The Glass Castle Update 1

 In The Glass Castle, I was surprised how much moving the Walls family went through while they were residing in the desert. Especially how Jeanette, Brian, Lori, and Maureen were already used to moving, or doing the “skedaddle.” I’m not a huge fan of Rex Walls in this story up to this point; I feel like he’s a drunken, paranoid dad who over thinks everything. I like Jeannette though, because I feel like I can relate to her with the intelligence side of her. I also like how her enthusiasm helped keep her going throughout her life in the desert with her odd family. One of my favorite parts in the story so far has to be the part where Lori finally gets glasses and can see the world around her. This is because I remember when I first got my glasses in elementary school, and I could see every individual leaf on our surrounding trees, just like Lori. So far, even it gets very tedious or depressing, the book still finds ways to intrigue me.

This is a photo of Phoenix, where the Walls family lived in for a period of time.