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1. What forces are motivating the characters?

I think her parents and her family's financial status force her to do things that if she had more money or better parents she wouldn't do. One example is that if they were to have more money she would have probably been able to get braces and wouldn't have to create her own braces out of a hanger and rubber bands. I also think since her family is not really stable Maureen got baptized in so many churches because she liked the idea of having a sort of place to go where everyone would welcome her. Although he family is not the best they still protect each other and doesn't want anyone to separate them which led to her telling the social worker that they're a good family and since she's used to her dad taking their money and kinda under her dad's control she still gives him their money even though her and her younger siblings need that money.

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1. How do your values alter your perceptions of the text?

I think my values alter my perceptions of the text because I think that it's okay to steal when it's necessary but others who read this think it's not okay to steal no matter what might have interpret the text differently. I also think that my value alter my perceptions because I think that parents should be there for their kids and take care of them but if someone read this whose parents weren't there for them or who are parents who think kids should be completely free to what they want might read the book a think everything that Jeannette's parents did was fine.

2. What was the work’s original intended audience? To what extent are you similar or different from that audience?

I think the original intended audience could basically be anyone. I think this because it could be for someone who went through similar things as she did to show them that they're not alone and that despite where they came from they can go far. I think it could also be for those who didn't come from the same background to show what other people go through and show how their lives are. I'm not from the group of people who went through similar things as she did but I think it still good to read even if you don't come from similar experiences because it can open your eyes of struggles that people go through.

3. Does the text hold the same opinion or perspective of the world as you have? What is there you consider wrong and why? (Use examples, quotes to raise an argument or to discuss your opinion).

I think this text pretty much has the same exact opinion as me because I think that stealing is ok but only when you are in desperate times like the kids are. I think Brian stealing the pickles was a good thing because he was trying to survive even though there are others who might say the opposite. Their parents are supposed to be responsible to take care of them and to provide them with food but they don't so they have to find their own ways to find food.

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1. How do economic conditions determine the characters' lives?

Their economic conditions determine the Jeanette and her families lives because they don't always have a stable place to live and don't always have food. They have this lifestyle because her parents chose to not budget their money correctly. Their economic conditions determine how they act because if they had food Brian would have never gone to steal pickles from the neighbors and Jeannette and Lori would have never eaten the butter. Their economic condition also determines their lives because they overdraft their accounts to get more money and a Christmas with presents and a tree is rare. Overall it affects their lives because it makes them do desperate things to get necessary things like food.

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Choose 3 Formalist Lens Questions to respond to. Your responses should thoroughly respond to the prompt in at least three sentences.

1. How effective is the author’s use of dialogue? How does dialogue enhance the storytelling?

The author's use of dialogue is effective because it allows the reader to get to know the characters more. It enhances the storytelling because it gives a personality to the people in the memoir and helps show their emotions and thoughts. It also enhances the story because it shows why Jeannette feels the way she feels about her parents and siblings and why their relationships are the way they are.

2. What figures of speech are used? (metaphors, similes, hyperbole, personification, etc.)

Some figures of speech used in the Glass Castle are metaphors, similes, personification and imaginary. The author uses imaginary to enhance the writing and give the story more depth and character as well to make the reader imagine what is happening and to make it more realistic.

3. Choose a significant event that occurs in your reading. What do you think the author's purpose was in telling that part of the story?

One significant event that happened in the Glass Castle so far was when Jeannette as a 3 year old was making her own hot dogs and badly burnt herself and had to go to the hospital. I think the author's purpose in telling this part of the story was to show a glimpse of how her parents are. For example it shows that her mom doesn't cook for them and has them do their own thing while she does what she wants and paints instead of watching over her kids. When Jeannette is better and ready to be discharged he dad breaks her out secretly which shows how he doesn't have money to pay the hospital bills and how he runs away from his problems and his reaction to doctors show how he doesn't like people who have more power or money than him.

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Find a quote in this chunk that stood out to you. Please also include a picture or GIF to further describe this quote.

Give context for your quote. What was happening in the story that made this quote significant? Who was speaking?

Why did this quote stand out to you?

Jeanette has been in the hospital for a while and now better but since her parents don't have enough money to pay the hospital bills he dad breaks her out and while he's carrying her out she explains "As he held me close, I breathed in his familiar smell of Vitalis, whiskey, and cigarette smoke. It reminded me of home." (Walls, 14) This quote stood out to me because I think it shows how her home isn't really the most kid friendly place and how her dad is kind of like her home. I think it shows how she is close to her dad and how her only sense and idea of home is based around her dad.

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Choose at least one of the following social issues that were present in this reading chunk. Discuss how this social force was present in a characters life. (Your response should be at least 5-6 sentences).

Social Class

Race/Ethnicity

Religion

Education

Culture

Health

Political Landscape

One social issue that was present in this chunk of reading that we read was social class. It was present because the text shows how Jeannette's family struggles to make enough money to have a stable place to live. Her dad's reaction to the doctors that treated her and the policeman that pulled them over shows how he doesn't like people who have a higher social class (more money and power) than him. It was very present in the characters lives because their social class is very low and it shows because of the fact that they don't have a stable place to live. Also when they don't have enough money to pay medical bills so her dad sneaks her out of the hospital and when Brian cut his head open they didn't take him to the hospital but just took him to a voodoo doctor.

