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Analysis Of The Glass Castle By Jeanette Walls

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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 …show more content…

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

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In the book The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, the narrator displays her parent's parenting skills as authoritative. According to Cherry, Kendra. “Psychology: What They Are and Why They Matter.” The Four Styles of Parenting. she defines authoritative parents as being “... more nurturing and forgiving rather than punishment”.

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The Walls family faced a poverty crisis and the occasional drinking problem their father had. But whenever the family weren't in an argument they would try their best to lighten the mood. One chapter in the book really captivated me; It was christmas and Rex Walls was giving out his present to everyone he explained them the reality that santa, “he doesn't exist.”. Rex told Jeanette “ ‘Pick your favorite star!’ I said ‘No one owns the stars.’

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The Glass Castle is a memoir by Jeannette Walls covering her growth from childhood to adult life. Throughout her journey, Jeannette formed a close relationship with her siblings to combat the often unstable environment created by their parents. Financial instability, constant uncertainty, and persistent hunger burdened the Walls family; however, their adaptive lifestyle overshadowed these daily onuses. Jeannette and her siblings did not make the life-changing realization that they were growing up in an unhealthy setting until their teenage years. The Glass Castle depicts this tragedy, one often filled with false hope and satisfaction.

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Rex’s method is not that of many fathers, his being “sink or swim”, providing not only the ability to swim but also a strong metaphor for the reader and Jeannette. This is a representation of not only the Walls’ teaching strategy, also for the struggle to succeed in a life the Jeannette has literally been thrown into. Jeannette takes this idea to heart even though she may not realize it, for her not to succumb to the environment in which encapsulates her, such as Welch and life on the road, she must be able to handle these hard situations and be able to stay

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There are moments where she is practically forced to learn survival skills from her delusional mother and alcoholic father that are constantly on the move. For example, in the very beginning of the book, three-year-old Jeannette is cooking hot dogs where she then extremely burns herself on accident. Her mother’s response to the situation is to remain calm and act as if what just happened wasn't anything big. Another moment is when Walls’ parents get into a huge argument to the point where they begin knife fighting and nearly kill each other, and at the end of the argument, they laugh about the situation like nothing happened. These constant up and down moments in the author’s life created major setbacks, but they did not keep her from becoming a #1 New York Times Best Selling

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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a memoir about the author’s childhood which includes all of the adventures, struggles, and misfortunes that she went through. Her family was constantly on the move going from city to city, in hopes of finding a safe place for them to stay and progressing towards her father’s goal of finding gold. Throughout their journeys, they encounter numerous difficulties such as poverty, lack of food and supplies, trouble with the law, and being able to survive as a whole family. This story is highly motivating and should be read for summer reading because of the lessons this book teaches. More specifically, this book teaches the importance of staying together as a family and how to survive through struggles.

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Glass Castle Essay “I’d broken one of our unspoken rules: we were always supposed to pretend our life was one long and incredibly fun adventure.” (Walls 69) In novel The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, the Walls family is supposed to “pretend.” Even though Rex and Rose Mary walls, the parent of the children don’t have a lot of money they tried to give their kids the most fun life possible.

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When Rex Walls would announce that they had to leave, the children would not become irritable because, to them, this meant a new adventure was ahead. As she grew up, Jeannette brought

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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.

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In the book the glass castle by Jeannette walls the parenting style of her parents is permissive parents. They are not strict, not responsible and acts like a friend towards the kids. Rosemary and Rex Effect there kids life by the way they are raising their kids. The walls family is a poor family and doesn’t have for weeks because the parents like to waste money on art supplies and getting beer to get drunk this is an example of not being responsible parents, another example why they are permissive parents because they left the house with the kids alone with a loaded gun in the house also not being responsible parents and the last example is influence the kids to steal for food and clothes. The family didn’t have any money so the kids would

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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.

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Parents show discipline and love to their children to help them grow as people. Ray Bradbury, the author of “The Veldt” shows this in his writing. Wendy and Peter are shown little love and discipline by their parents, which has serious consequences later in the story. Through symbolism, irony, and setting the author shows that discipline is vital to the growth of children. Bradbury’s symbolism of the powerful lions show the fight for power between the parents and kids.

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The joy of learning is what unified the Walls family and is the source of the children’s most endearing memories. They would read together and bond over learning. Jeannette recounts her happier moments “after dinner, the whole family was stretched out on the benches and the floor of the depot and read with the dictionary in the middle of the room so we could look up words we didn’t know. (Walls 56-57) The Walls not only believed in a growth mindset; sharing knowledge was in fact how Rex and Rose Mary best expressed their genuine love and affection towards their children.

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The walls parents consider themselves to be their kids’ friend rather than a concerned parent. “’ Good for you, Mom said when she saw me cooking. You’ve got to get right back on the saddle”’ (15)… Friends tend to encourage you to do stupid things but in this situation Jeannette’s mother is the one encouraging her to do something not so bright. Rex and Rosemary do not expect their kids to become any greater than they are.

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