• What experiences do you share with the characters? An experience that I share with the characters is always being close to family.

• In what ways is your family similar or different from those in the book?

  My family is different from Jeannette's by not being white, and not constantly moving all over the place.

• What did you learn about a character or group of people that you have not personally experienced?

  I learned about how it felt to shoot a gun when Jeannette was describing how powerful the gun was when she shot it.

• Social Class

• Race/Ethnicity

• Religion

• Education

• Culture

• Health

• Political Landscape

  Health is something that is an issue with the author. She was always mistreated and her parents would hardly take care of her and her siblings as well. Her father was abusive and an alcoholic and her mother was always busy doing something. When Jeannette was in the hospital the doctors asked how she was living and the doctor noted something that was bad and could get the parents in trouble. Child endangerment is something Jeannette is dealing with but she doesn't know because shes used to being taught things on her own and isn't watched as much. This

• Give context for your quote. What was happening in the story that made this quote significant? Who was speaking?

• After Jeannette was dealt with with her burns from the fire the nursres questioned her in the hospital talking about how is it at home and Jeannette replied how her mother lets her do anything at home. "Mom says I'm mature for my age," I told them, " and she lets me cook for myself a lot."(Walls 11)

• Why did this quote stand out to you?

  This quote stood out to me because it shows how her mother doesn't pay too much attention to her and her siblings and anything could go wrong with everyone because the parents hardly watch the kids.

1. Choose a significant event that occurs in your reading. What do you think the author's purpose was in telling that part of the story? A significant event that occurs in the author's life is when Rex the father of Jeannette the author does the Rex-Wall style which is when they escape and run out of place. This isn't the first time but this time in particular they ran out of the hospital because her dad found it dumb why they wanted to keep her daughter in the hospital more. Rex is a person who always thinks he is better than everybody and thinks highly of himself. Jeannette has experienced this many times because later on when her little sister was born they did the same exact thing in the hospital. Jeannette is used to running out of places with her parents.

2. How effective is the author’s use of dialogue? How does dialogue enhance the storytelling? The way Jeannette uses her dialogue is very engaging in some way. The way how she implements dialogue in her book makes it seem the reader is also there experiencing what is happening. Dialogue helps make us readers find a way to learn how to know how the characters are and how they are feeling.

3. What figures of speech are used? (metaphors, similes, hyperbole, personification, etc.) Some figures of speech that are used in the story are metaphors when the father and mother start arguing with each other and cussing. One thing the mother calls the father is a flea-bitten drunk. And the Father would say back flint faced hag. With all of these cusses are each other gives us dialogue and tells us how the parents are and how they look.

1. How might readers in different time periods or of different ages interpret the text?

   Readers can most likely relate to this book. This is because Rex the father can access so many jobs after getting fired and fired and still can somehow always get a job after being homeless. The older generation can probably relate to this because they have experienced working in a job and getting fired after words. The younger generation probably can't because there is a high demand for working and it is harder to start working and most haven't started working in a job yet.

2. Which of your personal experiences or memories is affecting your perceptions of the story?

   A personal experience that is affecting my perception of the story is when I was a kid I would behave and not cause any damage or annoy anyone unlike the kids in this book on how Jeannette almost died by being set on fire. It is changing my perception of this story because I wasn't like how Jeannette was as a kid always being outside on my own and getting myself in crazy situations. I couldn't do it to myself to go outside on my own and not be scared what might happen because no one is watching me to be safe.

3. What was the work’s original intended audience? To what extent are you similar or different from that audience?

   The original intended audience for this story is for the people that don't know the struggle of being homeless and still find themselves to make the best out of the situation. Jeannette so far makes it seem like her childhood wasn't as bad and being homeless wasn't a problem. But deep diving into this book you can understand how people could be living always moving, starving, money when given is very tight, and the fact this was a whole family was harder because everyone had to share and had to believe and be happy that everything is going to fine.

"We were always supposed to pretend our life was one long and incredibly fun adventure (Walls 83)

• Give context for your quote. What was happening in the story that made this quote significant? Who was speaking?

  Jeannette was very hungry and there wasn't anything in the fridge anymore which made mom angry because not only her would suffer but also the whole family. Then Jeannette remembered the rule mom made and it was that quote. Mom then broke down and started to break down because it was very difficult now because the kids are getting grown and could understand the things why mom and dad would argue about.

• Why did this quote stand out to you?

