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The most impactful people on a person's life are often their parents, parents shape personalities and have a huge impact on the lives of their children.

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How much of an impact a parent has on their children

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How much of an impact a parent has on their children

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Jeannette writes about how much her parents influence her life. Her father raises her to be tough and this ties into how she is able to defend herself. As a young child she admires her father and sees him as the main character in the world. He shapes her personality as a strong willed fighter who always pushed through. Her father may have used some unorthodox ways to bring her up her this way. He states "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim." before he throws his daughter into the water. In the end, Jeannette would not have been who she was without her father.

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Everyone remembers being able to create your own world out of your imagination as a child and progressively losing this ability as you grow older. 

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How one progresses into reality as one becomes an adult 

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How one progresses into reality as one becomes an adult 

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The Glass Castle is a perfect example of progressing into reality. Jeannette slowly realizes her parents are not what they pretend to be and her father is not actually going to build a glass castle. In the beginning of the book she thinks being transported in the back of a dirty U-Haul for hours is a joy, She says "Here goes the adventure!" Later on in the book when they travel to Welch the book reads "We kids were not at all thrilled about the idea of Mom driving us cross country."

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Like a plant growing out of the concrete, Jeannette and her siblings were able to work their way out of Welch and into a new life. 

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Jeannette and her siblings all worked hard to escape the life her parents had given them. They all became successful in the face of adversity. Having to work against the grain is difficult for anyone, and Jeannette and her siblings pulled through and made good lives for themselves when they felt stuck in their situation. Jeannette pushes her sister to move to New York because "I knew that if Lori never got out of Welch, neither would I."

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Fighting back in the face of danger is difficult for anyone. 

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Jeannette is clearly a fighter and when faced with common muggings in New York City she does not let her belongings go without a fight. This is extremely uncommon and directly tied to her upbringing. She even states "People were always were telling me that if i was robbed I should hand over my money and not risk being killed. But I was darned if I was going to let a stranger take my hard earned cash,"  Jeannette had a rough upbringing and this raised her to be strong willed and able to defend herself.

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People who had chaotic childhoods often become very orderly about their lives later on in life. 

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How you must sacrifice to turn turbulence and chaos into order and consistency 

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How you must sacrifice to turn turbulence and chaos into order and consistency 

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As Jeannette phases out away from her parents she becomes more and more orderly. She grows to want to be in control and to be her own person. When Jeannette moved to New York she attempted to separate herself from her parents and doesn't let them live in her home, she keeps them separate from her personal life because she sees the way they drag Lori down. Jeannette tells her sister that "Maybe you're just going to have to kick Mom out,"  She is pushing her sister to get away from the chaotic storm that is her parents.

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Forgiveness is key in relationships, mistakes are going to be made no matter how perfect the relationship is.

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How one is able to forgive and put difficult times in the past.  

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How one is able to forgive and put difficult times in the past.  

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Forgiveness and putting the past away is a key theme in The Glass Castle. Jeannette forgives her father after the countless times he endangers her. She forgives her mother when she justifies her being assaulted by a family member. She tells her dad that he did something right as he is dying. He says "Whenever I think of you, I figure i must have done something right." She replies with " 'Course you did"