• What experiences do you share with the characters?

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

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

I don't really share any experiences with the characters,But my family is different from their family because we don't have bad living situations and my parents provide food for me. I can relate tho that I would have to get my own food some nights when my parents don't cook and they're too tired. And I can relate that my parents do drink a little but not too much to wear they are abusive or anything. What I learned about the family in the glass castle is that that no matter what they have been going through they still find a way to be happy and Jeannette see's her family as special and way different from others which make's her love her life more.

• Social Class

• Race/Ethnicity

• Religion

• Education

• Culture

• Health

• Political Landscape

The glass castle had many social issues that were present it included neglect, medical and education, unsanitary living conditions, homelessness, and mental health issues. All those things were present in her life and impacted her life in many ways. She also had to deal with poverty, frequently feeding herself and taking care of herself and she didn't have any money so it was hard at most times to provide that for herself.

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

• Why did this quote stand out to you? A quote that stood out to me in the book is ''I could hear people around us whispering about the crazy drunk man and his dirty little urchin children, but who cared what they thought? None of them had ever had their hand licked by a cheetah''. This quote stook out to me because it shows how Jeannette still finds positive in her dad even tho he embarrased their family with his actions and from what he did she don't pay attention to the negative comments from what the outsiders have to say about her dad and sees that her life is so special from others and she just appreciate the moment which was cute to me. The context of the quote takes place as a police officer escorts Jeannette family out of the Phoenix Zoo after her dad breaks into the cheetah’s cage. And her being embarrassed about other people seeing it shows that she has come to adopt her father’s belief that exceptional people don't have to be perfect all the time. And at the point of her childhood, Jeannette rationalizes that her life differs from other children’s lives because her family is more special than others.

5) Personal experiences I see in the story is about drinking. My dad is kind of the same with the drinking after a long day he would drink but he doesn't always tend to spend money on it all the time he can control himself compared to Jeannette dad.

2) How I value my perception of text is seeing how I grew up differently than the text. I grew up going to church moving around a lot because my dad is in the navy,and I would have to make new friends every time I moved schools. Also my parents did split up but I still get to see both of them and they both still take good care of me so I value that they both still take good care of me. Meanwhile in the text the parents don't seem to care about their children that much and just create a bad example for them and leading them into a bad path of their life.