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Broken promises and disappointment can tear families apart, sometimes never allowing them to be fixed.

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Broken promises and disappointment can tear families apart, sometimes never allowing them to be fixed.

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Rex has promised many things to his children, never going through with any of them. He has promised bright futures with the Glass Castle and a better relationship with his family after he quits drinking. The kids always brushed these faults aside due to their love for him but they slowly realized his true nature over time. Lori lashed back at him after their grandmother's death once Rex said, "You kids. You make me ashamed." (Walls 181) replying with, "You're ashamed of us?" (Walls 181). This is a summary of everyone's disappointment in Rex as a husband, father, and role model. Years of lies will lead to turmoil and large arguments like the courtroom incident and how my picture represents.

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Growing up in either a chaotic or controlled household never defines who you will become.

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Growing up in either a chaotic or controlled household never defines who you will become.

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Jeannette had a very outlandish and chaotic lifestyle growing up, living in 27 different addresses through her young years. However, she never let this define who she was and instead used it to create a lifestyle that was more "calm and predictable" (Walls 286). She later married man who was the exact opposite of her father. Eric wasn't a "a hard-drinking, hell-raising, charismatic scoundrel..." (Walls 282) like her father, signifying her need to escape her past hardships and instead plan her life in a more idealistic and order induced environment. This relates to my image because chaos can be harnessed and converted into an orderly fashion.

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Forgiveness can help individuals grow and rekindle broken relationships.

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Forgiveness can help individuals grow and rekindle broken relationships.

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Jeannette's strained relationship with her father was a main idea of The Glass Castle. She resented him for pimping her out at the age of thirteen but couldn't find it in her heart to completely leave him. Moreover, she says, "I could not imagine what my life would be like—what the world would be like—without him in it." (Walls 279). Although she didn't have a idealistic home life, she still owes her drive and determination to the teaching of Rex. She forgave him eventually, sharing a heartfelt moment one last time before his death. Although Jeannette allowed herself to forgive, some of the other family members weren't as generous, Brian and Maureen being the more estranged. Brian found his own family with a wife and daughter and Maureen moved to California in order to, as Brian stated, "get as far away from Mom and Dad, and probably the rest of us, as possible" (Walls 276). This shows their inability to forgive their parents and eagerness to start anew somewhere they had control. Jeannette was the only one to gain closure about her father and bettered her and her parents relationship, much like how my picture represents.

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Acceptance can relieve one's mind of all the stress and guilt of their situation.

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Acceptance can relieve one's mind of all the stress and guilt of their situation.

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Seeing her mother dumpster diving along the streets of Manhattan had a large effect on Jeannette's ego as she was afraid of what people may think of her mother. She brought these concerns up to Rose Mary to only be told that she worries to much about self-image. Walls agreed, stating that she needed to come around to "accepting the notion that whether I liked it or not, this was how it was going to be." (Walls 264). Her accepting her past was a step towards forgiving her parents and further bettering their relationship. Much like my picture, they came to respecting each other's life-styles, growing with the process. Finding peace in her parents unorthodox happiness has create a balance and understanding of each other, fitting the description of my picture.

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A parents non-conformity to social norms can have lasting physical and mental effects on children.

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A parents non-conformity to social norms can have lasting physical and mental effects on children.

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Jeannette's parents could never be held down by any government regulations and would constantly be moving to avoid the "Gestapo". This much change of scenery and a lack of strong parenting led Jeannette to becoming more independent at a younger age. With this freedom also comes many dangers, such as burning a large portion of your body attempting to boil hot dogs. Many social norms would advise against letting an unattended three year old cook her own meal but the Walls never liked to follow the rules. Skepticism came later in the words of the nurses when they asked Jeannette, "what I was doing cooking hot dogs by myself at the age of three." (Walls 10) Jeannette simply shrugged off the questions and her parents later ran out in order to avoid a hospital bill. These actions stray from a normal, functioning societies ideologies but the Walls do not care what is thought about them. The picture relates to the family due to their strong beliefs of individualism.

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Self-sufficiency may be the only way people can survive with no help.

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Self-sufficiency may be the only way people can survive with no help.

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When the Walls were trapped in Welch, Lori, Jeannette and Brian all had to work their own side jobs in order to make ends meet. Jeannette and Lori's dream was to move to New York in an attempt to make it out of Welch and create a life of their own. To achieve this, they had stored their wages inside of a tiny piggy bank. Jeannette stated that it was  "the beginning of my escape fund." (Walls 221) They're self-sufficiency ultimately was thwarted by a drunken Rex who broke into and stole all of the money inside of the piggy bank. However, their perseverance does work out in the end as Lori works for a full summer to make just enough to get her to New York. Throughout the story, each one of the Walls' children had to put their young minds to work in order to survive as my picture also depicts.