I have read the first forty pages of the book The Glass Castle and once again I nailed it at reflecting the following analysis. The Glass Castle is a memoir narrated from a little girl’s point of view who describes how her family was and what was their lifestyle. The girl’s name is Jeannette Walls (author). Imagine a 3 year old girl that in order to not starve has to cook hot dogs all by herself while her mother is doing and “important” painting, just from the beginning you realize that this family is crazy. There were 5 integrants in Jeannette’s family: her parents (Rose Mary and Rex Walls), her brother Brian, and sister Lori. Jeannette’s earliest memory is the one of her cooking hot dogs when she was 3 at the time she lived in a trailer park in Arizona, when cooking her clothes got burst into flames and screaming for her mom in pain she came with an army blanket which she used to turn of the fire. As simple as that her mom grabbed her and went toward the trailer beside theirs where a lady lived, Jeannette's mom calmly asked the woman for a ride to the hospital as there was no rush at all , after all her husband had taken the car that day. Finally after some weeks at the hospital, jeannette’s father got into a disagreement with the doctor and a few moments later decided to grab Jeannette and run with the rest of the family to the car. 2 months later Rex (her dad) came in middle of the night in a rush, they were leaving. He told the family that they had 15 minutes to gather whatever they could, just what they needed to survive, then they slowly got out of the trailer park so that no one could see them, Rex called it “doing the skadaddle”. Jeannette’s family would do this really often, move from one place to another around the country like nomads. They escaped from bill collectors, but rex liked to say that he was being chased by the FBI.
QUOTES
“He unhooked my right arm from the sling over my head. As he held me close, I breathed in his familiar smell of Vitalis, whiskey, and cigarette smoke. It reminded me of home.”
I was, honestly shocked when I first read this since then I quickly remember that at the time Jeannette was a 3 year old girl, knowing that is how home , smelled. Part of the reason I also got surprised was that I also remembered that this was a memoir meaning, something that actually happened which makes it more intense as I keep reading the book. I can quickly identify that Jeannette Walls is not an easy person to relate on personal experiences not at all, This quote made me feel pity for that little girl who got burned COOKING HOT DOGS which in most of the cases would’ve been her mother doing that job, but no the painting was far more “important”, plus she “felt inspired”. Finally the fact that “Vitalis, whiskey,and cigarette smoke” reminded her of home, just makes you wonder if she lives these types of crazy experiences constantly, and as you keep reading you you notice that she does.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion I´m really happy that I chose this book because it is super different than the other ones I have read. For instance I a big difference is that this book is a memoir and it happened for real in the author's life which does cause a significant impact on the reader. It is incredible how many people like Jeannette have to live they way she did and in a way not have as many opportunities as other people had.
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