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In what ways was this chunk a window or a mirror? Use the following questions to guide your response, but really we want to hear your personal thoughts and reactions to this chunk!

What experiences do you share with the characters?

In what ways is your family similar or different from those in the book?

What did you learn about a character or group of people that you have not personally experienced?

This section was a window because I personally have never really gone through the things that Jeanette has gone through in this section. I think it was definitely interesting and kinda sad how her mom really doesn't car about her kids and how she just lets them do whatever they want especially at the age of 3 I thought it was interesting how she would make her own hot dogs. I knew that it happens but reading it from the perspective of someone that it actually happened to gives another sort of feeling. My family is different to Jeanette's family because my family doesn't really move around from town to town and we have a stable place to live but a way I can relate is that I consider myself close to my dad although my dad is not really anything like Jeanette's dad.

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Jeanette's family goes to hot springs to swim but Jeanette doesn't know how to swim. So her dad pushed her down into the water and she explains "I staggered out of the water and sat on the calcified rocks, my chest heaving. Dad came out of the water, too, and tried to hug me, but I didn't want anything to do with him, or with Mom, who had been floating on her back as if nothing were happening, or with Brian or Lori, who gathered around congratulating me." (Walls, 66) This stood out to me because I think it was significant since it showed how he dad let her drown to learn how to swim and how it's like the only time Jeanette has ever really been mad at her dad despite all the other things he's done this is like the only time she's really actually been mad. It shows that her dad does want the best for but doesn't really know how to do it or show it because he wanted her to learn how to swim so that she wont drown in the future but he just didn't really do it the right way.

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After a lot of effort from everyone to have a great Christmas they had a tree and presents underneath it. Jeanette's dad opened his gift first which was a lighter and caught the Christmas tree and all the presents on fire and Jeanette recalls that "No one tried to wring Dad's neck or yell at him or even point out that he'd ruined the Christmas his family had spent weeks planning-the Christmas that was supposed to be the best we'd ever. When Dad went crazy, we all had our own ways of shutting down and closing off, and that was what we did that night." (Walls, 115). This quote stood out to me because it explains how they have had so many moments where their dad has disappointed them like this. I think it's sad how they just stay quiet and have to close off especially since they know that their dad would get mad at them if they said anything.

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Social class is a social issue that is present again in these pages. Jeanette's dad loses his job again and her family is deeply struggling to find food. Brian who is also extremely hungry along with the rest of them goes to the neighbors and steals a gallon of pickles because of the amount of hunger he has and Rex gets angry at him and makes him eat the whole gallon of pickles by himself. One day Rex brings groceries for them but the only actual edible, ready to eat, food was a can of corn but her mom took it all for herself and ate it which shows that she cares more about herself than her kids. After that Jeanette finds her older sister Lori eating a stick of margarine. At first Jeanette thinks it's gross but Lori tells her how if you mix it with sugar it tastes like frosting and together they eat all the margarine. In times where people are starving any food is good food and even if it tastes bad their level of hunger can make their mind tell them the food is good.

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A social issue that is present in this reading chunk is health and race. The new place where they live, Welsh, is not a very healthy place to live. Since the town doesn't have a proper sewage system when they flush their toilets everything goes to a once clean river called the tug and all the fecal matter is just there floating around. Another example of a health issue present in this reading chunk is the food that Erma would give them which was just bread and lard. Although they have a place to live the conditions and the way they are treated there isn't good. Another social issue present is racism. When first arriving at her new school Jeannette struggled to find friends. One girl named Dinitia was bullying her but after helping a boy from a dog Dinitia became nicer to her. One day she invites Jeannette over but she isn't able to go because Dinitia is black and lives in a black neighborhood and Erma is extremely racist and if she were to find out Jeannette would get in trouble.

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I relate to the book with the fact that Jeannette was always with her brother Brian and maybe not so much as when I was younger but now I always hang out with my sister when she's in town. I also used to collect rocks when I was younger. My family is different from Jeanette's family since her family would take in a lot of pets and a lot of different kinds of pets too but my family doesn't have any pets and hasn't really ever had any. I learned that some people are really ok with just having a messy, dirty and filthy home. Jeannette's mom wouldn't even want to get rid of the flies. Another thing that I have personally not experienced is that I never had food missing at my house and even if I have my mom would never take food from me and my siblings. My cousins and I would also experiment with random things but we never caught anything on fire and the one time we did it was on purpose. I have also never really had any experiences where I had to take out a gun to defend myself

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Personally I don't relate to anything that happened in this chunk. My family is different because my family would never just let people talk down to us in front of us. I relate to her family though because her siblings stand up for each other which is something my family does. I learned how some people can really just push things aside and pretend that nothing happened like Jeannette's mom did so that she wouldn't have deal with it.