Rex Walls Beauty

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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. This is a famous quote that many people use and imbibe in their lives. But can one say that success is in the eye of the beholder? I believe that success is not in the eye of the beholder. Rose Mary and Rex Walls think that that they are above everyone and what they do and say is better than everyone. They also might say that they have created very successful children, however, they failed Maureen. Rose Mary and Rex Walls failed their children (Maureen), failed to fulfill the necessities of their children and failed to resolve their economic issues. Therefore, beauty is not the same as success.
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Not only could they not feed their children, they couldn’t fix their economic issues, thus resulting in bankruptcy. The family was constantly moving from house to house or they were homeless. Rose Mary and Rex couldn’t help support their family because they usually didn’t have a job or they didn’t keep the job for very long. They couldn't buy the necessities that the family needed such as food, water, clothes and shelter. “Once we lost our credit at the commissary, we quickly ran out of food” (Walls, 67). Jeannette's parents don't seem to realize that they need to buy food to survive. They don't care if they're poor and the children can't eat. They can always scavenge, right? Wrong, they need to maintain a job, support the family and fulfill the family necessities. Because the parents don’t keep their jobs, the whole family suffers, especially the children. Whenever the parents receive or get a hold of any money, they tend to uselessly spend the money on alcohol, cigarettes and casinos. Because the family was broke, Rex turned to alcohol to cope with the bankruptcy. This only created a larger hole in the family's economic problems. Even when the family looked as if they had started to get back up on their feet, Rex knocked them back down because of his poor economic and life choices. He would blow the little money hey had off on alcohol, bars and casinos. For example, he would go to the Owl Club and blow off the little money they had. He would also spend a lot of money on alcohol to feed his addiction. Rex wasn’t the only one failing to fix the families economic problems; Rose Mary also failed to help out with the family's economic situation. Throughout the years Rose Mary has observed the economic difficulties that the family faced. She tried to help out by getting a job but that she failed to maintain the job. “You mean you own land worth a million dollars?" I was thunderstruck…” (Walls, 273). Rose

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