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Dad Got A Job…Dad Got A Job…
• Imaginary games
• Dad’s belief that if a man plays the cards he is dealt he is a piss-poor bluffer
• Mom did not like cooking much
• Continued reading
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Mom And Dad…Mom And Dad…
• Math hw incident
• Not many rules (street light rule)
• * Geodes *
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None Of Us Kids…None Of Us Kids…
• Cans to make money = self-reliance
• Green Lantern
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Our House In Battle Mountain…Our House In Battle Mountain…
• Buster the buzzard
• Mom = self-sufficiency
• “Sink or swim”
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““Bad News,” Lori Said…Bad News,” Lori Said…
• Dad begins to disappear after losing his job
• Kids decide to eat less
• Mom and dad fight
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The Next Morning…The Next Morning…
• Mom’s teaching job = putting dreams on back burner
• Mom punishing Lori and Lori understanding
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Once Mom Started Teaching…Once Mom Started Teaching…
• Mom could not say no to Dad
• Jeannette promises to never lose faith in her father and hands over the sock
• Brian answers “yes”
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Some People Liked…Some People Liked…
• Battle Mountain = first real home
• Billy Deel
• Implication that Jeannette’s dad had a bad upbringing
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Grandma Smith’s Big…Grandma Smith’s Big…
• Jeannette’s grandmother is dead
• The family is off on another adventure
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When We Pulled Up…When We Pulled Up…
• Phoenix, AZ
• “We were definitely moving up in the world.”
• Gifted students
• Lori’s glasses and becoming an artist
• “Theory don’t always carry the day.”
• Holes in the house
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A Lot Of Our Neighbors…A Lot Of Our Neighbors…
• Gypsies and perverts
• “It was essential that we refuse to surrender to fear”
• “He knows your father is a cross we must bear.”
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City Life Was Getting…City Life Was Getting…
• “Too dependent on creature comforts…”
• A visit to the zoo
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It Was Around…It Was Around…
• Dad lost his job
• Chocolates from the dumpster
• Shoplifting for Maureen’s preschool clothes
• Dad sets Christmas on fire!
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I Turned Ten That…I Turned Ten That…
• “Do you think you could maybe stop drinking?”
• “It’s his present to me.”
• The Grand Canyon
• “Those poor kids must be dying of thirst, poor things.”
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Three Days Later…Three Days Later…
• Mom made living in West Virginia sound like a great adventure, and pretty soon all us kids had signed on for the trip
• “Dad, please come, we need you!”
• WELCH
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Back in Battle Mountain…Back in Battle Mountain…
• “Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy…You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.”
• Erma
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The Next Day Was…The Next Day Was…
• Jeannette’s dad is an atheist
• Welch was shabby and worn out, but you could tell it had once been a place on its way up.
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The Next Day Mom…The Next Day Mom…
• How was Jeannette welcomed at school?
• Why was she welcomed in this way?
• Stabbed in the back and laughed at by students and teacher
• They believed Jeannette thought she was better than them
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When We All Got…When We All Got…
• How did Jeannette deal with the bullying?• Why did Dinitia Hewitt finally stop bullying?• According to Jeannette’s mom, why
should you never hate people?
• Took it and planned revenge at night• Jeannette helped her neighbor• Everyone has one redeeming quality
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In Late Winter…In Late Winter…
• What do we learn from the confrontation between the Walls kids and Erma?
• What does this teach us about Rex’s upbringing?
• Erma is inappropriate and the kids stick up for one another
• Rex’s problems probably began at home
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Mom And Dad Told…Mom And Dad Told…
• Where is the Walls’ new home?• What reason does Rex give his children
for buying this house?• What does Jeannette put on her shelf?
• 93 Little Hobart Street• The Glass Castle• Her geode
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Seeing As How Welch…Seeing As How Welch…
• The Glass Castle foundation
• Mom named the dead rat Rufus
• “Weird-looking half-finished patch job” (158)
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Little Hobart StreetLittle Hobart Street
• “[Mom and dad] always refused charity.”
