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4. Jeanette has a right to be upset with the actions of her parents who aren't taking their living and financial situation serious and play into making the kids believe that the search for the glass castle is right around the corner. It brings up their hopes only to be let down once the parents start going through their random episodes of drinking, smoking, and not having proper parental behaviors.

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Their improper use of money is questioned by Jeanette when she asks Rosemary what happened to the money that she cashed out. "I've got a houseful of kids and a husband who soaks up booze like a sponge (Walls, pg.197)." It's a if she's shift all the blame to the kids when Rex can find himself a job to help support while the kids can't. They can't fend for themselves. Jeanette then thinks about it and starts to thinks that Rosemary is using that money just for herself. At that point it wouldn't be surprising since she only thought to buy herself chocolate and nothing for the kids.

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Jeanette is finally able to realize that her parents' way of parenting and their adventurous behavior about the way they live is not the right way and starts to drift away from that and tries to make her siblings see it too.

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I read the last few pages through a window because I have never had to live a life like this. Jeanette has finally come to realize that this isn't a life she wants to continue. Surviving off of one meal per day and poor health.

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1. We read that Jeanette's family is a lower class because they don't have a proper education, can't make it through a week without having any proper meals to last them or any bedding. Many of us readers have that privilege. It gives us insight on the cruel living situation the family is in. The kids don't really realize their financial situation because the dad makes them believe that they are going to find the glass castle soon and that everyone is going to get everything that they want. They believe that everything is going to work out for them in the end and that parents don't do anything that can help them get closer to the glass castle by saving money or keeping jobs.

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Jeanette says that she finds herself surviving off of just one meal at school. "Sometimes that lunch was all I had to eat all day, but I could get by just fine on one meal (Walls, pg. 110)". It's really infuriating that the parents won't use their money wisely even when considering that their kids don't have a guaranteed meal every single day, but just a single meal from school that will barely fill their appetites.

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2 main issues throughout the book are social class and poverty. Rex and Rosemary don't have the right mindset to try and save any of their money for the kids but go and spend any of their money on unnecessary things. The kids are left to starve and Jeanette resorts to digging through the school garbage to search for any leftover scraps and shoving them in her backpack but she doesn't want her classmates to find out that she is planning on taking some for herself and for the rest of her siblings. Once she starts to smell the bologna, she gets rid of it so no one finds out she had taken it out of the trash.

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I read the last few pages through a window because I have never had to experience only surviving from one meal at school and it's just sad that kids who are probably in a similar financial struggle as Jeanette also have to find ways around starvation. Whether that means they do it for just themselves or for their siblings also.

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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.

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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.

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Why did this quote stand out to you?

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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).

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Race/Ethnicity

Religion

Education

Culture

Health

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1. Fires. Jeanette caused fires and it makes me wonder how Rex and Rosemary don't worry at all about their children not keeping away from anything flammable and just left them do whatever with not much care.

8. Positivity is shown in the family. The kids love their life because they are searching for their Glass Castle and aren't pessimistic. They aren"t bothered by the fact that they live differently from other families and that their own family just does on adventures.

10. One thing I believe is missing is Rex and Rosemary's presence. When Jeanette melted Tinkerbell's face or when she lit the bathroom on fire, her mom wasn't around to prevent it. There was no parental figure who checked to see what was happening.

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The glass castle is supposed to be their forever home. "...and so we could build the glass castle". Rex speaks about the glass castle as if it's their dream home that the family is searching for but I find it wild how he brings their hopes up when they can barely afford to survive without running off for being in one place for too long. How would he know that they have finally found the glass castle if they can barely last for a certain time in one place and then move.

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The education and health of the family as a whole is concerning. The kids aren't properly enrolled into school because the parents think that they only need survival skills in the world. They won't be able to afford college or earn any scholarships into future schools that can help with their path in life to help support them. Health plays another part that concerns me very much. How dos Rex not prefer for Jeanette to be taken care of by professionals and hates authority. I question if they believe in diseases or medication.

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The novel so far feels like a window because I have been fortunate enough to grow up with an education and never had to wonder when my next meal would be or come from. The Walls family moves around but I've never moved. I'm really thankful for having a better life growing up compared to Jeanette's. Having parents that cared about my well being and safety.

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

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