Characters
The voice is always in this POV.
What is first person?
The memoir equates responsibility with this theme, as Mom and Dad encourage Jeannette and her siblings to look out for and take care of themselves rather than rely on anyone else.
What is self-sufficiency?
It is this term that characterizes the situation where Rose Mary immediately introduces the artist Picasso as the topic of conversation with Jeannette because Rose Mary is homeless and searches for food in dumpsters.
What is irony?
This childhood friend of Jeannett's allegedly was raped by her mom's boyfriend, and while pregnant with his baby, she stabbed him to death.
Who is Dinita Hewitt?
This person is the main character, someone for readers to be within the story.
Who is the memoirist/writer?
The Walls family sticks together by wearing hand-me-down clothes, often going without food, and sometimes having to sleep out under the stars, since they rarely have a roof over their heads. But they somehow have rich lives, proving that money can't buy happiness, which creates this theme.
What is the theme of poverty and wealth?
The Glass Castle stands for dad Rex's magnificent and unrealistic dreams. Here, it is used as this literary device.
What is symbolism?
This teacher in West Virginia inspired Jeannette to go into journalism and she also inspired Rex when he was a student.
Who is Ms. Bivens?
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines this word as “an interruption of the chronological sequence (as of a film or literary work) of an event of an earlier occurrence.”
What is a flashback?
Each of the Walls family members is unique in their personality traits, which creates this in each of them.
What is identity?
Walls writes in a persistent, relentless manner, which is mirrored in the family's run-down car, the "Oldsmobile." The Walls' Oldsmobile was constantly breaking down, but somehow trudged on, similar to how the family may have fallen apart at times, but always picked up the pieces and started right where they left off. This literary device is effective for when the writer is trying to help a reader understand.
What is a metaphor?
She was a prostitute who lived at the Green Lantern brothel. Rex brings her to dinner with him and Brian on Brian’s birthday.
Who is Ginger?
A memoir is one type of this.
What is a genre?
This is is a type of family in which conflict, misbehavior, and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continuously and regularly, leading other members to accommodate such actions.
What is a dysfunctional family?
Walls writes in a persistent, relentless manner. This element of author's craft refers to the writer's diction and syntax to convey her attitude.
What tone?
As one of Jeannette's professors at Barnard College, She challenged Jeannette's views on the homeless, and Jeannette was too ashamed to tell her that her opinions were informed by her own life.
Who is Professor Fuchs?
In this story, the memoirist starts out as this type of narrator but then develops into this kind.
What is unreliable and reliable?
This word means persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. For example, Jeannette succeeded in her goal of attending college because she possessed _______.
What is perseverance?
This literary element is established gradually. With this memoir, the reader can feel frustrated and troubled as we see Jeannette and her siblings struggle to survive. However, it can also be uplifting and inspiring as we see them triumph over all the roadblocks their parents place before them.
What is mood?