Independence cannot be reached right away and not everybody will become independent. When a baby is young he needs his mother to feed him, but as that baby gets older he learns to feed himself and no longer needs his mother to do that for him. When he becomes older he learns to do more and more on his own. Eventually that individual will get a job, which will show how responsible he is because being independent has to come with responsibility. In the beginning of The Glass Castle, Jeannette’s father was a good parent. He taught his children about the sciences and how to live a fearless life, but it was only after losing all of their money that the family gave up their nomadic lifestyle and settled down in West Virginia. Things went downhill from there as Rex began to drink heavily and his children were forced to learn to fend for themselves. They had to raise themselves because their parents were far too concerned with their own lives; therefore, Rex's parenting skills, while neglectful, forced the children to learn to survive on their own. Their independence, while coming far too early for such young children, was forced upon them given Rex's neglect. In her earlier years, Jeannette Walls evolves from a neglectful childhood into a very well-rounded and savvy adult. This is a direct result of changing and maturing through her living situation as a child. She still loves her family throughout her life, so therefore harbors neither resentment nor anger toward them and the way they raised her. However, as an adult, she no longer gives her parents the free pass she afforded them as a child. In Plato’s, The Allegory of the Cave, it says, “In the knowable realm the form of the good is the last thing to be seen, and it is reached only with difficulty” (Plato 5). Like the prisoner in the story, Jeannette was able to get out of the cave by liberating
Independence cannot be reached right away and not everybody will become independent. When a baby is young he needs his mother to feed him, but as that baby gets older he learns to feed himself and no longer needs his mother to do that for him. When he becomes older he learns to do more and more on his own. Eventually that individual will get a job, which will show how responsible he is because being independent has to come with responsibility. In the beginning of The Glass Castle, Jeannette’s father was a good parent. He taught his children about the sciences and how to live a fearless life, but it was only after losing all of their money that the family gave up their nomadic lifestyle and settled down in West Virginia. Things went downhill from there as Rex began to drink heavily and his children were forced to learn to fend for themselves. They had to raise themselves because their parents were far too concerned with their own lives; therefore, Rex's parenting skills, while neglectful, forced the children to learn to survive on their own. Their independence, while coming far too early for such young children, was forced upon them given Rex's neglect. In her earlier years, Jeannette Walls evolves from a neglectful childhood into a very well-rounded and savvy adult. This is a direct result of changing and maturing through her living situation as a child. She still loves her family throughout her life, so therefore harbors neither resentment nor anger toward them and the way they raised her. However, as an adult, she no longer gives her parents the free pass she afforded them as a child. In Plato’s, The Allegory of the Cave, it says, “In the knowable realm the form of the good is the last thing to be seen, and it is reached only with difficulty” (Plato 5). Like the prisoner in the story, Jeannette was able to get out of the cave by liberating