• Social Class

• Race/Ethnicity

• Religion

• Education

• Culture

• Health

• Political Landscape

  Jeannette goes through a traumatizing experience when she was a little child and doesn't really understand what really happened. Overtime as she got older this probably had a negative impact on her mental health because she never talked about it with anyone. Her childhood is full of mentally overwhelming things because her family moves around a lot as well. She does't realize that her parents have terrible habits and because of them led them to this situation, always struggling. Her father Rex is a constant drinking addict and her mother Rose, always has her art ahead of family.

  
  

• What experiences do you share with the characters?

  An experience that I share with is losing a loved one in my family.

• In what ways is your family similar or different from those in the book?

  However Jeannette's family didn't seem to care as much when I lost someone in my family.

• What did you learn about a character or group of people that you have not personally experienced?

  I haven't experienced really stressed myself about worrying if I am going to eat the nest day or stress where I might end up be at.

1. Jeanette and her family are different because they are seen to fit the lower class. Barely being able to live normally because they had no money. But they always made the most out of the situation by living unusually and making it normal. But other people would still see them as horrible people as soon as they did the bullying in school with Jeannette. The black girl was making fun of how Jeannette always came to school because she was different looking to everybody else. But eventually it took just Jeannette to walk someone home to have the black girl realize she isn't all bad after all.

" I stared at Erma and Stanley and Grandpa, searching for some feature that reminded me of dad, but I saw none. Maybe this was one of Dad's pranks, I thought (Walls 131)."

• Give context for your quote. What was happening in the story that made this quote significant? Who was speaking?

  Jeannette and her family move into West Virginia with Dad's parents. When they got to Erma's house she thought she was ugly to be Dad's mom because Dad looks handsome and good looking then Jeannette examines the rest of people that were there and none looked like Dad.

• Why did this quote stand out to you?

  This quote stood out to me because it shows the moment of how the relationship between Jeannette and Erma would be they would argue with each other and ultimately never be friendly with each other.

1. How do economic conditions determine the characters' lives?

   In the Glass Castle the characters that are presented are affected by the economy because of the costs of things to live. There is a lot to pay for to live a normal life like everybody else like education, health, rent. For Jeannette's family it was a struggle because in the schools she would get enrolled to with her siblings weren't the best because the staff there would do a lot of weird crazy things like carrying a rifle in an elementary school. Her parents wouldn't pay for anything at the hospital leading them to flee out of the building without paying anything. And food as well there were many days where the whole family went without eating because it was hard to afford food. And lastly rent to own a place to live is challenging because you have to pay a certain amount to live there and this time in particularly with our characters they were jobless at some points in the book which led to so much moving around from state to state. Jeannette's family are considered the lower class of living. When being there it is difficult to have a livable life like everybody else in the world. There was hardly any help given to poor people back then compared to what we have now. There are more job opportunities and living places for people in need of help to live.

• What experiences do you share with the characters?

  An experience that I share with one of the characters is Lori because whenever my parents are out and its just be and my siblings I am always left in charge of everyone's home.

• In what ways is your family similar or different from those in the book?

  My family is different from Jeannette's is the fact that my family has never left the state once compared to the authors always constantly moving from state to state.

• What did you learn about a character or group of people that you have not personally experienced?

  I learned about how some people can think they are normal and seem normal and others might judge you for who you are and your appearance.

"I couldn't get over the way kids tossed out all this perfectly good food: apples, hard-boiled eggs, packages of peanut-butter crackers, sliced pickles, half-pint cartons of milk, cheese sandwiches with just one bite taken out because the kid didn't like the pimentos in the cheese (173 Walls)."

• Give context for your quote. What was happening in the story that made this quote significant? Who was speaking?

  Jeannette would always hide in the bathroom stalls in school and lie to other students that she brought lunch to school but she didn't. During lunch hour she would be there waiting for kids to throw all of their food and she would deep dive in the trash can and eat the perfectly good food she calls.

• Why did this quote stand out to you?

  This quote stood out to me because she did this because she couldn't take the hate other kids called her and her brother. It is really sad to see how people treated Jeannette and her brother Brian because of how they looked. And then eating the people's leftover food that made fun of you too is even more sad but at least she is making the most out of the situation.

  
  

• What experiences do you share with the characters?

  An experience I can share is with Jeannette, always trying to save as much money for my wants in life.

• In what ways is your family similar or different from those in the book?

  My family is different from the authors because my family doesn't have any immature behaviors like how Rex and Rose Mary have.

• What did you learn about a character or group of people that you have not personally experienced?

  I learned that Rex would do anything for money even if it can be something very disturbing and wrongful horrible.