I agree with you when you say that Jeannette and her siblings made the right decision by moving to New York. I also would have done the same, although it would be challenging. You make excellent points concerning the factors that contribute to alcoholism. Like you said, Rex uses alcoholism as a coping method to numb the pain that resulted from his childhood abuse. Without the sadness and grief that arose from that incident, he may not have felt the need to resort to alcohol as an escape. In the memoir, Rex repeatedly provides Jeannette and her siblings with false hope for a better life. For example, he chains himself to a bed for a week in an attempt to fulfill the promise that he made to Jeannette to stop drinking, he promises to build a glass
castle for his family to live in, and promises to return the money that he uses for drinks, all of which are unsuccessful. Why do you believe that he makes promises to his family that he can’t keep? To answer your question, I believe that the individual or group who alcoholism impacts more depends on the situation. However, in most cases I think that it can have a fairly equal impact on both the drinker and their family. Alcoholism takes a physical and mental toll on the person who is dependent on it. Nevertheless, while it does have a highly negative impact on the abuser, it also provides them with relief and sometimes brief periods of happiness. The person who drinks likely experiences an internal conflict when sober, because they are probably aware that the drinking that they engage in is bad, but it is difficult for them to quit. On the other hand, it can also have a significant influence on the lives of those around them. For example, in the novel, although Rex is impacted by the alcohol, his family is also profoundly burdened. Jeannette and her siblings are deprived of their childhood and at times left to starve. This takes both a physical and mental toll on them. Do you think that Rex is aware of the extent that his drinking negatively impacts his family? If so, why doesn’t he stop?
Jeanne de Jussie, a dedicated Catholic nun, recorded events that took place in Geneva during the Reformation as the official chronicler for the Saint Clare convent. Although littered with biases, Jeanne de Jussie’s experiences reflect broader trends during the Reformation; therefore, The Short Chronicle is a valid source and not merely a personal attack against the Protestants. Her experiences and beliefs, including those concerning celibacy, reflected those of many members of the Catholic Church during the Reformation. Also, her categorization of Protestants as ‘heretics’ was consistent with the practices of the Catholic Church. Although biased, her fears about Protestant views on celibacy and marriage were legitimate and consistent with
In the book, The Glass Castle, I feel each character I can identify with in some way, whether that is through actions, thoughts, or events. However, there is one character that stood out to me and that is Jeannette. She chronicled her life and her dysfunctional upbringing along with the struggles and challenges that go along with it. No matter what she went through, she never allowed herself to feel defeated or depressed. She saw her situation for what it was and found ways to improve her condition through pure determination. There are many similarities I feel we both share such as, we both were taught independence from an early age, we are both middle children, and we are both carefree and intelligent. Though, the main contrast between Jeannette and I are that we are both timid, positive, and forgiving.
In the memoir, The Glass Castle, Jeannette tells about her less than easy life. Her family was constantly moving about, never staying in one place for very long, or how Rex Walls would say they were always doing “the skedaddle”. But Rex, while trying to be a good father, struggles with a strong alcohol addiction. But all throughout the book we see that Rex has many of the traits of an admirable parent. These traits being that he never expects perfection from any of his kids or himself or his wife. He doesn’t fear occasional failures from them either. All parents should try to be admirable parents for their
Many people have a lot of pride and sometimes prides get the best of people Rex and Rosemary are perfect example of people who let pride affect their living condition.Many times they could have gotten help they needed but instead refused to accept any charity from anybody.Rex walls and Rosemary let pride stop their child from living a normal life.This show pride is a really big part in this story because it has the most impact on the character life’s.
Even though things were good with Rex and Jeannette , but “ He did have what mom called a little bit of a drinking situation”(23) which wasn’t that big of deal to Jeannette in the beginning, but due to his habit of changing jobs, more so losing them, and having the same excuses for losing them creates doubtful feelings in Jeannette’s mind. which exhibits a bit of concern in Jeannette about her father’s doings. One time the walls family went to the church but Rex wasn’t himself for he was drunk, so he started insulting the people at the church, which just shows his miserable state every time he drinks. He then goes out of hand by insulting Jeannette, “ I didn’t like dad when he talked like that” (p;114), first time Jeannette feels negative towards
In the end it seems as though there is no real moral or lesson to be learned. She wasn't really an addict; she just liked to drink. No long recovery, no epiphany. No treatment, no withdrawal problems. No lasting health issues. No real permanent problems in the end.
Is the world one see around them really how it is or are they being deceived?
