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The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle. Jeannette Walls. What is a memoir?. 1 a : a narrative composed from personal experience b : autobiography —usually used in plural c : biography 3 a : an account of something noteworthy : report b plural : the record of the proceedings of a learned society

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The Glass Castle

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  1. The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls

  2. What is a memoir? • 1a: a narrative composed from personal experience b:autobiography —usually used in plural c:biography • 3a: an account of something noteworthy :reportbplural: the record of the proceedings of a learned society • — mem·oir·ist \-ist\ noun • Merriam Webster Dictionary

  3. Jeannette Walls • Born: April 21, 1960 • Work: • New York Magazine- “Intelligencer” 1987-1993 • Esquire 1993-1998 • USA Today • Appeared on The Today Show, CNN, Primetime and The Colbert Report • Glass Castle 2005-Paramount has the rights to it but has yet to make a film • Sold 2.5 million copies • Christopher Award, American Library Associations' Alex Award, Books for Better Living Award • Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel (fiction) based on the life of her grandmother Lily Casey Smith

  4. Photo from her facebook page

  5. 5 Parts to the Memoir • Part 1: Woman on the street (1-8) • Part 2: The Desert (9-125) • Part 3: Welch (129-241) • Part 4: New York (242-283) • Part 5: Thanksgiving (284-288)

  6. 93 Little Hobart Street, Welch, West Virginia House fell in. This is what’s left. Above :Stairs Apparently the garbage hole is still there.

  7. House Ad-33 Little Hobart St. Description This 1212 square foot single family home has 2 bedrooms and 1.0 bathrooms. It is located at 33 Little Hobart St Welch, West Virginia. This home is in the McDowell County School District. The nearest schools are Welch Elementary School, Mount View Middle School and Phoenix Center. Price: $5300 Another house ad for 69 Little Hobart St. is listed at $600. No pictures are available!

  8. United States

  9. California

  10. Desert in Calefornia

  11. Arizona

  12. Texas

  13. New York

  14. Characters Rex Walls Rose Mary Walls Lori Walls Jeannette Walls Brian Walls Maureen Walls Erma Walls Lily Casey Smith Dad Mom Older Sister Narrator Brother-1 year younger Little Sister-7 years younger Dad’s mother Mom’s mother

  15. Characters Uncle Stanley Uncle Jim Eric John Dad’s brother Mom’s brother Husband 1 Husband 2

  16. Phrases to look out for Checking out “Rex Walls Style” Doing the Skedaddle

  17. Themes • The American Dream • Neglect • Alcoholism • Tenacity • Parent-child dynamics • Role of education and teachers • Believing in people • Stereotyping/ social class • Following Dreams • Poverty & Wealth • Individualism & Conformity • Home Schooling

  18. Geode

  19. Obsidian pg59 Turquoise Mexican Crazy Lace Granite Mica • Iron Pyrite Garnet

  20. Park Avenue

  21. Key Words to Remember • Mountain Goat • Demon Hunting • Excitement • Addict • Comic Book • Fire • Pervert Hunting • Grandma Smith • Squatter • Billy Deel (11 years old) • Piano • Venus • Zoo-Cheetah (p. 106) • Battle Mountain (best time of childhood) • Joshua Tree • Cardboard Boxes

  22. Glass Castle’s foundation-filled with garbage • Maureen’s nightmares • Dinitia Hewitt-stabbed mother’s boyfriend to death • Braces-clothes hanger & rubber band • Becker’s Jewel box • Escape fund (221) • Belt Whipping (220) • Game of Pool • Popcorn & Hershey bar • Ding Dong the witch is dead-Erma’s death (180) • Stolen Watch (217) • Emerald City (224) • School Newspaper-the Maroon Wave

  23. World was making a little more sense (204-205) • Mom-artist-resents teacher • Welch-Rex’s family (Erma, Ted and Uncle Stanley) (130-131) • Real yahoos-Racists “N” word • Welch-Big hills, coal mining • Extra land for glass castle • Dinitia Hewitt-bully but Jeanette brings a neighbour safely home • Page 144-finding the redeeming quality • Mom and Dad-Phoenix on a business trip • Kids alone-Erma pervert? All banished to basement • Little Hobart Street-Dump! • Hungry all the time-scavenging

  24. Other Vocabulary Gypsum: (n) a very common mineral that can be found in crystals Impressionistic: (adj.) referring to the Impressionism period of art Sagebrush: (n) plants with silvery wedge-shaped leaves Commissary: (n) a person to whom some responsibility or role is delegated by a superior power

  25. Other Vocabulary Ingenuity: (n) the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful Evasive: (adj) avoiding something Shanghai: (v) to convince someone to do something – usually by using force or persuasion Nuance: (n) a subtle distinction Vagrant: (n). a person who wanders without a permanent home

  26. Other Vocabulary Cultivate(v): to promote the growing of crops by taking care of the soil Pilfering: (v) stealing Felonious: (adj.) wicked; villainous Usurious: (adj.) charging illegal rates of interest for the use of money Delirium: (n) a state of extreme excitement or emotion

  27. Other Vocabulary Dank: (adj.) unpleasantly moist or humid Malicious: (adj.) spiteful Preeminent: (adj.) superior

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