Positive Thoughts In The Glass Castle

Positive thoughts lead to positive things happening, and that was what Rose Mary philosophy to dealing with her misfortune. Throughout the book, The Glass Castle, as trials are steadily placed in Walls’ life, she continuously uses a positive attitude to cope with her life. Mary seems to truly believe that the negative aspects in her life are positive because of the way that she thought about them. (ADD TRANSITION HERE) “Most pianists never get the chance to play in the great out-of-doors,” she said, “And now the whole neighborhood can enjoy it, too,” (53). Mary’s copes by producing a positive attitude. Instead of viewing the situation negatively, Mary thinks that she is lucky to have her piano stuck outside, and she views the problem as a fortunate

She chose to view the bright side instead of having a perturbing negative outlook, which let Mary cope with the negative situation, and turn it into a positive thing. Throughout The Glass Castle Mary continuously creates coping devices and mechanisms through her positive attitude. Similarly, When Mary had first moved to Welch and seen the disastrous state of the town, she brightly explained, “‘Gosh, things have gone downhill a little bit since we were here last,’ she said… ‘Suddenly, Mom grinned broadly. “‘I’ll bet there aren’t any other artists living in Welch,’ she said. ‘I won’t have any

My career could really take off here’” (134-135). An additional example of Mary’s positive outlook on bad situations; Mary turns the unfortunate state of Welch into yet another coping device. Mary uses her new coping mechanism to fuel more positivity, which in turn makes her see her unsatisfactory life as a new adventure