Monday, September 26, 2016
My thoughts on The Glass Castle!
I believe this story is suspenseful and heartbreaking at the same time, this family is messed up... So many things happend in this story that I would have done differently. I have different experiences then this family so that maybe why I think differently then them. I feel that the girl/daughter (Jeannette walls) is the brightest crayon in the box (box meaning there family)! In my opinion the dad is my favorite character beacuse he's so uniqe and different! He's all over the place and acts tough but is very sweet and fragile on the inside. He has problems and when Jeannette asked him if he could stop drinking that hit him real hard. The author uses a simile to make the situation deeper and more meaningful. It's shows that he's acting okay on the outside but he's really torn and confused why she would ask that. I was so interested by that beacuse it shows you exactly what kind of person he is. Again this family is messed up. I was to emphasize that beacuse that's truly what it is. The have there own way about there life and I have my own way, that's how it's going to be. It's almost sad to think that was there life. I mean I like reading books about people's problems beacuse it's interesting to compare life's. when ever I'm done reading a book like this I always say "I love my normal life". I truly am thankful that I'm blessed with a great family! I mean Jeannette probably thinks the same way about her family. its a great book and im glad I chose it and other people should read this as well.
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One thing I admire about Walls' writing is that she's able to capture the dysfunction AND the joy. Life is messy.
ReplyDeleteI find it really sweet and cool that you think about your family and your life after reading something like this. I'm interested in how you liked that glimpse into the real character of someone, in this case the dad. I agree, their family is messed up, and it also makes me sad that some people have to live their life like this.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree about what you said about the dad! He is so unusual you never know whats going on inside of his head. I like how you referred the family to a box of crayons, its true they are all different colors and jeannette is different the brightest, but you never know if thats her TRUE color. Maybe she is hiding her sadness and sorrow beneath her joyful laughs loving smiles.
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ReplyDeleteEven though I didn't get to read this book, despite it being my first choice, *cough cough Ms. Braker, I can tell from your description exactly what Jeanette's life story is like. In my memoir, "The color of Water," the mother of the author acts tough on the outside but also has a soft side that she hides. In my opinion, its characters like this that make a story interesting and immersive.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you compared your life to Jeannette's. I think it hit her father hard when Jeannette asked him to stop drinking because he thought that he was a perfect person in her mind, so when she said that it showed him that he did not think that he was perfect, even though nobody is perfect he thought he was, in her mind, perfect.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you compared your life to Jeannette's. I think it hit her father hard when Jeannette asked him to stop drinking because he thought that he was a perfect person in her mind, so when she said that it showed him that he did not think that he was perfect, even though nobody is perfect he thought he was, in her mind, perfect.
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