Freedom In The Glass Castle

You don’t find very many families nowadays that are constantly moving and traveling throughout our country, stopping to live in a place for a couple months, then leaving for another place for a couple months and doing that constantly. But the Walls are a family that does do that. In the entertaining book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, a young girl named Jeannette Walls learns how to become successful in life through constantly being on the move, and living with her parents, Rex and Rose Mary who would be in a huge fight one minute and would be hugging each other the next. Through Jeannette’s unusual childhood, she learned to develop acceptance towards herself, braveness towards her fears, and how to figure out the most important things in life, which helped her become the successful person that she grew up to be.

In the New York Times best selling memoir, “The Glass Castle” by Jeanette Walls, the author discusses her hardships as a child and how she grew from it. Through ought the book, Walls and her family relocate multiple times because her Dad not only has issues holding a job, but his paranoia about the state and organized society sometimes got in the way of taking care of his obvious responsibilities as a parent. Walls eventually grew up, broke through her destructive family’s lifestyle, and became a successful writer. If Walls had never gone through the ongoing struggles she faced as a child, she would not be where she is today. If she was born into wealth, she would have never had to face the hardships that she overcame to become successful; the adversity she faced drove her to do well in

“By the time I was four, I was pretty good with dad’s pistol” (21). That is just a glance into young Jeannette Walls’s life; she tells her story in her memoir The Glass Castle. When Walls was growing up, her parent’s way of living was normal. Once exposed to life outside her parents, Walls was no longer content in their unfulfilling lifestyle. She had made the decision to leaver her parents behind and nothing would stop her from achieving her goal. Walls’s father’s determination to build this grand glass castle was set on unrealistic ambitions and expectations. The goals set by Walls herself, to leave Welch and make a better life for herself, gives a truer meaning to the word determination. Walls shows just how important determination can be.

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.” - JFK. This very quote demonstrates how In the book, “The Glass Castle”, Jeannette Walls’ life was and helps us understand how our lives are the product of our own decisions and what follows after, good or bad. How this was displayed was through the parents, the children, and how the future had turned out to be for the both of them.

In Jeannette Walls’ The Glass Castle, there are many important themes that pop throughout the book. Although there are many themes, the most essential one is how a hard past forces people to learn to rely on themselves to make their life better by pushing through their struggles, this changes how a person thinks and acts ultimately defining their identity. This theme is the most prominent throughout the book.

“Family like branches on a tree, we may grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one” (Top Quotes). In The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, her character in the story starts as a young girl that learns everything on her own. Eventually she adjusts into her own foot steps, but always loves her family values no matter the circumstances. Because Jeannette wasn’t looked after, she was adventurous and evolved into a responsible and mature woman.

The memoir, The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, shows the constant battle between stability and chaos. Throughout the battle Jeannette shows a copious amount of maturity and placidity. One occurrence in her life proves this point.

Today, thousands of kids grow up with hardships, but have potential to be successful. One example of this is in The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. The book is a memoir that tells stories about Jeanette and her family. For the most part Jeannette’s child hood was filled with hardships, but did this make her as successful as she is today? Jeannette Walls is successful because of her hardships she experienced as a child, which shaped her into who she is today.

‘The Glass Castle’ by Jeannette Walls, is a book of the trials and tribulations of the Walls family. Even though times had been tough and the parenting was not the best, at the end of the day they were all there for each other. With this tough childhood, Jeannette had, shaped her as a successful woman. Growing up, Jeannette learned responsibility, education and fearlessness all at a young age. Jeanette's childhood taught her all the things she needed to be a successful woman

Jeannette Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle, is about her growing up with parents whose beliefs and persistent rebelliousness was both their curse and their salvation. The book starts when Walls is four years of age; she is gullible and energetic, and trusts her dad can't take the blame no matter what. The family ventures a great deal, living in Las Vegas, Blythe, and Battle Mountain (Nevada), San Francisco (California), Phoenix (Arizona), Welch (West Virginia), and New York City. Additionally, a great part of Walls’ memories happens while her family is in their car, traveling to new places. As the book advances, and she hits her pre-adolescent years, she turns out to be less innocent and starts to acknowledge how strange her family truly is. Jeanette has a kind identity, she learns all through the novel to act naturally, dismissive and strong. As the brokenness of the family is raised, Walls and her siblings fought for themselves, supporting each other through their parents’ neglect and, finally, find the advantages and will to leave home.

Success in life does not ultimately rely on a person’s upbringing. Often, society tends to blame their parents, or the lack of opportunities given to them as a reason for their failure to achieve an ideal lifestyle. This is one of the main ideas represented throughout Jeannette Walls memoir, The Glass Castle. She overcomes all the destructive people and behavior in her life. Even though she had no advantages growing up, we still see Jeannette become a successful adult.

Many people look up to their parents and wish to imitate their success. Many people recall their childhood as the good old days when life was easy and stress-free. However, not everyone can relate to carefree childhoods and role model parents. The memoir The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is the story of Jeannette Walls’s childhood. The memoir includes short stories from the past and an overall summary of Jeannette’s life. Jeannette Walls became the woman she is because of her childhood and the hardships she faced growing up.

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is an autobiography about a young woman’s journey in life. It delves into her childhood, which was as dire as it could become, and how she was able to break her family’s habits and achieve her dreams of becoming a reporter/journalist. There were several significant lessons throughout the story, but what I deemed to be the most valuable lesson was that struggle is important. In the book, struggle is what built Jeannette into who she is today. It drove her to be successful in life, taught her that hope is always out there, and formed her character.

Taking risk is one of the most sheer ways to develop as a person. By experience, You will recognize that playing it safe will lead you to an unsuccessful life, and your mistakes educates you by your faults and achievements. For instance, attaining things that you aren’t capable of doing, and making mistakes that help you enhance yourself. In a way, taking risk is exposing yourself. For example, purchasing a new wardrobe to reveal your personality. You have to be liberal to what you attempt to master, and you will develop as a person.

Imagine a society without taking risks what world will we become if we don’t take risks. Taking risks shows confidence, and helps you stand out. For example, rosa parks took the risk of not giving up her seat to a white man she stood up for what she believed in even though she went to jail for that she took a risk that changed her life. We learn from risks and those lessons may lead us on an important path in our life. We take risks for a reason and by making choices is a risk taking