Dad Got A Job…

1. 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

2. Mom And Dad… • Math hw incident • Not many rules (street light rule) • * Geodes *

3. None Of Us Kids… • Cans to make money = self-reliance • Green Lantern

4. Our House In Battle Mountain… • Buster the buzzard • Mom = self-sufficiency • “Sink or swim”

5. “Bad News,” Lori Said… • Dad begins to disappear after losing his job • Kids decide to eat less • Mom and dad fight

6. The Next Morning… • Mom’s teaching job = putting dreams on back burner • Mom punishing Lori and Lori understanding

7. 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”

8. Some People Liked… • Battle Mountain = first real home • Billy Deel • Implication that Jeannette’s dad had a bad upbringing

9. Grandma Smith’s Big… • Jeannette’s grandmother is dead • The family is off on another adventure

10. 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

11. 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.”

12. City Life Was Getting… • “Too dependent on creature comforts…” • A visit to the zoo

13. It Was Around… • Dad lost his job • Chocolates from the dumpster • Shoplifting for Maureen’s preschool clothes • Dad sets Christmas on fire!

14. 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.”

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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.

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. Seeing As How Welch… • The Glass Castle foundation • Mom named the dead rat Rufus • “Weird-looking half-finished patch job” (158)

23. Little Hobart Street • “[Mom and dad] always refused charity.” • Ginnie Sue

24. 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

25. 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)

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. One Day While… • Self esteem is more vital than food • Jeannette tells her mom she should leave Rex • Jeannette is realistic

30. 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.

31. That Afternoon I Was… • Child-welfare man makes a visit • He represents the person who could separate Jeannette from her siblings

32. Qualified Teachers… • Mom was a teacher again • Money began to disappear again • Lori and Jeannette began a budget

33. I’d Started Seventh… • “I decided to make my own braces.” • “And I think they’re by God working.”

34. That Year I Started… • Miss Jeanette Bivens • Teacher • First person to show faith in father • Key to Jeannette’s escape

35. 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

36. 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)

37. 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

38. 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.”

39. 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

40. That Fall, When I… • Jeannette = news editor • Making other people famous made her popular • Chuck Yeager

41. 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

42. It Had Been A… • Jeannette gave Maureen her geode • Rex would always be there for Jeannette; she knew but would never go back

43. New 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.)

44. New 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

45. New York City • Mom and dad settled in a squat house • Jeannette finds Eric (Is this the man for her?)

46. New York City • Mom owns land that is worth a million dollars • “I am deeply disappointed in you.”

47. New York City • Lori = freelance artist • Brian = police officer • Maureen = looking for someone to take care of her; she stabs mom; moves to CA

48. New York City • Rex is dying • Contracted a disease from a fight • Rex dies of a heart attack • Jeannette leaves Eric

49. Thanksgiving • 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”