• Ginnie Sue
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We Fought A Lot…We Fought A Lot…
• Fought against others (together) and fought together, to fend off enemies and to fit in
• Ernie and his gang meet Jeannette and Brian
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As The Weather…As The Weather…
• Jeannette – finds it harder to have faith in her father– Stitches the cut in his arm– She still saw the good in him though (like
mom)
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Dad Had Taken To…Dad Had Taken To…
• Rex is away a lot
• The kids become excellent foragers, relying on themselves for food
• Mother caught eating a chocolate bar beneath the covers
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Winter Came Hard…Winter Came Hard…
• “We may not have insulation…but we have each other.”
• Fire kept them warm and fire blew up in Lori’s face
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Erma Died During…Erma Died During…
• Suicide? She wrote her own funeral plans
• “For the daughter of the town drunk, you sure got big plans.”
• House started to deteriorate = mom bought a new bucket
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One Day While…One Day While…
• Self esteem is more vital than food
• Jeannette tells her mom she should leave Rex– Jeannette is realistic
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Mom Never Told…Mom Never Told…
• The pool was the only escape from the heat of Welch
• Jeannette went with Dinitia to the pool
• I’d never felt cleaner.
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That Afternoon I Was…That Afternoon I Was…
• Child-welfare man makes a visit– He represents the person who could separate
Jeannette from her siblings
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Qualified Teachers…Qualified Teachers…
• Mom was a teacher again
• Money began to disappear again
• Lori and Jeannette began a budget
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I’d Started Seventh…I’d Started Seventh…
• “I decided to make my own braces.”
• “And I think they’re by God working.”
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That Year I Started…That Year I Started…
• Miss Jeanette Bivens– Teacher– First person to show faith in father– Key to Jeannette’s escape
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At Times I Felt Like…At Times I Felt Like…
• Maureen– Did not experience California– Developed a powerful religious streak
• Jeannette is head of the house hold– Soft spot for dad– Scar saved Jeannette
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The Next Evening…The Next Evening…
• Jeannette’s jewelry job– Steals watch because she felt it is what she
deserved (like mom)– Returns it after a week (like herself)
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In Late August…In Late August…
• Lori was a “normal person”
• Mom will start doing stuff for herself
• Dad whips Jeannette– Jeannette will rely on herself to get out
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That Fall, Two Guys…That Fall, Two Guys…
• New York City = the Emerald City
• Oz and savings
• “Once you resolved to go, there was nothing to it at all.”
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As Spring Approached…As Spring Approached…
• Mom supportive of Lori; father seems to be holding her back
• Lori is able to leave (thanks to Jeannette) and never looks back
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That Fall, When I…That Fall, When I…
• Jeannette = news editor
• Making other people famous made her popular
• Chuck Yeager
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Lori Had Been Writing…Lori Had Been Writing…
• Miss Katona and everything else in Welch held her back
• Jeannette is determined to leave despite her dad’s glass castle idea
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It Had Been A…It Had Been A…
• Jeannette gave Maureen her geode
• Rex would always be there for Jeannette; she knew but would never go back
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New York CityNew York City
• Jeannette thrives in New York working for newspaper
• Mom and dad moved to the city three years later (Being homeless is an adventure.)
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New York CityNew York City
• Dad’s scare with tuberculosis
• Dad cleans up his act but his interdependency with Maureen brings him back to the drinking and homelessness
• Rex pays for Jeannette’s final semester in college
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New York CityNew York City
• Mom and dad settled in a squat house
• Jeannette finds Eric (Is this the man for her?)
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New York CityNew York City
• Mom owns land that is worth a million dollars
• “I am deeply disappointed in you.”
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New York CityNew York City
• Lori = freelance artist
• Brian = police officer
• Maureen = looking for someone to take care of her; she stabs mom; moves to CA
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New York CityNew York City
• Rex is dying
• Contracted a disease from a fight
• Rex dies of a heart attack
• Jeannette leaves Eric
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ThanksgivingThanksgiving
• John said “smooth” was boring but “textured” was interesting
• Mom and Jeannette laugh alike
• “the candle flames suddenly shifted, dancing along the border between turbulence and order”