Home In The Glass Castle

Society defines home as “a house, apartment, or other shelter. It is the usual residence of a person, family, or household” (“Home”). In The Glass Castle, Jeannette’s definition of home suggests that it is a place for friends, comfort, love, happiness, and financial security. However, home is a complicated topic that can be interpreted in many ways. The Glass Castle clearly describes the pessimistic attributes of home, such as a lack of support and poor parenting. However, the positive attributes of home outweigh it’s negatives in its definition; therefore home is a place where individuals feel secure financially and emotionally.
Even if a person lives in poverty, they learn to make the best of it. For example, Jeannette and her family move

Financial security allows individuals to survive. It ensures that individuals have a sufficient amount of money to buy food and have a place to live. Financial security connects to the idea of “home.” Part of “home” is having a permanent place to live. The comparison of emotional and financial securities, shows that home can be perceived in many ways though seeing other’s experiences. One’s personal experience, changes their perception of home. Based on those experiences, there’s an evaluation of whether or not it’s considered home or it violated the notion of

Rex constantly makes excuses as to why they have to move from place to place. Before they leave Arizona, Rex comes up with a vague excuse as to why they are leaving:“Time to pull up stakes and leave this shit-hole behind” (Walls, 17). Rex doesn’t give Jeanette a valid reason as to why they are leaving. He just implies that their home is a “shit-hole”. Since the kids are naive, they believed their dad. They don’t seem to question him nor did their mother. The just followed his lead and hoped for the best. In the car, Jennette overhears her mom and dad talking about who is after