father “Dad, as soon as I finish classes, I’m getting on the next bus out of her. If the buses
stop sunning, I’ll hitchhike. I’ll walk if I have to. Go ahead and built the Glass Castle, but
don’t do it for me” (pg. 238). Jeannette was finally done with her father’s broken
promises. She didn’t believe in him anymore. Rex realized here that he lost Jeannette. He
lost the one person who had faith in him. Rex though that he could use the one thing that
made his daughter see hope down the road to bring her back to him, bit it did not work
this time. Jeannette was fed up with her father’s constant failures.
In conclusion, Jeannette’s parents were very greedy and had no time for their
children. Rosemary was always busy with her painting and Rex was an alcoholic who
was always drunk. Jeannette had a very broken childhood because of all the terrible
experiences she was put throw. Jeannette and her siblings’ lives were always filled with
adventure, by moving from country to another. She always had move from a temporary
home to another because of her parents’ carless lifestyle that had lived. Jeannette always
dreamed about The Glass Castel, but as she got older she realized it was never going to

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happen. Rex let his daughter down consistently and she finally realized that her dream
had only represented all the promises her dad failed to deliver. Rex wanted his daughter
Jeannette to have a faith in him even though he knew he did not deserve it.
