The Glass Castle Book Club #2 and #3

Jeannette begins to come to a realization about her father. Reread pages 67-72 of A Glass Castle. Jeannette realizes life isn't as peachy and grand as her dad described it to be. She is hungry, neglected, and witnesses her father's verbal, emotional, and physical abuse towards her mother. Refer to the list of themes and comment on Jeannette's understanding of the kind of man and father her dad really is and her beginning to recognize that. (Themes: religion/spirituality/faith, self-motivation/self-reliance, child-parent relationship, alienation vs. belonging, coming of age, loss of innocence, addiction, violence, loyalty, poverty/hunger, hope/false hope, survival, fear).