The book, The Glass Castle, written by the world renowned author Jeannette Walls, is a memoir of an epic life journey of a small town girl and her family of six. The book starts off with Jeanette's first memory, catching herself on fire at the age of three while cooking unsupervised. This sparks the topic of neglect within her family, which is thoroughly present throughout the book. Although the movie content may be difficult for some audiences to watch, Jeannette Walls demonstrates the importance of addressing the pain or neglect even if it makes the audience uncomfortable.
The movie may be troublesome to watch for some viewers, even though the content containing neglect is reduced. Although several people may already have exposure to this and it may have no affect them, other people may experience some recurring memories or find the idea of the events happening to emotionally straining. This book can be harsh to some viewers due to it's raw and uncovered truth. Despite the people that could handle this image, there will still be several adults and children that find this too intense. The movie does soak up a fair amount of the more
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Another example would be after Erma dies. Rose Mary appears to be trying to comfort the family, but in the book she does not try to comfort anyone. Rather, she prayed for her soul and asked the kids to kiss her dead body. Other scenes such as when Jeannette is raped by her uncle, is not included, but the scene where Erma is found with Brian is still included to insure that there is still some level of intensity. For people that read the book and then watch the movie, like myself, find that they under-play the book and made several of the characters appear to be more of a hero than a