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Analysis Of Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls

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In the novel, Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, the reader is able to notice many characteristics about Jeannette and her father such as Jeannette being optimistic and her father being a little off. One quote that shows these character traits is, “‘We’re not poor,’ I said. She had used that word one too many times. ‘Of course, you’re not,’ the lady quickly replied. ‘I didn’t mean it that way.’But I could tell that she had. The lady grew quiet, and for the rest of the trip, no one said much. As soon as she dropped us off, dad disappeared. I waited on the front steps until bedtime, but he didn’t come home.”(121). From this quote the reader can tell is that Jeannette is very optimistic because after the lady picked them up and called her family

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