Influence Parents are the biggest influence upon their children. From the time a child is born to the time they leave the household, the values that the parents hold are instilled into their children. Parents are required to make crucial decisions about how to raise their children in order to guide them through the inevitable obstacles and hardships of life. In The Glass Castle, many would argue the lack of care and responsibility the Walls had for their children. The author, Jeannette Walls, uses Rex and Mary Walls to demonstrate that their strong traits of non-conformity, self-sufficiency and perseverance are passed on to their children, allowing them to develop to their full potential.

Read More
1150 Words | 5 Pages

The Glass Castle Argumentative Essay The memoir, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, is an inspirational, eye opening, and a giggling type of story. Although there are some problems in this story that she encounters in her early years, she uses these problems to better herself for what may lay ahead of her. I am writing about what I think of her parents, Rex and Rose Mary Walls, and if they are acceptable parents, or inadequate parents to Jeannette and her siblings Lori, Brian, and Maureen. I, however, do not agree that Rex and Rose Mary Walls are acceptable parents.

Read More
874 Words | 4 Pages

Alcoholism is a significant problem in American society. About 20 million people in the United States abuse alcohol and out of that number, around 10 million are addicted to alcohol and considered an alcoholic ("Alcoholism" 1). In The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Jeannette's father, Rex, shows signs of being an alcoholic. His disease puts a lot of strain on the family and relationships within the family and eventually, Jeannette's father dies from heart failure, a common disease caused by alcoholism. Rex Walls can be identified as an alcoholic father by most of the six identifiers of an alcoholic from the American Addiction Center.

Read More
701 Words | 3 Pages

In the memoir, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Jeannette manages to overcome her obstacles by realizing her independence. She is impacted by her parents’ incapabilities because she realizes that she has to do things differently than other children. Her father was a stubborn alcoholic who believed that: “[they] were all getting too soft, too dependent on creature comforts, and that [they] were losing touch with the natural order of the world”(Walls 106). He believes that every human should be independent and fend for themselves. By using the term “creature comforts”, her father is trying to separate himself from what he calls the civilians.

Read More
1058 Words | 5 Pages

Witnessing my father chasing down my mother because of a pointless argument of my parents not caring about my siblings and I where abouts would be devastating to say the least. In The Glass Castle Jeannette and her siblings chose to appreciate the small things as they got older because they were not given materialistic items or a hot meal when they could afford it. Their mother made poor financial decisions and hardly ever put the kids first. For example, the mom chose to rent a piano over buying Brian a pair of male jeans. He had to suffer wearing girl clothes that did not even fit.

Read More
1145 Words | 5 Pages

Students these days are shielded from real world issues. There is a misconception that young people are fragile so reality is sugar coated. The truth is life can be a test for survival. Jeannette Walls knows this all too well. Walls experienced a far-from-normal childhood with far-from-normal parents.

Read More
799 Words | 4 Pages

The most influential novel that I read this year is The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Walls’s memoir had moving themes of strength, perseverance and forgiveness. It also caused me to have passionate reactions. Finally, The Glass Castle impacted me the most because it forced me to reconsider my opinion of homeless people. This novel was a beneficial reading experience.

Read More
1173 Words | 5 Pages

Nicholas Sparks once said, “I don’t know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.” In the memoir, The Glass Castle author Jeannette Walls shows how her father Rex Walls changes with everything thrown at him as a father or four. In the beginning of being a parent Rex shares his intelligence with his children.

Read More

More about Addicted In The Glass Castle By Jeannette

Related Topics

Open Document