https://padlet.com/3344662/7muoj0t8z1tc A memoir by Jeanette Walls en-us 2018-05-21 18:01:17 UTC 2025-11-16 19:59:02 UTC hello@padlet.com 335644 https://padlet.com/3344662/7muoj0t8z1tc/wish/263109611 non-conformity is shown several times in this story when rex refuses to live in the city and use modern day technology.
"he began complaining that we were all getting too soft, too dependent on creature comforts, and that we were losing touch with the natural order of the world." ]]> 2018-05-23 17:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3344662/7muoj0t8z1tc/wish/263109611 335644 https://padlet.com/3344662/7muoj0t8z1tc/wish/263109954 This family is naturally very chaotic. For example when rex begins to chase down pregnant rosemary with his car is a very chaotic moment. order is having an argument at home but chaos is  chasing down your pregnant wife with your kids in the car. 
"i was even more worried about the baby inside moms swollen belly than i was about her"

]]> 2018-05-23 17:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/3344662/7muoj0t8z1tc/wish/263109954 335644 https://padlet.com/3344662/7muoj0t8z1tc/wish/263110070 Jeanette's mother prefers to spend time painting instead of making food for her children. This forces a three-year old Jeanette to learn how to cook hot dogs for herself which causes her to accidentally burn herself and go to the hospital.]]> 2018-05-23 17:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3344662/7muoj0t8z1tc/wish/263110070 335644 https://padlet.com/3344662/7muoj0t8z1tc/wish/263110131 fantasy was when rex walls said that the gestapo were after him when in reality it was bill collectors. 

"i sometimes heard mom and dad discussing the people who were after us. dad called them henchmen, bloodsuckers, and the gestapo."  

]]> 2018-05-23 17:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/3344662/7muoj0t8z1tc/wish/263110131 335644 https://padlet.com/3344662/7muoj0t8z1tc/wish/263110226 When Rex takes the family for a swim, everyone already knows how to swim except Jeanette so to teach her, Rex throws her into the deep part of the Hot Pot while the heat and minerals are hurting her he just waits. Once she catches her breath, he tosses her in again]]> 2018-05-23 17:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/3344662/7muoj0t8z1tc/wish/263110226 335644 https://padlet.com/3344662/7muoj0t8z1tc/wish/264608622 After Rex comes home one night, he tells the family that it's time to "skedaddle". At this time two things happened Jeanette forgot her Tinkerbell doll and they didn't want to return to get it which made her super sad but they prefered to leave it. Right after Rex stopped the car and grabbed the cat then tossed it out like they have before with other cats. Even after getting rid of her pet that she was using for comfort while they were leaving their home , Jeanette still looked up to her parents and loved them no matter what]]> 2018-05-30 18:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/3344662/7muoj0t8z1tc/wish/264608622