Analysis Of The Glass Castle By Jeanette Walls

The Glass Castle Parenting Paradigms The Glass Castle by Jeanette walls is a fascinating story of the author’s childhood and how she portrays her experiences. These hardships are brought on by her permissive parents and their laid back demeanor towards life. What I would call their “nontraditional” (Cherry, the four styles of parenting) way causes many troubles in the children’s life due to lack of parental guidance that should be the foundation of a stable childhood. The first and possibly foremost important example is how eager to play along with the children’s shenanigans Jeanette’s parents are. For instance, at any chance Rex Walls has to ignore responsibilities and escape into his kids’ imagination; he takes. On page 25 Jeanette proves this

Secondly, Rex and Rose seem to just display complete lack of guidance in their parental role. This constantly puts the kids at risk of great injury or death. Another example of permissiveness shown in their parental style is when they go out on pages 108-109. After pounding a few beers Rex decides that the zoo would be a fun outing for the entire group. Rex leads Jeanette over the protective barrier to the cheetah cage to PET the large feline. The zoo authorities and passersby’s quickly take interest and try to intervene. Rex then displays a fighting stance before coming to his senses and taking his family home. Meanwhile Rose is sitting by idly minding herself and only herself. The only other parenting style that may incorporate the walls would be uninvolved. This would only be due to how underprovided for the children are. They almost never have the basic necessities of life such as food, stability in the home, sober parents or appropriate clothing. A perfect example would be on page 171 when Jeanette is wondering why her father is leaving for days at a time.” Dad had taken to disappearing for days at a time. When I asked him where he’d been, his explanations were either so vague or