literary devices

1 Setting Battle Mountain, blythe, Phoenix, los Vegas, and San Francisco.

2 Point of view Jeannette wall’s point of view

3 Style/tone sarcastic, mixed with humor, drama

4 Mood she recounts memories the average human who grew up with a calm life would deem scary, then later kids about the memory.

5 N/A

6 Situational irony, verbal irony, s.i.-“Ugh she said. She disapproved of chewing gum, she went on. It was a disgusting low-class habit”(pg12 ,Walls) though they are very low class.  V.i.” a little bit of a drinking problem” (pg 23 Walls)

7 Symbolism Santa was a good symbol so far, it symbolizes that because they are poor they aren’t allowed the ignorance of a magic old man, that we were as children, that they must grow up in an adult world. Also the Joshua tree, it grew up disfigured by the wind, like everyone in the world like the tree we are formed by the elements that surround us as young beings. Fire is a good symbol because it is a symbol of power and even though Jeannette was encased with it and almost died she embraces it.

8 Theme A theme that has developed in the book The Glass Castle so far is that family is the only people that you can trust above all, for everyone has their dirty secrets.