The Glass Castle - Choice 2 Just because the past is dark that doesn’t mean the future cannot be bright and the American can not be reached. The American dream is a term used for people who put in hard work to escape the difficult lives they are living for a more successful one. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls is a good example of how a family overcomes poverty by working hard for a better future. Jeanette Walls and her siblings must escape poverty by getting jobs at a young age, working hard and going to school at the same time, so they can get a better life. Escaping poverty was not easy Jeanette and her siblings, they had to sacrifice many things and put in a lot of effort in order to get the future they wanted.
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Rex Walls’ dream was to build a glass castle for him and his family to live a normal and happy life. “When Dad wasn’t telling us about all the amazing things he had already done, he was tellings us about the wondrous things he was going to do. Like build the Glass Castle. All of Dad’s engineering skills and mathematical genius were coming together in one special project: a great big house he was going to build for us in the desert” (Walls 25). Because of Rex Walls’ issues he was never able to live this dream but fortunately his children were. Jeanette and her siblings were able to get successful lives when they moved to New York. They were able to get the life that their father wished for them to have. Even though Jeanette’s life was hard in the past that didn’t stop her from achieving her American Dream.
The book the Glass Castle represents how a person can achieve the American dream. It shows how someone born and raised in poverty can still make the american dream a reality just like the Walls children did. Despite her past, Jeanette Walls was able to forgive her parents, and achieve her dream. The memoir can inspire people no matter who and where they came from, they still have the possibility of achieving their dreams and
The Walls family …show more content…
Rex Walls’ dream was to build a glass castle for him and his family to live a normal and happy life. “When Dad wasn’t telling us about all the amazing things he had already done, he was tellings us about the wondrous things he was going to do. Like build the Glass Castle. All of Dad’s engineering skills and mathematical genius were coming together in one special project: a great big house he was going to build for us in the desert” (Walls 25). Because of Rex Walls’ issues he was never able to live this dream but fortunately his children were. Jeanette and her siblings were able to get successful lives when they moved to New York. They were able to get the life that their father wished for them to have. Even though Jeanette’s life was hard in the past that didn’t stop her from achieving her American Dream.
The book the Glass Castle represents how a person can achieve the American dream. It shows how someone born and raised in poverty can still make the american dream a reality just like the Walls children did. Despite her past, Jeanette Walls was able to forgive her parents, and achieve her dream. The memoir can inspire people no matter who and where they came from, they still have the possibility of achieving their dreams and