The Glass Castle begins in New York City, giving audiences a glimpse of what Walls' life is like now. She then moves into part two, where she describes how she got to her life today. Her choice of chronological organization has a large impact on her style throughout the novel. She begins with a put together, mature style and then immediately loses this maturity and begins in Arizona, writing through the innocent eye of a child. At the end of the novel, she comes back around to New York City, the final destination in her uphill battle for success and writes in a style extremely grateful, thankful, and, however, guilty. Walls feels as though she shouldn't have such a luxurious lifestyle while her parents choose to live on the streets. Her writing is humble, open, and holds a sense of awareness that had not been previously reached in the novel. The maturity which develops in her writing as she is on her journey to New York City, or, in her mind, her journey and battle out of the neverending cycle of poverty which she began her life in. She writes in a proud and grateful way for beginning her life in the way that she did, and shows her pride in having the success which she had later in her life. This style makes her novel a realistic representation of life and the fight to make dreams a reality.