《玻璃城堡》美国文学分析-英文

2021年1月25日发(作者：亚洲gay)
Using
biographical
information,
determine
how
Walls
is
shaping
her
memoir.
Are
there things she is leaving out? Is she slanting information in a certain why to achieve
a particular effect? Use three or more sources. Attach copies of the sources used.

The
Shaping of Walls’ Memoir


uction
The
Glass Castle
written by Jeannette Walls is a memoir which recalls the childhood
life of Jeannette herself and her siblings. Jeannette uses a unique narrative structure to
shape her tte describes the
the
novel,
and
tells
their
stories
in
changeable
living
places
among
the


Walls
family.
The
novel
eventually
ends
in
a
Thanksgiving
Day,
which
makes
the
whole
story
full
of
sweet
atmosphere,
letting
the
readers
chew
and
taste
the
words
repetitively. (Zinesser, 2009)

2. Special narration order
At the beginning, the author describes her mother, who was addicted to painting and
writing.
Her
mother
was
unable
to
bear
the
monotonous
life
and
chose
to
lead
a
vagrant life. She was seeking for something around the junk. She saw Jeannette but
did not talk to her for the sake of so-called face. Jeannette arranged the structure with
a
reverse
order.
(Balzer,
2011)
This
is
such
a
ridiculous
plot
that
makes
readers
wonder why could a famous journalist have a beggar mother, and they cannot wait to
know the story behind theme of the novel is
the full text
is
the memoir of
constant
stray
life. The author narrates
that
when she
was three years old, her family started the vagrant life for some strange reasons. They
came to the desert from the bustling city, and left the wilderness to the town... They
lived
like
nomadic
people,
constantly
wandered
from
one
place
to
another.
(Walls,
2009) There were too much uncertainty, mysterious imagination and risk waiting for
them.
So
the
readers
seem
like
accompany
the
author
to
begin
a
journey
full
of
mysteries and adventure. (Conversations with Famous Writers, 2005)

Every part of the memoir are relatively independent and interdependent. (Balzer, 2011)
The author uses her father's dream of building a glass castle and constantly looked for
gold
as
a
clear
glue
through
the
full
text,
and
makes
every
with
legendary
life
experience
in
each
vagabond
place
to
enrich
the
context.
The
author
narrated
the
unique
life
experience
with
emotional
language,
let
every
story
so
attractive.
(Bryn,2011) For example, the first scene the author recalls is that the three- year-old
little
girl’s
pink
skirt
caught
fire
while
her
mother
was
keeping
painting
next
door.
This
scene is
so
vivid,
and it also
has both
charm
of messy
and
panic.
Predictably,
although the event of the little girl catching fire is so strange, in this family is very
normal.
The
mobile
family
is
so
rich
in
romantic
personality
and
fantastic
dreams,
which inevitably have incredible impact on the growth of the children. (Irvin, 2012)
The three children had to find food in trash every day, they had no nice clothes and
toys, the only gif received was the stars their father pointed to the sky... Every story is
so amazing and sad. Readers can find that every
of adventure. (Walls, 2009)


3.

The triple identity of Walls
As the author’s memoir, during the process of narration, the author needs to balance
the subjective and objective relationship between her self and the leading character in
the book, besides she needs
to
consider the readability
and popularity
of the novel.
(Balzer,
2011)
Under
such
premises,
the
memoir
undoubtedly
shapes
the
triple
identities of the author.(Rogers et al, 2012)

Her first indenty is the author of the objective narration. When Janette tells her own
story,
she
must
stand
in
the
author's
point
of
view
to
think
about
the
structure
and
content.(Maurin,2011)
For
example,
where
and
when
should
the
story
begin?What
about the logical arrangement ? What other experiences should be described? How to
express them with language ?
As the author’s personal memoir, she must
narrate her
real experience, thereby the direct requirement of the first characteristic is the reality
of
art.
Art
reality
is
the
manipulated
reality
of
life
which
is
created
by
writers
and
artists
after
their
deep
experience
of
the
real

the
reality
can
move
the
audience, and only the reality can be attractive. Reality comes from life and superior
than life. (Rogers et al, 2012)

Another identity of the author is the leading character of the memoir. When the author
tells the life story about herself to the readers, she will stand in the angle of the ego to
think about many things. When she was at the time of storytelling, she tended to add
some imaginary parts, so as to attract readers. It is said that only the imaginary things
would not lie, it opens a secret door of one's life, thus his unknown spirit would slip
out of the door unnoticeably. (Ritterhouse,2011) Especially as a famous journalist, her
successful life experience is a precious wealth. Publicizing her own
growth and her
struggling process can Jeanette let herself obtain unprecedented sense of satisfaction.
Moreover, she needs to make best use of the emotional capabilities, so as to let every
story
fully
attract
readers
’

attention.
For
example,
Janette
wrote
down

When
the
rains
finally
came...we
splashed
and
sang
and
danced...we
gasped
over
the
most
spectacular bolts, as if we were all watching a fireworks show.

(Walls, 2009) Such

tell about her own life experience, she also have to consider the complicity of each
story. As only a complete story
can make readers feel the ever-lasting meaning and
highlight the
characters’
personality charm, and further show the
author’s
legendary
life .


Thirdly, Jeanette has the identity of a reader as well. Jeanette wrote her own memoirs,
she
should
fully
show
herself.
Therefore,
she
was
also
standing
at
the
position
to
appreciate herself. (Bryn,2011) She is the author as well as a critical reader. However
sometimes even the author herself would be
real
life
of
art
.
When
she
read
the
novel
from
a
reader’s
perspective,
it
would
be
easier
to
make
her
work
more
tailored
to
the
interest
of
readers,
and
appeal
to
the