We are not our true selves. In fact, most of us don’t even realize this until much later in life when disaster strikes and we must face the harsh reality. We must face the harsh reality that for most of our life, we do not know who we are and we are not who we are meant to be. In reality, we are not the most-developed versions of our selves during times of joy and happiness. We are not our most-developed selves when everything seems to be falling into place and when all of our hard work is finally paying off. We ascend into our true selves during times of disaster. During times when our whole world has been shattered, leaving a mess that is seemingly impossible to navigate. We ascend into who we are when life as we know it has been taken from …show more content…
Throughout her novel, Jeannette Walls recounts the experience growing up in extreme poverty due to her father’s alcoholism and gambling addiction and mother’s hazardous, self-serving tendencies. The story chronicles the course of Wall’s life, from her earliest memory, through her time as daddy’s idealistic little girl to her years as a strong, yet timid, preteen to her ascension into an extremely determined and unshakable high schooler, set on achieving her dreams of attending college, to eventually, a middle aged woman, happy with who she has become. Wall’s personal evolution is clear throughout the novel as she slowly begins to stand up for herself and her siblings and call out the self-destructive behavior of her parents, who put themselves over their children. Ultimately, it is clear that Wall’s great hardships motivated her to chase a new future for herself and her siblings, and in turn, motivated her to chase the self-assured, resilient woman she is today: the truest version of …show more content…
The men and women at the heart of the film were all victims of sexual assault, who chose to retell their tales to bring national attention to the often silenced issue of sexual assault on college campus. However, some survivors not only spoke out about their assault, but became some of the fiercest advocates against sexual violence and rape on college campus, shortly following their assaults. These men and women started anti-rape marches and demonstrations and protests, commanding national attention that extended to the steps of the White House. Though these advocates were forced to endure such a horrible experience, their personal development as a result is clear. If it had not been for their adversity, they most likely would not have spoken out against these issues. They most likely would have been one of the millions who were ignorant to the horror of sexual violence on campus and the tactics used by schools to cover it up. The adversity experienced by women such as Andrea Pino and Annie E. Clark, encouraged them to develop into the bravest, strongest and, above all, most selfless versions of themselves, as they sought not to represent their own interests as victims of sexual assault, but rather, to represent the interest of all who are at risk of
Rape is something that many warn us about and tell us to be careful about. What many do not realize is that it can happen in a matter of seconds and there is nothing that can be done to stop it. Often it happens, but people find it difficult to report it because of the person who committed the crime, this was the case in the book Missoula by Jon Krakauer. The book begins with a woman, Allison Huguet, who was raped by a member of the football team in the University of Montana, Beau Donaldson. This case was not the first incident to happen in this city and the author does a great job in letting his readers be aware and know it has happened before.
In “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls, she shows moments of her life to explain the truth of her life and how she and her siblings fought through the hardships and persevered. One moment in the book that shows this is when their parents are away from Welch and Lori slaps Erma back after Erma molests Brian when Jeannette explains, “Lori heard the commotion and came running… Erma reached over to slap me, but Lori caught her hand… Erma jerked her hand out of Lori’s grasp and slapped her so hard that Lori’s glasses went flying across the room. Lori, who had just turned 13, slapped her back” (Walls 146-147).
In the excerpt from Jeannette Wall's autobiographical memoir, The Glass Castle, I noticed many strategies that she used while developing her story line. First, I realize that she uses very little humor due to the circumstances that she and her family are going through at the time, however, I did notice one example. This was when Jeannette's mother put mayonnaise in her hair before a school photograph and forgot to wash it out which made her hair more stiff, messy, and tangled than usual. Next, Jeannette uses many details throughout her writing to portray the struggles and hardships that her family is having to deal with, including money issues and her father's drinking problem.
In the novel, Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, the reader is able to notice many characteristics about Jeannette and her father such as Jeannette being optimistic and her father being a little off. One quote that shows these character traits is, “‘We’re not poor,’ I said. She had used that word one too many times. ‘Of course, you’re not,’ the lady quickly replied. ‘I didn’t mean it that way.
After reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls I was excited to see the movie and finally see what I saw in my head, all in front of my own eyes “ But popular books aren’t just indications of how successful the movies the inspire will be.” (Doll). The cast of the movie all did an excellent job of playing the role of the people in the book. In the beginning of both the book and the film had the important part where Jeannette had seen her mother digging through the trash and Jeannette felt really embarrassed and then taking her mother out to lunch a few days after.
