Corruption In The Glass Castle

In The Glass Castle, the Walls’ family's overall corruption was the result of their parents flaws as human beings. For Instance, in this section of the story, Uncle Stanley inappropriately gropes, touches, and plays with children. Jennette goes to her mother for help, but her mother turns away and sympathizes with Uncle Stanley instead. For example, “Mom, Uncle Stanley is behaving inappropriately. "Oh, you're probably imagining it," she said. "He groped me! And he's wanking off!"..."Poor Stanley," she said. "He's so lonely.” (Walls 184) This shows the reader the extent of the abuse the Walls children endured. Instead of consoling and protecting her children, her mother figuratively shuns them and ignores the abuse they endured. Secondly, Lori finished arguing with her father about him, destroying her scholarship art project.

Originally intended as an escape fund, the funds were soon redirected to Lori's trip to New York City. As Jennette confronted her father, Jennette said her dad was “half grinning at me.” (Walls 229) The father's nodding and smirking indicate that he was very mentally abusive. This also adds to his abusiveness because he is aware of what he is doing. As a parent, you are supposed to have a positive impact on your children, whereas the father (Rex) has a negative impact on Walls children. Finally, Jennette’s family has been struggling for food. Jennette's father was coming home decreasingly, which added to the family's tension. Furthermore, this causes a “maggot” situation to take place. For example,“Mom was sitting on the sofa bed, eating the piece she'd cut. "Mom, that ham's full of maggots," I said. "Don't be so picky," she told