In fact, Jeannette said that she spent so much time with friends that she almost didn’t feel like a member of their family (206, Walls). At first Maureen spent the night at friends houses because she didn’t feel safe at her house. The big incident that made her sleep somewhere else was that a rat was in their house and she swore that that rat was near her and when she turned on the light she was proven right (156, Walls). And after a while, Maureen wouldn’t just go over to sleepover at friends houses, she’d go there earlier and eat dinner with her friend’s family (173, Walls). It was no secret that the Walls didn’t have food often, and when Maureen saw an opportunity to eat a hot meal she took it. Because she spent so little time with her family, she didn’t grow up like her siblings did. In each person you have a fight or flight reflex, and while her siblings took the fight reflex for a while, Maureen chose the flight reflex. There’s nothing wrong with that, but I think because she didn’t stay and fight she doesn’t know how to deal with her parents in New York like her brothers and sisters
I think one of the most disappointing parts of the movie was when they decided to move to West Virginia, the screenwriters completely switch the order of events. Instead of them moving in with Rex’s mother they just move into the home they were supposed to find later in the memoir due to getting banished, Rex explaining to the children “you did wrong.. And now we’ve all been banished” (pg 149), it was a powerful scene and it was left out. The movie also does not portray the extremely poor conditions they were surrounded by; instead of the walk and observation of the poor conditions in the memoir it was replaced with a car drive up to the house, leaving details out like, “The houses up here were shabbier than the brick houses lower down in the valley. They were made out of wood, with lopsided porches, sagging roofs, rusted-out gutters, and balding tar paper or asphalt shingles slowly but surely parting from the under wall” (pg 150). When arriving to the house it is big and has an upstairs, which is the opposite of the memoir, which describes that, “Inside were three rooms, each about ten feet by ten feet, facing onto the front porch. The house had no bathroom…” (pg 153). And a significant fight from earlier in the book between Rosemary and Rex, where Rex may have or may not have tossed Rosemary out of a window, was thrown in at this part of the movie
The character of Harold Mitchell fundamentally illustrates the consequences of deceit and illusion in Blanche Dubois’ life. In her quest to restore respect in society, Blanche is impelled to pursue the hand of Mitch. Moreover, the significance of selecting Mitchell as her man revolves around the fact that he conforms to the collective consciousness of modern society. Her idiosyncrasies and unorthodox presence in society dawn upon her as she makes haste to improve her general perception from those surrounding her. Consequently, Mitchell plays an instrumental role in preventing Dubois’ descent into insanity because he bridges the gap between her intrinsic self and her false persona by serving as an empathetic figure capable of understanding
Natalia Chase isn't ready to have her babies, even after a tough eight months. When her doctor admits her to the hospital with concerns over a strange echo with the babies' heartbeats, she faces the most terrifying moment of her life. Logan begs her to let him change her to a lion so she'll be stronger through the delivery, but Nat fears losing herself before she even gets a chance to meet her kids. As the family gathers at the hospital and surprise after surprise wreaks havoc with all of Nat's careful planning, she'll have to face a heart-wrenching choice: save her kids or lose everything else, maybe even her life.
After the fire at Coulibri, Antoinette endures a rough time in her life, for her mother rejects her and Pierre dies. Antoinette’s mind is full of fear, sadness and instability. This trauma is clearly shown in the convent that she attends for the remainder of her adolescence. Upon entry, Antoinette takes immediate note and puts extra emphasis on describing the stones in the school. Taking note of the “cool stoneflagged room” (Rhys, 28) and providing this as the initial description suggests that she is at first uncomfortable. Having just been aggressively confronted by two residents of the island Antoinette is shaken (Rhys, 27). In order to further convey Antoinette’s distrustful mind, Rhys describes the uninviting and cold stones of the convent thus allowing the reader to more deeply
When Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is called to The Louvre on account of Jacques Sauniere's death, he is greeted by a carefully placed arrangement of clues the curator all so strategically left behind. One clue was an anagrammed grouping of the Fibonacci sequence. At first glance the structure seems like randomly strewn numbers, but Langdon knows that Sauniere is a smart man, and that they must mean something. Before he can possibly make any sense of it, Agent Sophie Neveu from the DCPJ's Cryptology Department arrives to break the code. While at the museum she reveals privately to Langdon that they are both in great danger. The Judicial Police think that Langdon has killed Sauniere - Sophie's grandfather.
I, Ernest Defarge, am here today to testify in the case of Thérèse Defarge. I also go by the title of Monsieur Defarge. I am currently a citizen of France and live in the county, Saint Antoine. I own a wine shop in Saint Antoine, and before this wine shop, I used to be a servant to the great Dr. Manette. I look up to him so much that I do things, which will please him, such as not taking money from the aristocracy, being loyal to the people, and doing things that are right for every human being in France. I am a great leader, and my storming of the Bastille showed this. I will, always, try my best to do necessary actions to help the revolution. The defendant Thérèse Defarge is, in fact, my wife. I have known her for a great deal of time now,
Death: the action or act of dying or being killed. In the novel, And then There Were None, by Agatha Christie, many horrific events occurred. Christie created a world where one unknown killer was the cause of ten murders, including himself, and hid his identity by lurking around in the shadows of the famous Soldier Island, killing one victim after another. Here today in this special interview, will be Miss Vera Claythorne, Mr. Philip Lombard, and Mr. Justice Wargrave. These three characters are all very unique in this novel and portray many different characteristics. They all struggled with their own problems how they saw best fit and of course fought their battles to the best of their abilities.