The Glass Castle by Jaqueline Gonzalez https://padlet.com/3495041/rt1xoqazn5vw en-us 2019-10-09 15:03:05 UTC 2025-11-04 18:16:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Hope 3495041 https://padlet.com/3495041/rt1xoqazn5vw/wish/395656022 “I wonder what life will be like now,” I said to Lori.
“The same,” she said. “[Dad] tried stopping before, but it never lasted.”
“This time it will.” 
“How do you know?”
“It’s his present to me.”
and cigarettes. (pg.118)
The picture of the alcohol and the person drinking it represents Rex because throughout the memoir Rex is categorized as the town's drunk and alway buys alcohol and cigarettes, even if his children are hungry and need necessities too. Later in the section of the book Rex broke his promises of becoming sober, ending Jeannettes birthday wish and hope of him becoming clean.[-p0
]]> 2019-10-09 15:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/3495041/rt1xoqazn5vw/wish/395656022 Forgiveness 3495041 https://padlet.com/3495041/rt1xoqazn5vw/wish/395657346 "Everyone has something good about them," she said. "You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that."
"Oh yeah?" I said. "How about Hitler? What was his redeeming quality?"
"Hitler loved dogs," Mom said without hesitation. (pg.144)
The picture represents one of the most hated person in history, and Rose Mary was forgiving him and justifying his actions because of his "redeeming quality" of loving dogs. The conversation shows how Rose Mary is a very forgiving person and more examples was when she also justified Uncle Stanley's behavior of harassing Jeannette that he was very lonely.]]> 2019-10-09 15:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/3495041/rt1xoqazn5vw/wish/395657346 Unconditional Love 3495041 https://padlet.com/3495041/rt1xoqazn5vw/wish/395658289 “He knew I had a soft spot for him the way no one else in the family did, and he was taking advantage of it.”(p.209) The picture represents one of Rex's heartless act of taking even though he doesn't deserve. After this act Jeannette continued to provide money for Rex when he wants to buy his wants. This represent unconditional love because even if her father continued to let her and her family down Rex will still be one of the most important figures ion her life.]]> 2019-10-09 15:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/3495041/rt1xoqazn5vw/wish/395658289 Broken Promises 3495041 https://padlet.com/3495041/rt1xoqazn5vw/wish/395738435 “At times I felt like I was failing Maureen, like I wasn’t  keeping my promise that I’d protect her - the promise I’d made to her when I held her on the way home from the hospital after she’d been born. I couldn’t get her what she needed most - hot baths, a warm bed, steaming bowls of Cream of Wheat before school in the morning - but I tried to do little things.”(p.206) 
The image represents how Maureen didn’t have any thing of luxury whether it be a bath or hot water or any water at her disposal. This represents broken promises because Jeannette was wanting Maureen to be better off than them, which was not possible and instead of taking care of her little sister Maureen has then drifted away the most from her family and was taken in and cared for by neighbors.]]> 2019-10-09 17:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/3495041/rt1xoqazn5vw/wish/395738435 Acceptance 3495041 https://padlet.com/3495041/rt1xoqazn5vw/wish/395738635 “Hey,” [Dad] said. He winked and pointed his finger at me “Have I ever let you down?”
He started chuckling because he knew there was only one way I could ever answer that question. I just smiled. And then I closed the door.(pg.279)
The image represents an example of one of Rex broken promise of building a glass castle for his family but he never actually tried to build it, because he was more focused of spending money on alcohol and cigarettes. Even though Jeannette was really wanting to help create it too and also tried to establish a platform for it at one point too. The conversation represents Jeannette's acceptance of knowing that Rex isn't ever going to change and she at this point is accepting that truth.
]]> 2019-10-09 17:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/3495041/rt1xoqazn5vw/wish/395738635 Self-Sufficiency 3495041 https://padlet.com/3495041/rt1xoqazn5vw/wish/395739488 A few days later Mom and Dad brought me home, I cooked myself some hot dogs. I was hungry, Mom was at work on a painting, and no one else was there to fix them for me. 
"Good fro you." Mom said when she saw me cooking. "You've got to get right back in the saddle. You can't live in fear of something as basic as fire.(pg.15)
The picture represents the situation that was the cause of the injury which was Jeannette's dress catching on fire because she was cooking hotdogs.Then after receiving medical attention for a few weeks and taken home, her mother preferred if Jeannette was to, “walk it off” in order for her daughter to be strong and not depend on hospitals or people as much. This ties into self-sufficiency because our narrator is adapting to becoming more independent due to her parents outlook of being strong and not taking in charity from others.]]> 2019-10-09 17:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/3495041/rt1xoqazn5vw/wish/395739488