The author of The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls describes mom and dad fighting. “Once we were on the road, Dad and Mom got in a big fight over how many months she's been pregnant.” (Walls 26) This scene where Dad tries to run over Mom. The glass castle, memoir by Jeannette Walls, is about Jeannette’s childhood living with her dad who is an alcohol addict, mom and siblings. Mom and dad don't get along with each other which leads them to fight and the children were affected by that. Thinking about person versus person conflict highlights the corruption of mom and dad's relationship, showing how mom and dad not getting along causes dysfunction in a family.
In Battle Mountain, Mom and Dad fought about them not getting along with each other. Jeannette remembers, “That night when Dad came home, he and Mom got into a big fight. Mom was screaming that she was tired of getting all the for everything that went wrong. ‘How did this become my problem?’ she shouted. ‘Why aren't you helping? You spend your whole day at the Owl Club. You act like it's not your responsibility." (Walls 43). This shows dad being irresponsible and starting a fight with mom. This connects to
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In the text it states ¨BY THE FOLLOWING summer, Mom and Dad were heading into their third year on the streets. They'd figured out how to make it work for them, and I gradually came around to accepting the notion that whether I liked it or not, this was how it was going to be.¨ (Walls ) This shows mom and dad both decided to be homeless and live on the street. This connects to the main idea because mom and dad decided to be homeless and move away from the kids and not cause dysfunction. Another evidence is¨ It had been five years since Dad died. ¨ (Walls 285) This shows it's been five years ever since dad died. This connects to the main idea because dad died so mom and dad can´t