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The Glass Castle
The words "crackling heat" are an example of onomatopoeia. "Crackling" refers to the short, sharp sounds a fire makes when it's burning. Onomatopoeia is a word that describes or mimics the sound...
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The Glass Castle
In The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls writes about her childhood spent moving around frequently, during which she spent a large part of her time homeless. Her parents had strange ideas about the...
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The Glass Castle
Due to her unorthodox—and often perilous—upbringing, Jeanette is forced to be independent, and take care of herself in ways that most children do not. Jeanette's parents, Rex and Rose Mary,...
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There are many examples of figurative language depicted throughout The Glass Castle, with the most common examples of figurative language including metaphors, similes, and symbolism. METAPHOR...
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These chapters have multiple symbols that are candidates for the "major" category. Here are a couple suggestions—but there are even more than these two to consider. 1. On page 169, Jeannette's...
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One of the first memories that Jeannette Walls remembers in The Glass Castle is when she is about three and is cooking a hot dog on the stove. Her dress catches on fire, and she is badly burned....
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To write a thesis-driven essay to cover all that territory, I would first answer all of those questions, just briefly. Then you need to ask yourself what thesis, what main idea, those answers lead...
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Tinkerbell is a symbol of Jeannette because of the terrible things she endures (as a doll) that are very similar to the things Jeannette must endure as a little girl who's nearly as helpless as a...
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When the family moves to Welch, Mary gets a job teaching (The Glass Castle 46). Mary doesn't enjoy teaching, and in order to keep her job, the children do a lot of the work that Mary should be...
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At the risk of seeming to evade the question – what welfare reforms or policies would one recommend after reading Jeannette Walls’ account of growing up in a supremely dysfunctional environment...
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Every family living in poverty has a different story to tell and The Glass Castle, while it has some elements that are generally consistent with poverty in America, can be read as a somewhat...
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In the opening of her memoir, The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls describes being stuck in traffic on her way to a party when, looking out the window of the taxi in which she was riding, she spotted...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
These three books share a few themes in common. One of these is love though different books examine love from different angles. One other common theme is that of oppression. In one book the...
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While Jeannette Walls' memoir, The Glass Castle, received rave reviews and earned bestseller status, it is a little too early to label it a classic. Admittedly, the term classic is ambiguous, but...
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There are many symbols that the author uses in the glass castle. The first is of the glass castle itself, which in its transparency and emptiness reflects how impractical such a dream home is in...
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The Walls family consists of four children (Jeanette, Lori, Brian, and Maureen) her mom and dad, and her dad's mother Erma. Jeanette is our narrator.The memoir is told from her point of view. She...
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In the memoir, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, the theme of survival and the theme of family loyalty are both shown clearly. When the family moves to a new town with nothing, the children do...
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First of all, because The Glass Castle is a non-fiction memoir, it could be considered a coming-of-age story. The author opens the book speaking from her current adult perspective, looking back on...
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Social commentary is when one acts, or rebels, against a group of people or an individual regarding social issues. In regards to The Glass Castle, Jeanette Wells is speaking out about the issues of...
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In the beginning of Jeannette Walls' horrific (and true) story of her life, detailed in her memoir The Glass Castle, her father (Rex) was a good parent. He, when sober, taught his children about...
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Rex and Rosemary Walls are not "traditional" parents. Rex is a nomadic dreamer who is always one step ahead of the bill collectors and drags his family from place to place through the desert and...
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I would have to say that parental neglect made three of the Walls children stronger in the long run, the exception being the youngest daughter, who does not appear to thrive in adulthood. It is...
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This is an interesting question, but one each reader would have to answer for him or herself. Clearly, Jeannette walls grew up in this shockingly dysfunctional family situation and survived. She...
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Jeannette, Lori, Brian, and Maureen all seem to become masters of self-sufficiency from a fairly young age. They learn to make due with what they have and take opportunities where they can. The...
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Let us remember that with the move to Welch, Jeannette's life seems to get even worse, if that is possible. When they return to Rex's home town and stay with Rex's parents. his mother abuses the...
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Let us remember that the move to Welch that Jeannette makes with her family back to her father's homeland represents an even harsher time of deprivation and want compared to anything Jeannette...
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The most prevalent tones throughout this story are the artful combination of ironic humor, acceptance, and childlike honesty. It is clear that the author is not intending to make a social comment...
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The most obvious example of irony is that the father may dream of glass castles and create magical stories about them, but they actually live condiitons of the extreme opposite of castles. At two...
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Probably the strongest example of irony is one we learn as the book ends. Jeannette's mother Rosemary had considerable wealth that could have fed and clothed her children and provided a home for...
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One of the most prominent discussions presented in the book is the idea of parenting and how to do it. Walls and her siblings were not brought up in a home that displayed "traditional"...
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Rex and Rose Mary Walls spend their lives and their children's childhoods attempting to escape from reality physically and mentally. In addition to making up stories and filling his children with...
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There are two things that came to mind when I read this book, which by the way is quite moving and beautiful. First, I thought of a castle as the classic little girl's dream. The fact that it is...
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First of all, from your question, you seem to be presenting two very different ideas. The first idea (in the form of your question) is "What are the effects of the unstable, negative environment...
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couse it is how to say it
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Any time you need to write a summary, you must understand the main ideas of the work you are summarizing. This is why it is necessary to read it more than once. After the first reading, you need to...
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I think the most positive lessons Jeannette learns from her parents were not intentionally taught. Rather, they were perhaps the unsought consequences of living through childhood in "survival"...
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When I describe The Glass Castle the first thing I say is that it is tragically funny. This is how the author comes across - though probably not intentionally. The thing about this story is that...
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The Glass Castle poses questions about the "proper" ways to raise a family. In her memoir, Jeannette Walls details the lifestyle that her parents created for her and her siblings, and she explains...
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One of the most common forms of situational irony in literature is when children take on traditional adult roles. This is ironic, of course, because young children are expected to be dependent on...
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The multiple settings of the story add to the theme of hope and despair. The family moves and each time adds hope to the children that the move will change their future for the better. Jeanette...
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The symbols in The Glass Castle are: the glass castle - her Dad planned to use his knowledge in science and math to design a building made of glass, the roof of which would have solar cells that...
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In a dialectical journal, you are to write quotes from the text as you read, and personally respond to those quotes. Keep in mind that "dialogue" (as in, characters speaking) is not what is meant...
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A haiku is a 17-syllable poem in three lines. The first line must be 5 syllables, the second line 7 syllables, and the third line 5 syllables. It is important to remember that each word must be...