Introduction

Dear reader,

This blog is an analysis of the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. The book is a memoir of Jeannette’s life from her earliest memories as a child, to the present day adult life she lives in New York City. The story is about a journey Jeannette goes through to find who she truly is. She doesn’t become who her parents are, or who she is expected to be. She becomes the person she wants to be.

The blog is designed to describe Jeannette using the two main themes of the book, poverty and hope. The book is about a girl who grew up in a poor family that sometimes didn’t know where their next meal was coming from. The only thing that kept her going was her dreams of moving to New York City and living in a glass castle. While she later excepts that her dream of the glass castle will probably not come true, her hope that she will some day life in the greatest city in the world keeps her going. It gives her hope that she will turn her life will around for the better.

The blog utilizes several different genres in to describe either the adversity she had to overcome, or the hope that is within her. It starts with the extended hand background, a universal symbol of hope; then the dark colors throughout the blog, to rebresent the dark gloomy hard times Jeannette went through.  There is then a survey of how often people move, a poster of a small gold rush, and an obituary of her father compared to another person. These show the struggles Jeannette went through in her life. Then there are blue prints of the glass castle, and a poem written about dreams using references from the memoir. These show the hope that is instilled in Jeannette, and the dreams that keep her going.

I welcome you to brows through this blog. Learn about the amazing story of Jeannette Walls. Take the lessons she has learned, and use them in your daily life. Jeannette wrote this story to inspire people to overcome adversity and make their dreams come true. I hope you see that as you are reading.