The Glass Castle Test by Margarita Peralta https://padlet.com/3699602/agkh7j4cy408au6n This Padlet is my Glass Castle Test, which features 6 pictures/themes. en-us 2022-12-01 22:31:45 UTC 2025-10-31 19:00:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Nonconformity plays an important role in a child's upbringing and future. 3699602 https://padlet.com/3699602/agkh7j4cy408au6n/wish/2409793963 This picture shows us an array of shoes, however there is one pair which is the odd one out, the nonconformist.

Nonconformity played a huge part in Jeannette's life. We can see it in such quotes like "When other girls came in and threw away their lunch bags in the garbage pails, I'd go retrieve them." (pg. 173)

This quote well explains how nonconformity played a leading role in Jeannette's life. Because of her lack of access to food growing up, food became more fuel than comfort. It became a task. Even as an adult, she never found comfort in food.]]> 2022-12-05 21:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/3699602/agkh7j4cy408au6n/wish/2409793963 Repetitive broken promises lead to self realization. 3699602 https://padlet.com/3699602/agkh7j4cy408au6n/wish/2409800396 This picture shows that if you promise something enough, people start to figure out you don't really mean it.

One quote from the theme of 'broken promises' that stood out to me was "I stared at the plans. 'Dad, you'll never build the Glass Castle." (pg.238)

This quote shows how finally, Jeannette has given up the Glass Castle. Rex has promised it so many times, that she realized it was an empty promise. It was how Rex always reeled her back in when she got to far from him.]]> 2022-12-05 21:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/3699602/agkh7j4cy408au6n/wish/2409800396 No matter how much we fantasize, we cannot escape reality. 3699602 https://padlet.com/3699602/agkh7j4cy408au6n/wish/2411342587 This picture shows Cinderella's castle online versus in real life. They fantasized it, but when seeing it in person, it was much different.

In The Glass Castle, one quote from this theme that stood out to me was “Brian and I watched, the hole for the Glass Castle’s foundation, slowly filled with garbage." (pg. 155)

This quote shows that though the entire family had plans and showed hope for the Glass Castle, they couldn't escape the reality of it. It would never be built. The Glass Castle was more of a passtime and a way to keep the kids in check.
]]> 2022-12-06 22:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/3699602/agkh7j4cy408au6n/wish/2411342587 Through their up's and down's, you love someone no matter what. 3699602 https://padlet.com/3699602/agkh7j4cy408au6n/wish/2411345552 This picture symbolizes how even with all of a person's flaws, you love them unconditionally. There was a concurrent and oblivious theme of unconditional love in this story.

This family loved each other despite their flaws, for example, Rex was an abusive drunk at his lowest “You scaly castrating banshee bitch” (pg.20) and a father willing to give up his vice however way he could at his highest “Dad was tied to the bed with ropes and belts" (pg.117) No matter what he put them through, they always loved him, even when he tried to kill Rose Mary.]]> 2022-12-06 22:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/3699602/agkh7j4cy408au6n/wish/2411345552 Your past cannot run your life unless you let it. 3699602 https://padlet.com/3699602/agkh7j4cy408au6n/wish/2411372158 This picture shows how people have to make choices in order to escape the past, and sometimes those choices are about ones past.

The Glass Castle is all about Jeannette and her siblings' pasts. However towards the end of the book we get to see how they turn out. Jeannette is a successful reporter, Lori made it as an artist and Brian became a police officer. Maureen made a few mistakes but was set on the right path to California. We get to see the siblings reunite in part 3 and celebrate escaping their past.

We see Jeannette tell us “On weekends, we all met at Lori’s apartment. We made fried pork chops or heaping plates of spaghetti and sat around talking about Welch, laughing so hard at the idea of all that craziness that our eyes watered,” (pg. 251)]]> 2022-12-06 23:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/3699602/agkh7j4cy408au6n/wish/2411372158 When you grow up, you start to see people for who they are, not who they pretend to be. 3699602 https://padlet.com/3699602/agkh7j4cy408au6n/wish/2411385105 This picture is meant to symbolize a person's imposter syndrome.

As one grows up, they start to figure out that there are people in life who you've only just figured out that they are not who you thought they were, you start to see through them and find their motives. Jeannette went through this same phase, she started to see that her mother and father weren't the best parents.

Jeannette says “Who do you think you are?” [Dad] asked. “She’s your mother.” “Then why doesn’t she act like one?” I looked at Dad for what felt like a very long moment. Then I blurted out, “And why don’t you act like a dad?”

Jeannette essentially realized how her parents never really took care of her, and how she and her siblings basically raised themselves. They weren't her parents, they were her baby-sitters.]]> 2022-12-06 23:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/3699602/agkh7j4cy408au6n/wish/2411385105