![]() ![]() While Lori, Jeannette, and Brian are able to secure jobs and build new lives, Maureen is unable to care for herself and, in a bout of insanity, stabs Mom. But as sobering as this symbol is, by choosing it as the book’s title Walls pays homage to Dad’s magnificent dreams and illusions, as unrealistic and broken as they might be. Neither Mom nor Dad is able or willing to keep a steady job, and they end up becoming squatters in an abandoned building. ![]() Dad’s flimsy attempts to revive the dream, by showing Jeannette new floor plans when she’s about to leave for New York, only confirm for her that she must definitively let go of the idea of the Glass Castle. After winning an Oscar for her starring turn in 'Room' in 2015, a pre-Marvel Cinematic Universe Brie Larson kept up her prestige drama streak with 'The Glass Castle,' a star-studded adaptation of. The illusion is, for Jeannette, definitively burst once Dad tells her to fill up the pit with garbage: the very idea, the dream itself, has become no more than a receptacle for trash. In Welch, Brian and Jeannette even dig a foundation pit for the palace. The Glass Castle epitomizes how Dad would like to live, self-sufficiently and sustainably, without submitting to a system or authority. ![]() For years, Dad has, with the kids, made blueprints and floor plans for a magnificent transparent palace built in the desert and relying on solar panels for electricity. The Glass Castle symbolizes the illusions that Jeannette must release in order to fully mature. As the title of the memoir, this symbol could easily sum up most of the tensions in and interests of the book. ![]()
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