The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a touching memoir
depicting the hardships and uniqueness in Walls life. Being forced to grow up
at such a young age has taught Walls many life lessons, but given her many
obstacles to overcome. Her family situation was rough she had three siblings,
and alcoholic father, and an unattached mother.
Growing up with this type of family forced them to move around quite a
bit. Moving from place to place and never settling down or feeling a sense of
love made Walls feel like an outcast. Annoyed and conflicted with her parents
Walls and her sister Lori devise a plan to escape to New York. Walls ran away
from life with her parents without a thought, until later when she finds out
her father Rex had died from a heart attack. The death of her father changed
her perspective on her “new life.”
Walls’ writes a thrilling and brilliant memoir conveying the
story of her life with deep emotion. The chronological order aids to the
purpose of finding peace within herself. By starting off with her hard life and
finding a way to change her future while balancing her past is conveyed
perfectly by the author with the arrangement of events.
I think Walls wrote this memoir to show the audience what
she has overcome, and how she has done it. She writes this to show that in
order to make a change in your future you must think about the past. Walls does
a wonderful job of achieving her purpose in a inspiring heartfelt way.
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