https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760 The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls en-us 2018-11-24 17:59:57 UTC 2026-02-12 05:21:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/aws/80961422/f3ce7749a9d5e7071c220444b031fa3993493cf0/926da18fbe111c4acc55d6aeb6b6e75d.jpg 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/307420945 I chose to read The Glass Castle primarily because I enjoy reading memoirs. I read an excerpt of a memoir in my Freshman year English class and I really enjoyed the self-reflection in the piece and how it prompted me to take a look at myself and how the lessons the author learned in their life could be applied to my own. It seemed almost like a book of life lessons, and of a writer telling readers thier mistakes in life so we could learn from them without going through them. One of my peers recommended The Glass Castle and the summary of the book seemed very interesting. I immediately wanted to understand the dynamic of the untraditional family on a deeper level.

]]> 2018-11-24 17:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/307420945 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/307420946 This paragraph lays the foundation of the motivation for the family. They are constantly chasing the elusive 'Glass Castle'. This is where the name to the memoir originates. The Castle highlights the empty promises and unattainable goals that Jeannette's father promised her and her family during her youth. They traveled aimlessly from town to town in their car chasing the false hope of the Glass Castle which gave them purpose in life. This  passage causes readers to feel sympathetic, almost pitying, towards Jennette's family.]]> 2018-11-24 17:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/307420946 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/307420947 Nomad (noun): a member of a people having no permanent abode
ex. It seemed that the Gaddi tribe of India was a nomadic tribe, as they traveled constantly in search of animals to hunt and nuts and berries.]]> 2018-11-24 17:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/307420947 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/307420948 November 30th
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Week #1:  11/30  --- up to page #90
Week #2:   12/7 ---  Up to Page #200
Week #3:   12/14 -- finish the book

]]> 2018-11-24 17:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/307420949 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/307423078 This quote illustrates the mindset of Jeannette during her childhood. Even as a young child she was aware of the precarious situation she and her family faced. Despite her father's attempts to hide any sign of struggle and uncertainty, she and her siblings could sense that at any time their entire life could take a turn for the worse. This quote displays that she was forced to grow up far faster than she should have, and that she had to become very mature quickly in order to survive with her parents lack of structure and parenting. The paragraph also continues the motif of fire that has already surfaced several times in the memoir. Jeannette sees fire as a beautiful but dangerous and powerful force.]]> 2018-11-24 18:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/307423078 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/307435668 This passage brought up a theme that resurfaced several times throughout the memoir; that the children were forced to be responsible for their parents. It creates a juxtaposition in readers minds between most people's ideas of parents and what Jeannette's parents were really like. This quote demonstrates the role reversal in their family. The adults of the family refused to grow up and act like real parents to their children, so Lori, Brian, and Jeannette had to grow up quickly and fend for themselves. ]]> 2018-11-24 21:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/307435668 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/312187948 December 7th
Quote Ranges: (90-120) (120-150) (150-180)(180-200)]]> 2018-12-07 12:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/312187948 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/312188796 Shiftless: (adj) (of a person or action) characterized by laziness, indolence, and a lack of ambition.
ex. The man was so shiftless that he never got up from the couch]]> 2018-12-07 12:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/312188796 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/312288300 This dialogue highlights the mounting tension between Jeanette's father and the rest of her family. Brian especially has always been the least enthusiastic supporter of his fathers unachievable promises and aspirations. His drinking has become so overbearing that even his family who has followed him blindy up to this point are beginning to see through his shield of empty promises and false hopes to the the real man underneath. Brian's attempt to confront his father foreshadows an altercation in the future and suggests that eventually the rest of the family will run out of patience for Jeanettes fathers drinking and false promises. ]]> 2018-12-07 16:07:06 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/312288300 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/312314044 This quote is almost confusing in the minds of readers. If their father is so terrible to them, it leads readers to wonder why they continue to be so dependant on him. The reason they can't let him go is because it would force them to abandon everything they've known. They would lose the structure of their lives and it would become much more difficult for them to keep up the appearance of a normal family. Also, every once in a while their father will have a redeeming moment and get sober and pull his family back in and see the redeeming qualities in him. ]]> 2018-12-07 16:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/312314044 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/312326609 Right before Jeanette's mom said this, her children caught her secretly eating a chocolate bar while her children were starving and scavenging for food. This creates outrage in the minds of readers and highlights the contrast between Jeanette's mother and the idea that most people have of what mothers should be. Most mothers would give anything to their children and value their needs over their own, yet here is Jeanette's mother telling her children that they must forgive her for withholding food from them as she treated herself. This quote demonstrates how reversed the roles are in her family and what a distorted image of parenting Jeanette's mother and father both have.]]> 2018-12-07 17:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/312326609 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/312333647 The setting of this quote was after Brian and Jeanette found a diamond ring under their porch. This quote describes the extent to which the family's condition and style of living are wearing on the entire family, especially Jeanette's mother. While readers initially believe that she is selfish for choosing to keep the expensive ring to make her feel better rather than to buy food for her children, the passage also creates sympathy for her. She didn't want this type of life, and she feels that the ring may make her feel like her life isn't falling apart at the seams. No one in the family wanted to live the way they are, in a tiny house with no plumbing and no money, but they each have to find something within themselves that helps them get through it. For Jeanette's mother, it's the ring.]]> 2018-12-07 17:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/312333647 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/314106825 December 14th
Quote ranges: (200-230), (230-260), (260-end)]]> 2018-12-13 02:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/314106825 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/314107277 Chaos theory- a branch of mathematics focusing on the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions.
ex. Chaos Theory can explain the unpredictable patterns of weather.]]> 2018-12-13 02:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/314107277 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/314108862 This passage displays the distorted views Jeanette's father has on children and paternal responsibilities. He knowingly allowed an adult to assault his daughter so he could make $80. He makes it clear that no matter how much he makes it seem like he has a special connection with Jeanette, his only focus is when he can get drunk next. For this reason Jeanette was forced to grow up extremely quickly and was robbed of her youth and innocence. She and her siblings weren't allowed to grow up as normal children as they had to act as their parents' guardians.]]> 2018-12-13 02:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/314108862 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/314110110 This quote is extremely ironic in two ways. First, she has never spent very much of her life taking care of others, as she only worries about herself and her luxurious needs. She put herself over her suffering children countless times as they were growing up, and now she says that her life has been consumed by them. It is also ironic because her idea of taking care of herself is living on the street, scavenging for food. She had plenty of options to obtain a great deal of money, but her distorted values prohibited this. It shows the strange duality of Jeanette's mother.]]> 2018-12-13 02:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/314110110 20chiotao https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/314111153 This quote shows the truly baffling opinions Jeanette's mother has on wealth. Jeanette has finally made a life for herself and lives in an apartment with nice belongings, and her mother is unable to be happy for her. It can be deduced that she is either jealous of her daughter surpassing her success in life or that she has spent so long under fluctuating financial situations that she doesn't know which way is up anymore. This is also why Jeanette and her mother have such a complex relationship; her mom doesn't value as traditional mother would and often acts selfishly and gets jealous when her daughter succeeds]]> 2018-12-13 02:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/20chiotao/8omnf1nyz760/wish/314111153