"Mom always said people worried too much about their children. 'Suffering when you're young is good for you,' she said. It immunized your body and soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried" (Walls, 28).
The Glass Castle is told with short snippets of Walls' life in chronological order, oftentimes placing desperate, hopeless poverty next to genuine happiness. These contrasts are especially visible with the scenes concerning Walls' parents. Situations such as abusive fistfights in front of the neighborhood are delivered flatly, almost as a matter-of-fact. Serious, adult-like issues are recited through the eyes of a child, halfway ignorant of what's happening, to an audience that is fully aware of the implications. These conditions force feelings of pity, anger, exasperation and sheer bewilderment all at once upon the audience.
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