https://padlet.com/388746/361fhlf8am7s Broken Dreams and Promises By Josef Klingaman en-us 2018-09-28 19:50:16 UTC 2025-10-21 09:41:24 UTC hello@padlet.com 388746 https://padlet.com/388746/361fhlf8am7s/wish/288338700 "Mom says I'm mature for my age," I told them, "and she lets me cook for myself a lot."
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle
This image of the boys in the wilderness is reflective of when Jeannette and her siblings would go out and wander, finding different things. This applies to the theme because Jeannette was mature enough to know what she was doing in the wild at a young age.]]> 2018-10-02 19:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/388746/361fhlf8am7s/wish/288338700 388746 https://padlet.com/388746/361fhlf8am7s/wish/288343179 “You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle
This picture of the words tolerance and acceptance represent how Jeannette dealt with the struggles when she was a child, and it applies to the theme because Jeannette accepted her position]]> 2018-10-02 19:18:08 UTC https://padlet.com/388746/361fhlf8am7s/wish/288343179 388746 https://padlet.com/388746/361fhlf8am7s/wish/288351100 “You didn't need a college degree to become one of the people who knew what was really going on. If you paid attention, you could pick things up on your own.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle
This picture represents how Jeannette made her way to her goal by herself with nobody else there to help. This applies to the theme because you need to take that last piece to get to your goal by yourself.]]> 2018-10-02 19:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/388746/361fhlf8am7s/wish/288351100 388746 https://padlet.com/388746/361fhlf8am7s/wish/288353540 “Why spend the afternoon making a meal that will be gone in an hour," she'd ask us, "when in the same amount of time, I can do a painting that will last forever?”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle
This picture is reminiscent of how fantasy and reality are two different spectrum's. This applies to the theme because it was a fantasy that Rose Mary would care for her children, while the reality was that she didn't care one bit.]]> 2018-10-02 19:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/388746/361fhlf8am7s/wish/288353540 388746 https://padlet.com/388746/361fhlf8am7s/wish/288354913 “Look at the way you live. You've sold out. Next thing I know you'll become a Republican." She shook her head. "Where are the values I raised you with?”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle
This picture shows how someone will eventually break free from the normal loop and do the opposite of the others. In this case it represents the theme in the sense that all the children went the opposite way that their parents wanted them to.]]> 2018-10-02 19:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/388746/361fhlf8am7s/wish/288354913 388746 https://padlet.com/388746/361fhlf8am7s/wish/288356405 “In my mind, Dad was perfect, although he did have what Mom called a bit of a drinking situation.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle
This shows two hands making a heart which is like Jeannette's relationship with her father. This is reminiscent to the theme in the sense that Jeannette loved her father, but as soon as Rex would use her for money or steal from her, the heart was easily broken and hard to mend.]]> 2018-10-02 19:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/388746/361fhlf8am7s/wish/288356405