Symbolism In The Glass Castle

People have things that mean something important. Others may not understand the importance of those things. But, it can be a crucial symbol for someone’s life. That is the impact of symbolism in one’s life. In the book The Glass Castle, written by Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle has a significant importance in her life. The Glass castle represents the status of the Walls family, the hope and faith for the future, and even life in general. In the story, The Glass Castle is used as the end goal of the Walls Family’s adventure of life. Furthermore, the Glass Castle supports Walls’ purpose of the hardships in life.
Initially, The Glass Castle can represent the close bond between the Walls family. rex designed blueprints and layouts for the

In Jeannette’s child days,she was taught by Rex and Rose Mary that their life is one big adventure. The Glass castle can be seen as an end goal for that adventure because Rex always found a reason to move to different places and those reasons were tied in to the Glass Castle. For example, In Blythe, Rex announced that they will move to Battle Mountain, so he could use the prospector to mine gold and build the Glass castle. But the real reason they were moving was stated previously as, “a squad car tried to pull us over because the brake lights on the Green Caboose weren’t working. … then headed down an alley and found an empty garage to hide in” (Walls, 48). One can assume that because a police squad car had tried to pull over the Walls family, Rex had been afraid that if they’d been caught, he would be put in the slammer. Rex explained the move from Blythe to Battle Mountain in a more exciting way to keep the Walls kids hopes up for a good life. Despite the good, Rex also tries to be financial proficient by using the Glass Castle. In one event, Rex tells Rose Mary, “... to ask her mother for the money to fund for the cyanide leaching process he was developing” (Walls, 70). Later, Rose Mary claims that Rex needs the money because he can’t support his family. This can be proven true because of their lack of food and malnutrition conditions in Battle

The Glass Castle symbolizes hope for the future and faith in destiny. The Glass Castle for Jeannette Walls really pushed her to move on through life. Contrarily, an example of the complete opposite occurred in the story. With Jeannette in her late teen years, she had little belief in the Glass Castle, and that caused Rex to freeze his life into Welch. This happens when Jeannette states, “Dad,I said, you’ll never build the Glass Castle. … Dad, I said, as soon as I finish classes, I’m getting on the next bus out of here. … Go ahead and build the Glass Castle, but don’t do i for me. Dad rolled up the blueprints and walked out of the room. A Minute later, I heard him scrambling down the mountainside” (Walls, 238). Clearly, this declaration truly hurt Rex, and was one main reason for the Walls parents to remain in Welch. Plus, during Rex’s last minutes, Jeannette finally realized the true intentions of the Glass Castle. The dialogue of Rex and Jeannette where they converse, “Never did build that Glass Castle. No. But we had fun planning it. Those were some damn fine plans.” (Walls, 279) is when it happened. Later, they talked about the old days, where the Glass Castle was the fuel of hope for their car of