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" Suddenly Mom grinned broadly. "I`ll bet there aren`t any other artists living in Welch," she said. " I won`t have any competition. My career could really take off here.

This picture relates to this theme by that their mother lived in an other world where she thought everything was perfect and that is what the castle is, when in reality they lived in a beat up home just like the tree house on a hill.

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"At times I felt like I was failing Maureen, like I wasn`t keeping my promise to protect her- the promise I`d made to her when I held her on the way home from the hospital after she`d been born. I couldn`t get her what she needed most- hot baths, a warm bed,..."
" " Never did build that Glass Castle" "No. But we had fun planning it." "

The broken glass represents all of their fathers broken promises.

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" "That true," Mom said "but it could also improve my self-esteem. And at times like these, self-esteem is even more vital than food." "
" Brian yanked the covers back. Lying on the mattress next to Mom was one of those huge family-size Hershey chocolate bars, the shiny silver wrapper pulled back and torn away. She`d already eaten half of it. Mom started crying. "I can`t help it," she sobbed. " I`m a sugar addict, just like your father is an alcoholic." "

The ring represents the mother when Jeannette and Brian found the ring and all she cared about was her self-esteem. She did not care that the children did not have anything to eat all she cared about was herself.

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" "But you always loved your old man, didn`t you? "I did dad" I said. "And you loved me." "

This represents father and daughter bond that ever since Jeannette was small and as she got older she still kept loving her father.

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"When other girls came in and threw away their lunch bags in the garbage pails,I`d go retrieve them."
" Mom was sitting on the sofa bed, eating the piece she`d cut. " Mom that ham`s is full of maggots," I said. " Don`t be so picky ," she told me. " Just slice off the maggots parts.The inside`s fine."
" A few days after Mom and Dad had brought me home, I cooked myself some hot dogs."

The hot dog sausages represents when Jeannette even after her accident she still provided for herself because of her mother`s irresponsibility of not providing any food for them.

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" We hadn`t scammed Robbie, but we`d worked him in a way that felt downright sleazy, and I`d ended up in a tight spot. If Robbie had been set up by dad, so had I."

This shows how Rex found a way to play to win Robbie for money. He practically cheated his way through by using Jeannette.