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"But when Dad pulled out a bottle of what Mom called. “the hard stuff,” she got kind of frantic, because after working on the bottle for a while, Dad turned into an angry-eyed stranger who threw around furniture and threatened to beat up Mom or anyone else who got in his way. When he’d had his fill of cussing and hollering and smashing things up, he’d collapse."

when he drank he would turn very aggressive although he is a good person when he drinks he is a whole different person and it seem everytime he gets money he buys hard liquor

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"In my mind, Dad was perfect, although he did have what Mom called a little bit of a drinking situation."

Shes stick up to her dad in her own state of mind but in the outside, she sees him

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“All of dads engineering skills and mathematical genius were coming together in one special project: a great big house he was going to build for us in the desert.” The dad is very imaginative, he loves to make and create things that could benefit his family.

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In my mind, Dad was perfect, although he did have what Mom called a little bit of a drinking situation. There was what Mom called Dad’s. “beer phase.” We could all handle that. Dad drove fast and sang really loud, and locks of his hair fell into his face and life was a little bit scary
Her dad seems like the kind of "good"but  Fatherly  drinker,He has his bad moments but he never beat his kids or treated his family badly.

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"In my mind, Dad was perfect, although he did have what Mom called a little bit of a drinking situation."

Jeanette really looks up to her father it seems, but she doesn't really consider his drinking problem. It's just a little bit of a situation she says. But her family decides to just handle it and accept that situation. She mostly discusses the great things about her dad, but even when she does that it feels like the dad is a bit distant from the family. The dad does all these things but we don't really know how her siblings and mom feel.

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"But when Dad pulled out a bottle of what Mom called. “the hard stuff,” she got kind of frantic, because after working on the bottle for a while, Dad turned into an angry-eyed stranger who threw around furniture and threatened to beat up Mom or anyone else who got in his way." I picked this line because it hits home and it is relatable .

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"Dad turned into an angry-eyed stranger who threw around furniture and threatened to beat up Mom or anyone else who got in his way. " The dad is short-tempered when drinking, I wonder did he ever hit the mother not knowing he did because he was drunk?

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“Tell us a story about yourself, Dad!” we’d beg him.

“Awww. You don’t want to hear another story about me,” he’d say.

“Yes, we do! We do!” we’d insist.

“Well, okay,” he’d say. He’d pause and chuckle at some memory. “

This quote stood out to me because even though the kids see the horrible influence in the father they still don't feel different about him they love him and think their dad is perfect. I think its probably due to the fact that they are kids they don't understand what's going on. From what I've seen the father hasn't hit the kids I think which is a good thing.

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"Dad turned into an angry-eyed stranger who threw around furniture and threatened to beat up Mom or anyone else who got in his way."

I picked this quote because I feel like when people are drunk, it really reveals the kind of person they are. And it just says a lot about the father and how he is with his family.

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" And then he’d tell us about how, when he was in the air force."

This quote stood out to me because I didn't know that the dad was in the air force but also, because I think that the Dad might have a little PTSD and that's why it makes him act aggressive and makes him drink or smoke a lot. He might get flashbacks he doesn't like so he might think drinking or smoking might take the anxiety away but it really isn't because next thing you know he could hit the mom in front of the kids and that wouldn't be such a good look for him.

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"All we had to do was find gold, Dad said, and we were on the verge of that. Once he finished the Prospector and we struck it rich, he’d start work on our Glass Castle."

This line stood out to me because Jeannette's dad is talking about all of these marvelous plans for the future and telling his kids and himself that these plans are realistic and going to happen. Then he says "All we have to do is find gold", finding gold is incredibly hard and rare, and to base all of their plans around something so uncertain is unfair to his kids.

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"But Dad drank hard liquor only when we had money, which wasn’t often, so life was mostly good in those days. "
So technically when they don't have money its better for her because her dad doesn't drink the expensive stuff and get drunk easier.