Will one ever be able to do what they want to do in society? Being a society of rules, expectations are ingrained in people. As children grow up, they learn to respect authority and slowly take on more responsibility over their lives granting more than freedom. Freedom is then thought to be fully granted when one becomes an adult. However, one's responsibilities dictate their level of freedom in society therefore living a life based on complete free will is impossible. Even though the character Rosemary, in the memoir The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, believes she can do whatever she wants because she is an adult, her freedom is limited by her responsibility of being a parent. Throughout the book Rosemary is depicted as quite the opposite