Growing Up In The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls

It is often that many celebrities have so-called Cinderella stories, coming from nothing and building themselves up to greatness. Some of the most iconic figures in the world came from poverty-ridden areas, but were gifted with other valuable attributes. Things such as intelligence, athleticism, character and more give those gifted with them an advantage over others, leading them to rise to the top. But sometimes, it’s not what one is born with, it is how they make use of their situation to strive for the best possible outcome. In The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls has a similar problem, growing up in mainly West Virginia, having only her siblings to try and get out. Jeannette’s poor situation growing up causes her to have greater ambition and become successful, despite her circumstances. Jeannette not being able to

This is just one example of the promises he broke with Jeannette, causing her to realize that she cannot trust him the older she gets. If it were not for this realization, he would have kept on dragging her down, doing things like stealing her money to fund his addictions, keeping her in Welch, a very poor town where she would have lived a poverty-ridden problematic life, like the rest of Welch lived. Jeannette’s parent’s responsibilities made her independent in her own decisions as she didn’t have a parental figure to help guide her in life, causing her to have to know how to survive and thrive on her own, which she achieved later in life. Jeannette in the Maroon Wave. Because of not having enough food to eat, she inspired her to be a writer later in life; when Jeannette was in 7th grade, she decided to join her high school’s newspaper club, the Maroon