Davila, Andrew
Zeledon
English 1A (78027)
5 July, 13
Imperfect Origins Jeanette Walls daunting memoir The Glass Castle is a deplorable story of a family’s triumph against all odds. Jeanette Walls grew up with parents who were care free and unsuited to raise children. Throughout her story Jeanette explains how her parents, are irresponsible and the actions her and her siblings had to endure to make a successful life for themselves. Jeanette’s parents, Rex and Rose Mary Walls, never had any explanations to why they acted as they did. They may have had a difficult interpretation of The American dream or the way they chose to raise their children not to be products of the environment. It could have been that they felt content with their lives or the way they had conflicted with themselves as parents and maybe the way they acted, made them depressed. These factors rectify the behavior that Mr. and Mrs. Walls portray throughout The Glass Castle. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had their own point of view of The American Dream. Rex’s dream was to be rich and build a house made of glass for him and his family to reside in. “ when dad wasn’t telling us about all the amazing things he had already done, he was telling us about the wondrous things he was going to do. Like build The Glass Castle” (Walls 32). Rex Walls talks a lot about getting rich. He plans on striking gold one day with is invention “ The Prospector.” He tends to make broken promises to his children and they later realize that he was full of it. Rex’s interpretation of the America dream of being rich led the family to despair. He would spend any money they had on his booze and the prospector. Rose Mary’s dream was to be an artist. Her parenting as a mother was not what most people would consider a good mother. Rose Mary was submissive towards her husband Rex and felt because of her religion she could not leave him. Rose Mary knew her kids would be starving but she mostly cared about her art. When she confronted Rex about the kids starving they got into a big argument. It seemed as if Mr. and Mrs. Walls mostly cared about their own dreams then to care about their children. Rex and Rose Mary’s dreams of the American dream meant they had to rebel against society and behave the way they did to achieve their own goals. Mr. and Mrs. Walls had issues with people telling them how to raise their children and live their lives. This caused them to act out trying to prove those people wrong. Parenting has often been construed, as a multidimensional construct comprised of distinct but mutually interrelated skills played out during parent-child interaction. The set of parenting skills defining this construct is likely to differ by child age, but in any case requires a multimethod and informant approach to measure (Patterson, Reid, & Dishion, 1992). Rose Mary felt she always had to prove her mother wrong. Grandma Smith would always tell Rose Mary to leave Rex because he was a bum. “Grandma would yell at mom not to let that worthless horses ass take her grandchildren. Mom would shrug and say there’s nothing she could do about it, he was her husband” (Walls 26). Rex and Rose Mary were pretty stubborn when it came to caring for their children. When Rex could not provide for his children he would leave and avoid his issues at home. Rose Mary on the other hand would have nowhere to go and had to deal with the children, and her way of with them was to let them provide for themselves. Rex acted as a good father to the children early in the story. Jeanette tells how he teaches them how to survive in the desert and that nothing was going to be handed to them. At one point Jeanette has to go looking for her father at a bar. When she finds him, he is wasted drunk and a gentleman at the bar offers to drive her home. Jeanette agrees, and on the drive home he asks her about school and Jeanette starts explaining about her future plans to be a veterinarian or geologist. The man tells Jeanette “
motion. The third argument states that there are dependent beings (including humans), so there must be an independent being that the dependents rely on for life. The fourth argument suggests that there are degrees of excellence, and if there are imperfect beings such as humans, then there must be a perfect being that exceeds the rest of us in goodness and excellence. The fifth and final argument for the existence of God is the harmony of all things. Nature is harmonic and planned, so if something…
are the foundation of the Buddhism, and they are the most basic expression of the Buddha's teaching. These Four Noble Truths are connected to show us the reason of suffering and unhappiness. Among all four, the second noble truth is the truth of the origin of suffering. The third Noble Truth is the truth of the cessation of suffering. Once we understanding where the suffering is from and what we need to do to cure, life will be more much enjoyable. The second Noble Truth indicates that the reason…
act wickedly. The fall of Adam has been equated to expulsion from the Garden of Eden, a land of perfection, into a world of imperfect human life which is marred with many ills. The fall may also mean a disruption of the harmony that existed between God and man and among men. According to the writings of Paul in the New Testament, the fall of Adam is closely link to the origin of sin. Paul explains that the sin that was committed by Adam and Eve when they disobeyed God falls upon every human being…
It can even be carried over to surmise the concept of our existence from the perception of an individual or even a group. In this report, we will explore its meaning from the vantage point of the Bible, or otherwise, the Christian worldview. The origin of the Christian worldview is easy to find. “In the beginning,” are the first words written in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis and in fact is the foundation of where the Christian worldview begins. Christians perceive the world from the vantage…
disappointment and depression. Life in its totality is imperfect and incomplete, because the world is subject to impermanence. This means we are never able to permanently keep what we strive for, and just as happy moments pass by, we ourselves and our loved ones will pass away one day, too there for all things are suffering and as all things are life, life is suffering. The second Noble Truth is that the origin of suffering is attachment. The origin of suffering is attachment to transient things. Transient…
Eastern Religion Elements Matrix | |Hinduism |Buddhism |Confucianism |Daoism | |Countries of origin |India |Hindu Vedanta |China |China | |Historical figures and |Vedas was that start of it. 800-300BCE |Began…
three ways The Universal Law means that one should act on an action which can be sustained. It is important that we should consider if an action is right or wrong. This action will eliminate selfish action towards other human beings. Imperfect Duties Imperfect duties to seek the happiness of other people this cannot completed always. The…
until he found enlightenment. Buddhism teaches to have respect for nature, cleanliness, love for simple things, and good manners. The basic understanding of Buddhism comes from the Four Noble Truths and the eight noble paths, life means suffering, the origin of suffering is attachment, the cessation of suffering is attainable and the path to the cessation of suffering. After the death of Buddha his teaching began to spread through Asia and became a way of life for many, his teachings were then recorded…
lived in caves. * They thought they found different things. But the longer they looked at them they discovered they were all human. * God created the world perfect. With the fall of man, sin entered the world and mutated things and made them imperfect. A mutation is a gap in genetics. 1. It proves against it and says the strongest will survive. 2. No Mutations are a lack of information. 3. ----- 4. God did not create mutations, pollution, guns etc. God made things…