Glass Castle Perspective with Life

My description of home is wherever my heart is and the people that are in it. Family and my closest friends is what I determine home, not some big, fancy mansion with 6 bedrooms. Material things is not what family or home is really about, it is the people that care about you. Almost like what the Walls is about, not having the material items and money but about caring for one another and just getting by on what is important.

          To me, what I think a typical America culture scenario is just the basics. Both parents having jobs, trying to support one another and children if they have any and living in a nice home. Sure almost every family goes through a tough situation every now and then, but they do just fine and move along like the Walls family did. Some days were better for the Walls then others, when they would go out to eat and have the fridge stocked full with food. That was a typical good day for them, when they wouldn’t go hungry. Our days in America culture are not quite as bad but bad things do happen to us. For example, a parent losing a job, might have an impact on the bills getting paid and shortage of money. Things like that happen and we just try to survive on the positive things in life and that is exactly what the Walls did in this situation when the dad gets fired from his jobs.

          As of right now, the way I think an America culture is, fits my family’s description. My mom and dad both have good jobs that keep them going. Then tend to make enough money to keep a roof over my head and my stomach full with food. The way I live is quite lovely and appreciate everything I am able to have. We live the typical everyday life and there are some rough patches along the way but with each other’s support we do just fine.

          Sometimes when I see how my parents struggle with life it makes me sad. It makes me feel like I have to find a way that will make things all better. We are never really in a hole like the Walls family is but sometimes if work is slow for my parents we may have less money than the previous week that to me is when I see the struggle in my parents face. But nothing like the Walls family compares to my family. I cannot imagine my life like the Walls family, they get by but sometimes it makes me sad because they live a rough life. We always have the basic necessities that we need for daily life unlike the Walls family. We have food on the table, clothes on our backs and the love of one another in my family which is all we need. So all in all, my family’s life goes strong and with the love and support of one another we make it through together, through thick and thin and live the typical American life.