The Glass Castle
Jeanette’s childhood was like no other. The Wall’s nomadic lifestyle taught Jeanette from an early age that she had to take care of herself. While most three year olds are playing with dolls, at age three Jeanette was cooking hot dogs by herself on the stove. The Glass Castle shares Jeanette’s stories of her adventure-filled childhood. In the memoir, Jeannette Walls perseveres through tough times, forgives others and becomes self-reliant, which shows that overcoming barriers leads to finding happiness.
When you keep moving forward and let the past go, you physically and mentally become stronger. Her childhood was filled with ups and downs, but Jeanette never let anything get to her. Rose Mary argues,“You’ve got to get right …show more content…
With forgiveness it lets you to keep moving forward. “You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.”(144). Rose Mary explained the importance of forgiving others. Forgiveness is not something we do for others, but for ourselves when we are hurt, it lets you move on. It’s important to let the past go emotionally and mentally. Rose Mary ackknowledges,“I’m a sugar addict, just like your father is an alcoholic.’ She told us to forgive her the same way we always forgave Dad for his drinking.” ( 177). It was pointed out to Jeannette that they should show their Mother the same forgiveness that they do for their Father. Jeanette and her siblings fended for themselves while growing up. They would dig through the trash at their school to pick scraps and go dumpster diving to look for food. While they had pretty awful parents, who ate candy under her comforter while the kids haven’t eaten in days and she refused to get a job to “focus on her art”. Their dad who would go missing for days, wasted all the family’s money gambling and drinking. But even after everything, they agree to forgiving their mom for her selfish act. Jeanette believes, “But despite all the hell-raising and destruction and chaos he had created in [our lives, I could not imagine what my life would be like - what the world would be like - without him in it” (279). She looks past all the bad times and realizes how her family members have played a very import role throughout her childhood. Forgiveness is essential to do to personally heal and make peace with what happened.That shows how strong of a person she is. Jeanette decides to remember the positive and happy times over the
Jeanette’s childhood was like no other. The Wall’s nomadic lifestyle taught Jeanette from an early age that she had to take care of herself. While most three year olds are playing with dolls, at age three Jeanette was cooking hot dogs by herself on the stove. The Glass Castle shares Jeanette’s stories of her adventure-filled childhood. In the memoir, Jeannette Walls perseveres through tough times, forgives others and becomes self-reliant, which shows that overcoming barriers leads to finding happiness.
When you keep moving forward and let the past go, you physically and mentally become stronger. Her childhood was filled with ups and downs, but Jeanette never let anything get to her. Rose Mary argues,“You’ve got to get right …show more content…
With forgiveness it lets you to keep moving forward. “You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.”(144). Rose Mary explained the importance of forgiving others. Forgiveness is not something we do for others, but for ourselves when we are hurt, it lets you move on. It’s important to let the past go emotionally and mentally. Rose Mary ackknowledges,“I’m a sugar addict, just like your father is an alcoholic.’ She told us to forgive her the same way we always forgave Dad for his drinking.” ( 177). It was pointed out to Jeannette that they should show their Mother the same forgiveness that they do for their Father. Jeanette and her siblings fended for themselves while growing up. They would dig through the trash at their school to pick scraps and go dumpster diving to look for food. While they had pretty awful parents, who ate candy under her comforter while the kids haven’t eaten in days and she refused to get a job to “focus on her art”. Their dad who would go missing for days, wasted all the family’s money gambling and drinking. But even after everything, they agree to forgiving their mom for her selfish act. Jeanette believes, “But despite all the hell-raising and destruction and chaos he had created in [our lives, I could not imagine what my life would be like - what the world would be like - without him in it” (279). She looks past all the bad times and realizes how her family members have played a very import role throughout her childhood. Forgiveness is essential to do to personally heal and make peace with what happened.That shows how strong of a person she is. Jeanette decides to remember the positive and happy times over the