In the book, Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in College Town, by Jon Krakauer, the reader delves into how rape and sexual assault are treated in the town of Missoula, and the University of Montana. As the reader, we are informed on how the university, the police department, the district attorney’s office, and the community reacted to these rape and sexual assault allegations. We see how the criminal justice system has failed the victims, and are forced to live with what happened to them, while their assailants are free of any burden. The law is set in place to protect people from victimization, but when the men, in this book, are not legally held accountable, then any woman, or man, is more susceptible to victimization. It is interesting
The documentary The Hunting Ground by Kirby Dick was created specifically to spread awareness of the vast problem of sexual assault on college campuses and to try to show that the problem needs to be solved. The creator wanted those struggling with their sexual assault and the unfair treatment they were exposed to, as well as anyone who may have to go through sexual assault in the future, to know that the problem of sexual assault that universities tried to hide in the dark is finally being given the spotlight they deserve. The spark of this idea of the documentary was the many stories of survivors across the nation from many different universities, specifically the story of Annie and Andrea who helped other survivors get the justice they deserve.
The documentary called The Hunting Grounds, had multiple concepts that relate to sociology. Using a sociological perspective, it was very prevalent to see the ways college campuses use patriarchy and gender stratification to keep women who have been sexually assaulted on campus from disclosing information or even getting help about these issues. Through the discrimination against women at these gender institutions the women formed a Feminist movement to bring awareness and help to the victims on campuses all around the world and to stop the assaults from reoccurring. The Hunting Grounds is a documentary that reveals the untold stories of women on college campuses and how these women have fought to have their voice heard about sexual assault on campuses. Sexual assault and rape on campuses has always been a major problem for colleges all over the world yet very little has been done to protect the students.
Here Vendituoli tries to use this student’s quote, to build off her concept of women as victims and tie in how prejudice against them increases the risk of harmful things occurring to them in the public eye. This strategy would have been more effective to the reader, had Vendituoli gone more in depth after quoting the student, instead of just ending her short paragraph. Both quotes from the student are powerful and express serious issues that women face on college campuses daily, but Vendituoli does not put them to good use. The structuration of her essay, while interesting, did not allow her to construct a clear cut argument. Despite Vendituoli’s intriguing essay structure, Tannen produces a stronger and more elaborate argument.
In the memoir, The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls, Jeanette and her family reference the building of the glass castle. In my opinion, the glass castle is a metaphor of hope for the Walls family that they will always be together when they plan their dream house. Even though Jeanette’s dad, Rex, knows he is not going to build the castle, he keeps referencing it to give the kids a reason to keep moving forward and to have something to be excited about in their different lives. One of the first mentions of the glass castle was on page 14 of the memoir. As Jeanette Walls claims, “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.
To start out the night there was a social hour where you could go around and take to different organizations around the area that are helping with this issue. For example, Central Minnesota Sexual Assault Center, SCSU Women’s Center, and Anna Marie’s Alliance were a three of the seven different organizations that helped put on this event. After social hour, the event went into a speaker, the Interim President of St. Cloud State University spoke a few words. He talked about how the university has a no tolerance for violence against women, and that he was glad to see so many St. Cloud State University students at
The Glass Castle: A Heartwarming Story About A Unique Lifestyle "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls is truly on of the most amazing memoirs I have ever read. It contains a beautiful message, that no matter how man troubles and difficulties befall a family, they are still a family and their love binds them together for life. The author uses many literary techniques to portray her message and she structures the memoir into three section, in the first portion she writes about how happy their family is and slight with hints of doubt. The second portion shows disappointment and the realization that their life is not as good as it seemed, and the third portion is about their life without their parents holding them down, but also letting them back
Every once in awhile a horrible situation occurs expecting the worst to happen when in reality something good comes out of it, such as the events in the Walls family in the Glass Castle by author Jeannette Walls. An event that would of turned terrible but went another direction was when Rex and Rose couldn’t buy christmas gifts for the kids (pg.39). During that period the Walls were pretty poor and couldn’t afford to get each other gifts during the holiday’s. The result of this could 've ended in sadness and disappointment, but to spare that Rose and Rex told the kids the truth where Santa wasn’t real. Telling the kids that Santa wasn’t real made them feel apart of a secret other kids didn’t know, which made them feel special.
Jeannette Walls also uses the symbol of the Glass Castle, which develops throughout the memoir to show how she slowly loses trust in her father as she realises that she can not depend upon him or anyone else for happiness. The symbolism evolves throughout the memoir as Walls evolves as a person. In the beginning of the memoir, her description of the Glass Castle is naive and hopeful. Her naivety is most apparent when Walls writes, “All of Dad’s engineering skills and mathematical genius were coming together in one special project: a great big house he was going to build for us in the desert… All we had to do was find gold, Dad said, and we were on the verge of that.
The film acknowledges the intersectionality of sexual assault by featuring stories from survivors of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. By doing so, it highlights the unique challenges faced by marginalized communities. Lisa Brunner, a Native American woman, spoke about the abuse she experienced as a child. She also spoke about sexual abuse against Native American women as a whole. Brunner provided statistics to show the cruelty Native American individuals face with sexual assault.