Short Story: The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle is when Rose Mary pretended to be sick and it was up to the children to get their siblings ready for school. She blatantly refuses to cater to her own children’s basic needs. Lastly, Rex, the Walls’ father, brings a woman that is not his wife into the room and it is implied that he engages with intercourse with this woman. The issue with this is that his son, Brian, is right outside the room reading comics. He is witnessing, first hand, his father’s infidelity.

There are no facts in the story to support this, but having a mother growing up is vital. Of course, countless kids grow up just fine without mothers and fathers. But in Paul’s case, his father mistreating him and growing up without a mother affects him in many

On the outside, David’s family is just like any other ordinary family. His mother, Betty, a stay at home mom and his father a radiologist. As the memoir unfolds in front of the reader, it is clear that David is deprived of a basic emotional support system from his parents. This household is very passive aggressive and silent that is mainly due to David’s parents and the lack of communication between family members. At the age of seven, a lump is discovered on David’s neck, and instead of taking care of it, David’s parents chose to wait and go on a shopping spree (Small 137-143).

Koly not only found ways around things but she also tried really hard to fit. Shortly after Koly moved in with Hari’s family she was not to go him. “Chandra warned me not to, I gathered a handful of flowers and took them into Hari’s room (27).” Koly was ordered to keep cleaning and not to bother Hari because he needed rest to try to get rid of his sickness, but Koly didn't care. She knew the right thing to do was to go meet her new husband for the first time.

An example of how she uses “silence” is she always plans trips to get away when something bad is happening. In the scene where Conrad is resting outside, she heads out to talk to him but when the incident is brought up she quickly changes the conversation. When Beth and Conrad meet in the hall she avoids connecting with her son by telling him to clean his room. At one point she says she wishes her son would go off to school so she does not have to deal with him. When Calvin brings up the funeral in the garage she gets really annoyed and refuses to talk about it.

Without a mother figure to teach them right from wrong or yell at them for eating all the snacks in the cookie jar, this left a mark on both of their hearts where only a mother’s love and support can take place. Although Adam could care less about his children and disregarded them when they needed him the most, the twins were lucky enough to have Lee there as a standing father in Adam’s place. Both Adam and Cathy deserted the job of parenthood, but who was the worse of the

Firstly, free municipal education hardly ever is efficient. According to the author, almost 60% of the public school teachers do not have even an undergraduate degree (Boo 85). Mirchi and other similar schoolchildren are not likely to acquire necessary education that could have potentially helped them and their families to escape poverty. Moreover, they risk learning nothing at all since at public school they mostly “play, take recess, play again, then have lunch” (Boo 85). This is not surprising given the fact that the teachers, such as Asha, often ignore their responsibilities and do not go to school (Boo 33).

In my gut i knew i hadn 't done enough but i had enough of letting people walk all over me. He wasn 't the first but he sure as hell was going to be the last. I knew that if i didn 't teach him a lesson that he would do this same thing again to another girl and that 's not fair.

Sam has no clue how to raise a child which is quite evident by how he struggles to change Lucy’s diapers and how he is not feeding her ever two hours, until his neighbor, Annie, explains it to him. He asks for help from Annie to babysit Lucy while he works, similar to any single parent needing a helping hand. Sam’s disability does not interfere greatly with his parenting until Lucy starts surpassing him intellectually. As shown in a scene where Lucy and Sam are reading a book and Sam has difficulties reading a long word so Lucy reads the word for him. Seeing that her father is having difficulties reading the advanced book she takes it away and they start reading Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss.

Second, the parents at home can encourage the child not to bully. This is because there are parents who don’t care. Third, teachers who are supervising should pay close attention by watching carefully and listening for any threats or signs of bullying. Fourth, the school could get security cameras to watch over isolated areas and all around the school. Fifth, there should be punishments such as suspension when caught bullying a couple of times, teaching the bully the consequences of their actions.

When society thinks of the word “childhood,” they imagine it as a precious time for children to be in school and freely play, to grow and learn with the love and support from people dear to their hearts. It is also known to be a cherished period where children are to be innocent and live carefree from fear. However, in the context of The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, childhood is viewed as a tough hardship that Jeannette and her siblings have overcame, and the memories they carry has greatly impacted their lives that it has molded them to who they are