English Glass Castle❤️

How does Jeannette's view on writing change when she starts working on the school paper? (204)

It changes because she used to think it was boring,but now she understands and likes it

Describe the house on Little Hobart Street

It's a very run down house and their is no plumbing

Why is it ironic that the family fills their foundation for the glass castle with their trash?

It's ironic that her family fills their foundation with trash because wanted to mark where they wanted to make their foundation. They filled it with trash because they had too much stuff in their house.

How do Jeannette and her siblings feed themselves

Jeanette and her siblings feed themselves by taking people's food that they were throwing away

What is the eventual cause of the family breaking apart?

Jeanette moved away first to New York and then her siblings followed. If your talking about why they split up more while in New York then it's because of their crazy sister who stabbed the mother

Why did Jeannette's first marriage not work out? How was the marriage representative of what she was missing from her childhood

Jeanette's marriage ended with her leaving a very good man who was obviously wealthy. I think the big difference in her life was that she finally had money and was eating good.

Your gonna do fine sis!

Keep pushing thru u got this❤️

How does the situation between Maureen and Rose Mary tear the family apart

Maureen is checked into like a psychiatric center before moving to Cali. I feel like her moving meant that she sort of felt betrayed by her family, but at same time she wanted to get away

How does Rex Walls die? Why is it ironic that he dies in the hospital?

Rex has a heart attack and dies, its ironic because most of his life he wanted to be left alone and fed to the animals.

How does Jeanette try to make their house on Little Hobart Street more homey

She tries to make their house more homey by painting the front of their house

1. How does Jeannette interact with the man from child's services

The man comes and she says that she won't talk without her parents and her attorney

Why is Brian's career choice interesting (considering his parents)

Brian chose to become a police officer even when his parents really disliked police. I feel like he did this in spite of his parents

What positive lessons did Jeannette and her siblings learn through their childhood?

If anything they learned that nobody is going to give you anything in life. You have to go out and get it yourself, and they learned to be independent at a young age.

What happens when Rex takes Jeannette to a bar to try to win money playing pool? How does Jeannette get herself out of a situation she does not want to be in

Rex lets a man he's betting with take Jeanette upstairs and that's when he puts his hands on her bathing suit area and starts to assault her. He then begins to complain about how skinny her body is, and then she agrees just to make him stop. After that she shows him a scar on her body and he freaks out, he then proceeds to cough up the money and they leave.

Why is Rose Mary's land inheritance important? How could it have changed life for Jeannette and her family

Rose Mary had land that was worth about one million dollars. They were always living off of Rex, but he would spend all the money he had earned on alcohol. Rose Mary wanted to leave him, but didn't want to work if she would have sold her land and got the money from it she would have been able to give her kids a good life. At least a life with food and not having to do everything for themselves.

Who can be blamed for the hardships that the Walls kids lived through

Rosemary and Rex were primarily the people to blame for the children's hardships

How does Rosemary 'fix' the problem of having to go outside to go to the bathroom at night?

Rosemary fixes the problem of not having to go to the bathroom outside by putting a bucket in the kitchen and they dump the bucket.

What does Rose Mary think about collecting welfare

Rosemary thinks that collecting welfare will cause psychological damage

Why does Jeannette lie about her parents (page 270) and her old life in Welch

She doesn't want people to think of her differently, because of were she's from.

What happens to Jeannette's friend Dinitia in 7th grade?

She gets pregnant and is arrested. Her moms boyfriend impregnates her

How does Rosemary feel about her new teaching job?

She hates it and doesn't like to do it

How does Jeannette manage her siblings the summer that Rosemary goes to Charleston?

She makes a budget to figure out how much everything is, and the mom left to renew her teacher certificate.

What reasons does Rose Mary give for not leaving Rex (page 188)?

She says that it's not the Catholic way and that she can afford to leave him, because she doesn't want a job. I personally think that she won't leave because she feels financially she would be forced to get a job. Either way her kids are going to struggle and be broke.

After Rex's death, Jeannette and her family rarely have not spent much time together - why might this be?

Their really isn't a reason to primarily hang out the reasons they ever spent time together was because Rex either wanted to or showed up

How is Jeanette's school paper job helpful to survivng winter?

They are getting money to be able to save up and buy food.

What does Uncle Stanley do to Jeannette? How does Rose Mary justify it? (184

Uncle Stanley touches Jeanette and the mother comforts uncle Stanley Saying he was lonely like bishhhh whaaaaa