https://padlet.com/3491772/zncrc5h58zaq last edited: 10/13/2019 spilling over 22 minutes into 10/14/2019 en-us 2019-10-09 15:00:20 UTC 2025-11-10 14:35:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/366771199/32741a111f9155d5e219cb6dd1c70374/internet_war_vf.jpg 3491772 https://padlet.com/3491772/zncrc5h58zaq/wish/396707856 ""not really"she said "too much has been happening""like what?""just the normal stuff.""

this picture shows the stark contrast between the chaos(the background) and order (the chess set) which highlights throughout her life, and in many ways the quote reflects her normal life's chaos especially when put up against her life in the hospital.]]> 2019-10-11 14:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/3491772/zncrc5h58zaq/wish/396707856 3491772 https://padlet.com/3491772/zncrc5h58zaq/wish/396716091 one of the most important theme's in the book is the concept of Jeannette's parent's delusion and the slow crack and shatter in her perception of it. In many ways this picture references the curtain in which the Walls' parents put up for themselves and the slow waves and cracks which began to form as their children grew. In many way the point where Jeannette finally gives up on her father shows this.

"I had made two decisions. The first was that I'd had my last whipping. No one was ever going to do that to me again. the second was that, like Lori, I was going to get out of Welch. The sooner, the better" -from the point after Rex whips Jeannette]]> 2019-10-11 14:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/3491772/zncrc5h58zaq/wish/396716091 3491772 https://padlet.com/3491772/zncrc5h58zaq/wish/396716776 The glass castle is the perception of a goal that Jeannette's parents put up to keep themselves and their children calm and happy. However as time moved on for the children they would come to find every promise would be broken coming up to the point where even Jeannette ,the most devoted of their children would come to realize the ruse that even their parents themselves had bought into.

""what are you doing?" Lori cried out. "It's no longer just a bust," dad said."now it has symbolic value. You can call it Mute Bard."]]> 2019-10-11 14:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/3491772/zncrc5h58zaq/wish/396716776 3491772 https://padlet.com/3491772/zncrc5h58zaq/wish/396726985 In many ways our environment shapes our personality and how we mature in Jeanette's case this largely took the form in her gradual move towards self sufficiency and her gradual move to knowing herself (as shown in the scene commenting about her getting mugged in new York)

"People were always telling me that if I was robbed, I should hand over my money rather than risk being killed. But I was darned  if I was going to give some stranger my hard-earned cash, and I didn't want to become known in the neighborhood as an easy target, so I always fought back."
 -Jeannette commenting on her perspective on how she should act when being robbed]]> 2019-10-11 15:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/3491772/zncrc5h58zaq/wish/396726985 3491772 https://padlet.com/3491772/zncrc5h58zaq/wish/396730070 In many ways Jeannette feels that she is slowly trading her family for society throughout the book and in many ways because of this trading off a part of herself and slowly becoming more distorted as she is in part torn between them. One of her main changes throughout the novel is her realization and ability to overcome this.

""I'm saving that for a rainy day." "Mom, It's pouring.""this is just a drizzle,"she said. "Monsoons could be ahead!" she sipped her tea. "things usually work out in the end.""What if they don't?""That means you haven't come to the end yet."" -Jeannette on an encounter with her mother after they moved to new York in many ways when we contrast this with her earlier quotes we see a deep contrast on her opinion of her mother.]]> 2019-10-11 15:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/3491772/zncrc5h58zaq/wish/396730070 3491772 https://padlet.com/3491772/zncrc5h58zaq/wish/396730738 A lot of the time ,especially towards the end of the book, Jeannette feels a strong sense that she is not fitting in with the views of her society. Eventually the move towards society's viewpoint ends up in many ways driving home the abnormality of their parent's situation and her life and the stark contrast between the other's childhood and her own.
this is particularly apparent when we look at the scene with the college professor.

""They do. But if some of them were willing to work hard and make compromises, they might not have ideal lives, but they could make ends meet."Professor Fuchs walked around from behind her lectern. "What do you know about the lives of the underprivileged?" she asked. She was practically trembling with agitation."What do you know about the hardships and obstacles that the underclass faces?" the other students were staring at me. "You have a point," I said." -Jeannette on an particular encounter with a teacher who didn't know her background.]]> 2019-10-11 15:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/3491772/zncrc5h58zaq/wish/396730738