Essays on The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a beautifully written story of her not so average life. She talks about her dad, a smart engineer who cares about his children and has taught them many important lessons. But, when he drinks, he turns damaging and...

The Glass Castle is based on a true story and focuses on the life of a young girl and her family. The story is very raw and illustrates the situations that Jeannette and her family face. The Walls are not the normal idea of an...

The Glass Castle, Walls Jeannette, shared her experiences growing up with parents who are totally acting differently from a normal society. Their strange behaviors made Jeannette and her siblings struggling with how they should interact with society. However, Jeannette was having a problem with her...

Jeanette Walls’ memoir, The Glass Castle, narrates Jeanette’s unusual youth portrayed by tenacious neediness and the disarray and perplexity of broken guardians and their itinerant way of life. What is exceptional about Jeanette’s story is that despite the fact that Jeanette’s folks were untrustworthy, careless...

The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls is a beautifully told story of her not so average life. She talks about her dad, a smart engineer who cares about his children and has taught them many important lessons. But, when he drinks, he turns damaging...

There are several different social issues seen in “The Glass Castle” social class, sexual abuse, alcohol abuse, hunger, neglect, and poverty. Based on a true story it shows the real uncensored life of an american family who faces struggles and challenges that decline throughout time....

I think that the author, Jeannette Walls has chosen the title The Glass Castle for the memoir because it makes me realize as I read the book along the father, Rex Wall had a dream of building a castle that is unique and is more...

The Glass Castle works to set an enthralling and simultaneously horrific tale from the very beginning. Through tales of exploration and poverty, of hopes, dreams, and abuse. Jeanette Walls makes the writing seem effortless in the way it conveys the oxymoronic themes that run throughout...