Glass Castle Discussion Part 1, pages 1-75 Respond to the following questions. Remember to use textual evidence when appropriate.
1. Why do you think Walls opens the book with the story of her mother?
2. Look at the epigraph before the section. What do you suppose it means? We will return to
the epigraph at the end of the book.
3. Describe the children’s education. What is important to the family and how can we tell by
their behavior regarding education?
4. Describe the parents’ methods for raising children. Give examples. Contrast their views
with traditional methods for raising children, either now or in the past, based on what
your parents or grandparents have told you.
5. Explain Jeannette’s comment on page 69: “I’d broken one of our unspoken rules: We
were always supposed to pretend our life was one long and incredibly fun adventure.