On The Pollen Path Analysis

The story of Jeannette Walls begins one cold March evening when she comes across a homeless woman, which is then revealed to be her mother. It is there that her troubled past comes into light in, “The Glass Castle”. But through her disastrous childhood and dysfunctional family, she manages to turn it around and by education, expectation, and most of all environment, Jeannette grew from her experiences and came out successful and stronger than ever. Young jeannette never doubted her father’s stories and ambitions , staying faithful to him, though as she becomes older and more mature she begins to questions his true purposes and honesty.

But her life has not been easy, she’s barely been able to live with her daughter, she was there when her Dad and Aunt died. Not having her own place to stay in New York has been though, but thankfully she has such amazing loving friends and family who have always been there for her. Through the worst times she stayed strong and like she says "The situation your in does not define you, but instead how you react to the situation". As she has had the worst experiences, she has also had the best. She claims the 2 best moments of her life where when she got pregnant with her first child, and then her second

She worked hard to make sure she would not be the victim of life and being able to not be destroyed by life portrays the strength

Strayed, throughout her experience of self discovery, had gone through many adversities and this experience has driven her to a state of pride instead of sorrow. She was able to overcome anything that was thrown at

Before the trip, she did not understand her mother and suffered from overwhelming grief and stress. Her diaries written to her mother revealed her thoughts and feelings she had on the trip and reflected how she had changed over the course of three weeks in the wilderness. She gradually came to an understanding of her mother, the reason for her mother’s decisions and the reason she was on this trip. Her true feelings toward her mother and other people in her life became more clear to her as well. The trip also made her realized that she could be strong and needed to be ready to face the challenges ahead of her.

Next, telling her family was the hardest part. Rose’s mother disown her and was left by herself to care for a little child when she was still growing herself. She was sleeping outside for days before her grandparents save her and her unborn child. In spite of all this, my aunt never give up in life. My aunt taught me that life is not easy and be more flexible with change in your life

All challenges in her life that she has overcome help her to be better and teach

Her heart was made of gold and her mind was always open. She always mentioned that no matter how difficult the challenge, as long as you set your mind to it, it’s possible. God never gives us more than we can

Her resilience is to keep moving forward and to never look back at the obstacles. In her mind, there is no impossible there are only

She stays tough and strong throughout it

The three-time United States Track and Field Olympic champion, Gail Devers once said, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can’t stay down. We can’t allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.” In the non-fiction book Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, protagonist Louis Zamperini demonstrates his everlasting perseverance through his everyday actions. Like Devers believed, the resilient Zamperini refused to be defeated or demoralized and did everything in his power to keep his feet on the ground and his chin up.

She sings about the abuse from that she had to sustain from her father. Throughout the book and song, the message, “Stay strong despite all your struggles” truly resonates. It is an amazing accomplishment for someone to take such terrible

Nevertheless, in the hardest times Lutie faces, she continues moving forward in order to be

She attended the Wahpeton Indian Boarding School, and later went on to study at Dartmouth College and Johns Hopkins University (McCay, Deroche). She writes with themes of revenge, redemption, strength, parenting, and humor. She is a poet, novelist, and proud Native American and allows that to influence

Some academic issues she has had to overcome, was the fact that her parents had minimal education; so she was never able to get help from them. As a result, she had to stay after school or ask around through out her day for help. Nonetheless, it was her perseverance and desire to get good grades that allowed her to find alternative ways to her schoolwork done. Even though her grades are not what she would like them to be, she is still happy with them because at that time she was giving it her