Motif in The Glass Castle

In the novel The Glass Castle, the title relates to the family in the story. The Walls’ family moves around a lot, which relates to glass because they have no protection from the world, and they are always being watched. Glass is also breakable and fragile, the family fights and they don’t always agree so at any moment they could shatter. The dad’s big dreams were always running threw the kids minds and weren’t always done: “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.” In this the dad is telling stories to his kids about himself and they are about all these great things he’s done and is going to do. This relates to the title because a castle is mostly in fairy tales and his dreams are like fairy tales, they don’t always come true. This author relates the title of the novel with her family in different ways.

Short answer pratice

Queen Elizabeth’s speech to her navy motivates her soldiers on to victory. She states in her speech: “I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble women; but I have the heart of a king”. This statement means that even though she is a woman this does not make her a weak ruler. If I was a soldier in her military I would be inspired to fight more and work hard to win, and also be impressed with her standing there and speaking her mind about the situation. In the speech by Queen Elizabeth she motivates her soldiers to fight.

First Discussion Question

How is Jeannette Walls' parents attitude towards Jeannette, Lori, and Brian, and why do you think there like this?

Initial Impressions: The Glass Castle

Jeanette Walls’ The Glass Castle concerns the author’s reflection on her upbringing. Walls focuses on the use of imagery to transport the reader into the author’s childhood. She goes into great detail to really get the reader to picture what she’s writing about the people around her: “Her long hair was streaked with gray, tangled and matted, and her eyes had sunk deep into their sockets,”. It is easy to see how the family of Walls’ but the way they act: “She wore a bulky gray sweater with only a few light stains, and black leather men’s shoes.” As a girl the author remembers when she is young and shows great imagery: “The dress’s shirt stuck out like a tutu, and I liked to spin around in front of the mirror, thinking I looked like a ballerina.” The author focuses on imagery to transport the reader into the authors childhood.

An Analysis of Diction in Cormas McCarthy's Child of God

All authors use their own example of diction. In the excerpt from Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God, the author displays diction which is both original and southern. In the first sentence McCathy displays the diction of original: “He had that rifle from when he was just almost a boy.” The author also uses a character that enjoys hunting, “Had a boy out in the middle field with a crateful and he’d holler and the boy’d let one slip and he’d raise his rifle and blam, he’d dust it.” Another display of diction is a southern style: “I had a little old gal on my arm kept lookin up at me about like a poleaxed calf.” As shown, McCarthy expresses his own type of diction in the excerpt from Child of God.