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Sacrifice In The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls

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Children should not have to sacrifice so that they can have the life they want; individuals make sacrifices so children can have the life they deserve. The Glass Castle (2005), Jeannette Walls is the third child who is tall and skinny with red hair like her siblings Brian and Lori. The Walls family are the poorest family on their street. The day she will always remember is being burned by a fire while cooking hot dogs at age three and believed she has connection with a fire. She spent her whole life by dealing with skedaddle and living in the desert with careless parents (Rex Walls and Rose Mary Walls). She grew up with no rules and had to live the risks. For example, she got in a fight with three Mexican girls for being smart in class and, …show more content…

It brings the best out of that person. Jeannette has been studying the livelihoods of other families in their neighborhood and tried to tell Rose Mary to leave Rex Walls so that they can qualify for welfare. Rose Mary refused and Jeannette is struggling to get better. When she was in high school and discovered her passion for journalism when she begun working for the school newspaper, Maroon Wave. At the newspaper, Jeannette also has access to news stories from around the country and she gains a better understanding of the world. Then, she spent her life as a “mother” to take care of kids and she has become a determined lady to make sure that they have all of the needs. After she observed the way their family acting, it builds her personality to know what she needs to be successful. Jeannette grew up with the identity of always running away with her family. As she grew up she realized she did not want that. She wanted to try and live on her own. Two filmmakers from New York City came to Welch for a cultural growth project in Appalachia, and Jeannette and Lori were delighted by these city men. The filmmakers tell Lori she has talent and suggest she move to New York City if she is serious about being an artist. After Jeannette thought of something, she tells Lori about her escape fund, and the sisters decide that Lori will move to New York City after she graduates from high school. Her and her sister …show more content…

It is all about strength, characters, patience, obstacles, and love the enemies. In some ways, adversity is good because it teaches the citizens the values of life and gains the better decision-making. It will always be the part of life. If you did not have experienced the family adversity, you would have work for some company that you would not enjoy or would not work so hard on what you truly believed in. Suppose you have been through the tough periods of time, you will look back and you have learned your lessons and gains the benefits. For example, adversity gives me a lot of disappointment about being different from those people. I used to ask myself, “Why cannot I be hearing like others?” The day my mom told me that if I received the gift from god that are not same as other and it was meant to be special for me. It means god knows I can fight for the better in life as a deaf person. When I see all of talks and laughs, it makes me sad that I could not hear their voices. Sometimes it makes me mad a little. One day I stopped thinking the negativity thoughts about being deaf and I started to talk to people like normal person with sign language and voice. The result is they understood and no awkward situation. It made me feel good about pushing myself to challenge the real world. The benefit is that a person would (hopefully) pull themselves up and understand they are powerful. They will make the difference in

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