The Glass Castle By Rex Walls And Rose Mary Walls

In The Glass Castle, there are many problems that need to be solved. The major problems come from the parents. Rex Walls and Rose Mary Walls each have unique personalities. Rosemary is very selfish and only cares about herself. She believes that the world revolves around her. We see her selfishness when her kids are hungry and notice food has been missing. The only person who knew who stole it was the person who took it. The girls later find out that their mother had been hiding food to eat for herself. We also notice her selfishness when she doesn’t feel like working. She doesn’t like teaching. Her kids have to push her to wake up. Jeanette creates her lesson plans that use Mary isn’t behind. When Rosemary gets in trouble for not disciplining

“ I stood up and started stirring the hot dogs again, I felt a blaze on my right side. I turned to see where it was coming from and realizing my dress was on fire.” (Part 2, p 5) She severely burns herself. I believe that Jeanette’s parents shouldn’t have let her cook hot dogs at such a young age. It could have. When Jeanette is four years old, the family moves to Las Vegas. They stay there for about a month. In Vegas, they lived in a motel. “ During the day, we went to the casinos, where dad said he had a sure-fire system for beating the house.”9(Part 2, p.19) Rex had made enough money to last the family for two months by cheating in Blackjack. The Walls family moves to an abandoned depot station. There, the kids are forced to sleep in boxes because they have no beds. However, they made fun out of it and when the parents went to go buy beds, they said not to. Thankfully, Rex gets a job in a mine. However, a few months later, he loses his job. The kids have to starve. They start to steal food form other kids’ lunches. When Rex loses his job, Rose Mary gets a job. She was a teacher and hated it. “ Mom said every morning “Why cant I do what I want to do” ” (Part 2, P 46) Despite the fact that Rose Mary was working, and they finally had food in their fridge, they always ran out of money. The parents didn’t know how to manage money. Rose Mary had the chance to inherit an expensive house from Granny Smith. Granny Smith

When Jeanette got burned, she had to stay in the hospital for a long time. At the hospital, she likes it because she was able to watch TV and chew gum for the first time. She also likes that the hospital was calm and quiet because her house was never like that. After six weeks at the hospital, Rex decides its time for Jeanette to leave the hospital. Since they couldn’t afford the hospital fares, they leave with out checking out. When Rex cheats in blackjack, it benefits him at first. He’s able to support the family for 6 months; however, all good things come to an end. He ends up getting caught. The family is stuck in the predicament they are usually in--