The Glass Castle

Almost done with The Glass Castle and I have come to several conclusions. First off, both of the Walls parents are not parents at all. The father always drinking away their money, and letting poor Jeannette seduce men twice her age so they could win back the money Rex lost. Also Rex let his own son get sexually assaulted by his own mother, then refused to do anything about it. Next the wonderful mother let her daughter get sexually assaulted by her uncle, and once again the parents contributed to the wonderful pattern of doing nothing. When Jeannette back-talked to her parents and said neither of them were acting like parents.

I was very relived when Lori and Jeannette decide to leave to New York. I hate the mother for crying because she wishes it were her leaving, and I hate the father for taking the money they all saved. I hope Brian and Maureen will be okay still with their parents. Hopefully Lori and Jeannette eventually figure out a way to bring them to New York too.

The Walls parents are just selfish, the moment they stepped foot in Welch they completely changed. They were never a family to be nominated to be parents of the year, but after they moved they seemed to completely loose all compassion for their children. After moving to Welch they no longer moved when things go tough, they made their children cope with it, endure their parents mistakes and lack of responsibilities. When the mother refused to pawn the ring because she thought she needed a self esteem boost I was ready to loose it. The mother didn't need to selfishly hang on to a ring her children dug up in the back yard, she needed to sell it and buy food for her starving children who were eating out of school garbage cans. Also there was never a real reason the mother couldn't work, she needed to control her emotions and provide for her family. Also the father needed to stop acting like a pathetic seventeen year old and realize how much he was hurting the family. He was right when he said the family was falling apart, I just wonder if he realized that it was his fault.