The Glass Castle Hailey Ryan Colin Soha Information

The Glass Castle Hailey, Ryan, Colin, Soha

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Jeannette Walls (author) Bio - - - Jeannette Walls was born into a dysfunctional family in America and lived in poverty. The family moved around a lot and they did not spend a lot of time in one spot. She got a job as a journalist as a young adult and then later wrote a memoir about her life called “The Glass Castle”

“The Glass Castle” was published in 2005

How does the era/time the author lived in impact the novel? - Grew up in the 60’s and 70’s - Racism, sexism. - Social and political revolution. - Less help for the poor in these times. - 1963 -2002

Setting

A Memoir of Jeannette Walls’ Up Bringing in Poverty in The United States ● Jeannette Walls ● Story began in 1963 ● Published (ends in 2002) march 1, 2005

Physical Setting: Phoenix S The Towns: Battle Mountain i. iii. iv. v. Nevada (numerous little towns including Blythe and Battle Mountain plus Las Vegas) San Francisco, California Phoenix, Arizona (both of the grandmothers houses) Welch, West Virginia New York City, New York Welch

Emotional Setting: ● Toddler ● Child ● Teenager ● Adult

Social conditions: ○ Sexual Harassment ○ Poverty

"You'd be destroying what makes it special, " she said, "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty”.

Characters

Jeanette “She decides she wants to be one of the people who knows what is really going on” “For the daughter of the town drunk, you sure got big plans”

The Wall’s family ● “After dinner the whole family stretched out on the benches and the floor of the depot and read, with the dictionary in the middle of the room so we kids could look up words we didn’t know… Occasionally, on those nights when we were all reading together, a train would thunder by, shaking the house and rattling the windows. The noise was thunderous, but after we’d been there a while, we didn’t even hear it. ” (56 -57)

Rex walls “If you don’t want to sink, you’d better figure out how to swim”

Rosemary (mom) “I’m not upset because I’ll miss you, I’m upset because you get to go to New York and I’m stuck here. It’s not fair”

Lori “The same, dad tried stopping before, but it never lasted”

Brian “I guess we scared them off pretty good”

Conflict

What is the complication? Dysfunctional family dynamics. - The mom is completely dependant on the dad The dad is a drunk gambler always escaping trouble Parents can't keep a job Lingering emotional attachment to the children. Flawed priorities

Person Vs. Self Jeanette vs. Coming of age -Hopeful child -Growing up -Regret/ Shame Breaking promises Forgetting who she is Dad vs. Alcoholism: -Disappointing people -Regret -Puts himself and family in danger

Person Vs. Person Mom Vs. Dad (Rosemary Vs. Rex) -Violent fights -Rosemary is dependent on Rex -Reliability Kids Vs. Parents -Priorities Parents prioritize themselves over their kids health and safety

93 little hobart st welch west Virginia Protagonists teenage home Person Vs. Society Walls Family Vs. Poverty Jeannette Vs. Sexual harassment

“A wind picked up, rattling the windows, and the candle flames suddenly shifted, dancing along the border between turbulence and order. ”