Topic > The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - 1104

The Walls family is shown to struggle with gluttony, sloth, and stability. A man and a woman might have the same desire or goal, but there are many paths to that goal and some are blind or brave to see that there is a wall at the end. But that doesn't stop them from moving forward. They never did the obvious or right thing to improve their lives. The Walls are a family of six: Rex the father, Lori the mother, Jeannette the narrator also the protagonist, Lori the eldest daughter, Brain the only son and Maureen the youngest daughter of the family. They all go around from town to town looking for a house to stay in and get into trouble along the way. The Walls family is poor and unstable, the father provides but cannot keep a job even for a month. Mother Rose doesn't work too often and wastes her money on art supplies. This doesn't mean that parents are bad, it's just that they can't stay in one place for a period of time, but most of the time the past keeps coming back to haunt them. Jeannette talks about her life with her family and her difficulties. Even when the Walls family had no money they didn't care, all that matters is that they are together and well. They weren't interested in products like cars, houses, toys, or even basic necessities like water or food. They didn't even buy coal to heat themselves and keep warm, but they worked and looked for it on the ground. It means that they worry but at the same time worry about money and well-being. The Wall family is a very simple and complex family that lives by their own standards and no one else's standards set by society. Then there is a struggle for money that can be earned easily, simply by working at a job or both parents working to provide; b...... half of the paper ......or social programs, that is, the misuse of the programs. Jeannette had to give an answer that the class liked otherwise they would find out that she had her parents on the street. This is what most people think of homeless people, blinded by their own success, goals and pressure from society. However, society will likely be blind to itself and not see what people really want. Maybe it's most people who want money, a house to go to to stay warm, and a place to sleep. But to what extent they want it, the question is who has the resources and power to make it happen, instead of blaming a class or the government for giving and cutting programs to help the poor. In the United States everything can be scapegoated, there is never a person who says we need to focus on what happens and what we can do to prevent this from happening as we age.