Analysis: The Glass Castle

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My family isn 't like the Walls family because my parents would never treat my sister and I like their parents treated them, my family and I have a decent living situation, and we would never hurt any animal. From the beginning, Rex and Rose Mary treated their kids wrong and didn 't take responsibility as parents. Every child deserves a loving home and should never have to worry if they are going to eat that night. West Virginia also seemed a lot different then because the laws are more strict now. The way the Walls are, they would get in trouble for the way they treated their kids, animals, and even their living space. "Mom always said people worry too much about their children. Suffering when you 're young is good for you, she said. It immunized …show more content…

Fussing over children who cry only encourages them, she told us. That 's positive reinforcement for negative behavior." (Walls, 2005, pg. 28) In The Glass Castle, Rex and Rose Mary weren’t very parent-like to their children. Neither of them would get or keep a job, which made their kids go hungry and be dirty. One thing my mom and dad do is make sure my sister and I have clean clothes and food on our plate. While my mom spends a lot of her time cooking, washing clothes, or cleaning house, Rex and Rose Mary don 't do any of that. " 'Why spend the afternoon making a meal that will be gone in an hour, ' she 'd ask us, 'When in the same amount of time, I can do a painting that will last forever?" (Walls, 2005, pg. 56) Also, when my mom gives us food, she always makes sure it is okay to eat. Rose Mary and Rex hardly ever feed their kids, but even when they do, it isn 't good or healthy for them to eat. "If the beans started going bad, we 'd just put extra spice in them, like the Mexicans at the LBJ …show more content…

We consider our animals like our family. Even if the animal does not belong to us, we always try to feed them and help them when they are in need. The Walls family doesn’t even take care of their own pets that they have had for a long time. They abused their animals, and today there are laws that could get them fined or arrested. "61-8-19. Cruelty to animals; penalties; exclusions. (a) (1) It is unlawful for any person to intentionally, knowingly or recklessly, (A) Mistreat an animal in cruel manner; (B) Abandon an animal; (C) Withhold; (i) Proper sustenance, including food or water; (ii) Shelter that protects from the elements of weather; or (iii) Medical treatment, necessary to sustain normal health and fitness or to end the suffering of any animal; (D) Abandon an animal to die; (E) Leave an animal unattended and confined in a motor vehicle when physical injury to or death of the animal is likely to result; (F) Ride an animal when it is physically unfit; (G) Bait or harass an animal for the purpose of making it perform for a person 's amusement; (H) Cruelly chain or tether an animal; or (I) Use, train or possess a domesticated animal for the purpose of seizing, detaining or maltreating any other domesticated animal." ("WV Code Chapter 61") My mom and I try to rescue as many stray or abused animals as we can. We know a few women from shelter homes that keep the animals until

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