Literary Device

1. Settings:Battle Mountain (64) Las Vegas( PG.32), San Fransisco (35) Phoenix, Welch West Virgina (pg. 129) New York City (245)

2. Point of View: First Person

3. Style/Tone- Jeannette Walls style is free and open. She creates a memoir that has all detail and key events that complete her stories of what she is trying to get across. She displays strong messages throughout her entire book, Ones that a re easy to reflect on as well. For example, "It would be the beginning of my escape fund.' (pg.221) Strong adjectives and imagery that portray what you are trying to get across in your narrations, are the best words to develop a narrative style.

4. Mood- Jeannette Walls creates a mood by ending chapters with big climactic sentences that leave the reader hanging at the edge of their seat, also she shows sort of gives an overall theme. For example, 'I'd even forgotten she was a whore. One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table." (pg. 163) This quotation struck me with curiosity. Wondering if Walls was trying to say whoring was a good thing, yet i think the actual message was that you shouldn't judge. It gives a dark tone/mood to make the reader wonder about him/ her selves own personalities.

5. Simile/ Metaphor:  One simile i found most entreating was the reaction Rex had when he found out his daughter had died.  "He screamed like a wounded animal" (28) This shows a strong comparison between Rex and his family, that he shows a lot of emotion for his daughter, an extremely sympathetic side of Hex rarely showed.

6.Irony- One example of verbal irony is when Jeannette's mother, Mary tells her daughter that chewing is "a disgusting and low-class habit." (Walls 12). Mary says these nurses show a low class habit by chewing gum, when in reality, Mary and her family are extremely low class and somewhat disgusting with their actions and living conditions.

7. Symbolism- One example of symbolism is when Hex tells a story that all revolves back to him. He is trying to show what a string or powerful father he is too his children, Hex wants to portray a good role model for his kids. (Symbolizes belief for Hex's children.) (pg.39) Another prevalent symbol is that of the great Joshua tree. This tree Symbolizes Jeannette and her family's life and how the cling together emotionally since, like the tree, hangs low and droopy, yet still remains rooted and in place. Jeannette says, "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.'" ( pg. 38) Perfect description of how their family interacts and survives with each other. One last Example of symbolism is at the very beginning. When Jeannette suffers from a severe fire accident by making hot dogs. This out of control fire is a perfect symbol of Jeannette childhood, Wild and uncontrollable. It is something you will remain scarred from and could never forget. Jeannette's whole memoir could be described by the contents of her fire injury, and all three symbols in the book correspond to bring forth one ginormous message, which is up to the reader to ponder in her or her own time.

8. Themes- One strong theme in The Glass Castle,is when Jeannette meets Ginnie, a whore who has to take care of 8 Children basically by her self. one strong theme dug out of this chapter is the theme of judgement, and how you shouldn't judge anyone by their occupation or looks. Jeannette said her self, "I'd even forgotten she was a whore" (Walls 163). Jeannette even forgets that Ginnie was a prostitute in the first place because of the nice emotions and compassionate behavior by Ginnie herself. Another theme shown in this book is Responsibility and maturity. Jeannette decides to leave after having to deal with her father and mother's lack of strength and will power, to help their own family in a time of struggle. Jeannette  "had been counting on Mom and Dad" (Walls 221) to get them out, but now she has to take matters into her own hands. This transition is the climax of the story and also shows the change of Jeannette from innocence to experience. She has become more responsible by coming up wit her own controversial decisions. The overall theme is to take responsibility of your own actions, yet you have to know what is right in your heart.