Much like the article states, we see Jeannette becoming controlling, especially when it comes to the budget. She refuses to give Rex money (page 209) and starts saving money (page 224) for an escape fund.

Within the article. Ann Smith states that "It is possible to love someone and be disappointed and hurt at the same time.". This connects to the book in many ways. For instance, a prime example of this statement is found on page 210. Jeanette had been budgeting money for weeks, but that is when Rex "asked me (Jeannette) for another 5 bucks a few days later, i gave it to him. it made me feel sick".

As the article states, people that deal with alcoholic parents have tried to deal with it by using intellect. We see this on page 226, Lori is making a clay sculpture of Shakespeare and according to Jeanette, It looks exactly like him. She did this for a contest to get a scholarship for art school and she used her intellect to try to make it out of her situation, as the article says.

When the article says "Most adult children of a parent with an alcohol use disorder want to forget their past." It connects to when Jeanette wants to leave her old life behind when moving to NYC. She is packing up when she tells us "I wanted to leave everything from the past behind, even the good things, so I gave Maureen my geode"(Walls 239). Even the good things give her bad memories so everything has to stay behind.

One of the Key points in the article is "Many adult children of a parent with an alcohol use disorder want to forget their past." This can be seen in The Glass Castle where Jeanette says "I slid down in the seat and asked the driver to turn around and take me home to Park Avenue"(Walls 3). This shows how Jeanette is embarrassed by their parents and how she wants to forget about them in her new life.

Like what the article states, Jeannette experiences scars throughout her childhood that she does not easily notice until a while later. One moment being Rex being very drunk on Christmas and destroying the tree and the house, scarring the mother and kids from what could have been the best Christmas they ever had (115).

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In the article it talks about how people with a dysfunctional family sometimes struggle to try and imitate a "normal" life as they grow up. This relates to Lori Walls situation when she is trying to leave for New York but "she was not sure what she was supposed to do once she got to New York. That had always been the vaguest part of our escape plan" (Walls 227).

When the article brings up how most people with a disordered parent want to forget their past and move on, this relates to Jeanette Walls on page 240 when she leaves for New York. Her dad reminds her she can come home whenever she wants but she states "I'd never be coming back".

Our third connection is when the article says some parents cases are more severe, and have multiple problems besides just alcoholism. I think in Glass Castle the parents have more problems than just alcoholism. An example is on page 219 when the mom refuses to get out of bed and work to support the family because she is just lazy and won't go. This is not a sign of alcoholism, but rather just mental illness, and not being able to function like an adult.

The article talks about a woman named Maggie who grew up with a father with an alcohol use disorder and a passive mother. This connects to The Glass Castle because Jeanette has similar parents, Rex being the father with a alcohol use disorder and Rose Mary being very passive.

in the article, it brings up how people mimic others behavior when abused by drunk parents. this is shown in the book by Mareen who mimics her friends families a bit too extreme. ¨Once she insisted that the devil had taken the form of a hoop snake...rolling after her down the mountain, hissing that it would claim her soul.¨(Pg 207)