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The Walls Never had much, in fact they were very poor. However after all the hard ships, Jeannette, Brian, and Lori made pretty good lives for each other. So Each one of them had to make the best situation out of what they had. This shows when Rex said “If you don’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim” This was when he was teaching her how to swim by throwing her in the water hoping she would swim which is horrible parenting, however this quote shows that the Walls family was put in the metaphorical situation of being stranded in a body of water, and they had to figure out how to swim so they didn't sink and drown. The picture shows a man swimming in the middle of a body of water. This is the metaphorical situation that the Walls were placed in and they had to persevere their way through their situation.

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Pouring Salt In The Wound Just Makes It Worse

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Pouring Salt In The Wound Just Makes It Worse

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The Walls had a cat named Quixote whom Jeannette and the family loved very much. When the family moved and they were driving in the car, the cat wouldn't sit still. This angered Rex, and he threw the cat out the window. Jeannette, as a young girl who loved her cat, started crying. Then, Rose Mary said, Don't be so sentimental" This shows that neither Rex or Rose Mary had any empathy toward their children as Rose Mary told a reasonably upset Jeannette to not be sentimental about the cat she loved who was just thrown out the window, and Rex threw the cat out the window. The picture represents pouring salt in a wound, which makes it worse. This is like when Rose Mary to not be sentimental to Jeannette after the cat got thrown out the car it just made it worse.

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Becoming Mature At A Young Age Due To Being Put In Tough Situations

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Becoming Mature At A Young Age Due To Being Put In Tough Situations

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Many times, when people are born into unfortunate situations like Jeannette's, they are forced to grow up quick, especially with parents like Rose Mary and Rex because someone has to help out and do necessary things like paying the bills and taking care of young ones when the parents won't. Even when Jeannette was 3 years old she was already cooking for herself because her parents wouldn't. this early maturity shows when Jeannette said, "Mom says I'm mature for my age..." "...and she lets me cook for myself a lot." This shows that at the age of only 3 she was responsible with cooking for herself which is not something a normal 3 year old should be responsible for. The picture shows a kid cooking something, which Jeannette was responsible for doing at the age of 3.

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Unconditional Love Can Blind The Hardships Of The Past

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Unconditional Love Can Blind The Hardships Of The Past

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Even through all the things that Rex had to put the family through they all still loved him and tried to remember the things that he did and the good times they had while there was few. A quote from the book that captures the theme of unconditional love is when Jeannette and Rex were talking and rex said "But you always loved your old man, didn't you?" Jeannette replied with

"I did, Dad," I said "And you loved me." Rex said, "Now, that's the God's honest truth." Dad chuckled. "We had some times, didn't we?" and Jeannette replied with "We did." This quote shows that even through everything that Rex did to Jeannette and her siblings they still loved him and looked on the good side. This picture shows a girl and her father walking which represent Jeannette and Rex who love each other throughout hardships

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The kids grew up in a terrible situation, being very poor and even having to eat thrown out food from trash cans. Even then it is ok for people to be optimistic and to hope they can get out of their situation and live a better life, or just take in the current situation and look at the good of it. This shows when they were sleeping outside staring at the stars. Jeannette said in her memoir, "I told Lori how lucky we were to be sleeping out under the sky like Indians. ‘We could live like this forever,’ I said.' This quote shows how Jeannette was optimistic about the situation and how she liked looking at the stars, even though they didn't have shelter for the night. After, Lori replied with "I think we’re going to." This shows how Lori was pessimistic about the situation and looking from the view of them being poor from the rest of their life. The picture represents the age old "glass half full" and "glass half empty" debate with Jeannette representing the half full and Lori representing the half empty.

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Redeeming Qualities To Someone Who Has Been Neglectful

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Redeeming Qualities To Someone Who Has Been Neglectful

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Rex and Rose Mary were very bad parents to say the least, however at times they at least tried to do good things for their children, because at the end of the day they're their children and they still love them. This shows when Rex said "It's yours," Dad said. "Since when is it wrong for a father to take care of his little girl?" This quote shows that Rex still loved his children and tried to take care of them despite his horrible financial situation, alcohol addiction, and his questionable parenting. The photo represents Rex giving Jeannette a gift because even though he's been a horrible father he still wants to do nice things for his children.