The
Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a memoir about Walls' life, and
the crazy nomadic life she had with her family. The first part of the
Glass Castle is purely about her childhood, starting from when she
was very young and continuing until she is around ten or eleven. Her
and her siblings' lives are greatly influenced by their parents, who
many would say are not the best of parents. Her mother is a free
spirited woman who does not believe in rules while her father is a
brilliant drunk, chasing the dream of inventing something great, even
if it leads his family to ruin. While most people would agree
that Walls' childhood was not the best, she paints it in the light
that showed she was always happy with her situation, blinded by her
childhood innocence that saw her parents always as heroes.
Using
descriptive language, Walls paints the story of her family in the
desert. She tells it as a narrative, flowing from one story, one
home, one crazy adventure, to the next. It seems, her purpose for
this first part of the book, is to show how even if their way of
living was not the same as everyone else, they were happy. Even
through out when they were hungry, fighting, or in a rough patch,
they would come together and become one happy family again. It seemed
their problems would always be fixed with one action that showed good
faith. For example, when her mom and dad were physically fighting one
time, it ended with them laughing together and saying they loved each
other. Not to say that their problems were not major, but I think
that Walls got her point across that you don't have to have the
typical suburban American life to be happy.
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