If you had the chance of meeting and speaking with Jeannette Walls, what would you want to ask her?
Why is this something you'd want to inquire about? Explain.
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If I got the chance to meet Jeannette Walls the first question I would ask her is if the entire story is true. Then if she answers yes I would probably ask her how she was able to survive in such horrible conditions with horrible parents. I understand that she's lived poor for her entire life and that is all she's known but I still don't understand how she could live with parents like that. I would want to know how she didn't get angry at her mom because her mom literally tells her that to the mom her needs come before Jeannette's. That would have mad me furious!!! Especially when her mom was to lazy and depressed to go to her job to get money to feed her kids. I would have been so mad at my mom because kids deserve loving parents who will take care of them. If you don't want to go to work to provide for your kids why did you have them in the first place!!!??? Also, how did she survive with her abusive drunken dad. I think her dad made all the problems that the Walls family had ten times worse. The final question I would ask her is if she had the chance would she go back and have a normal childhood with nice, normal, loving parents? I would want to know if she actually had a bad life in her opinion.
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I really like that last question and I think it would make for an interesting answer from Jeannette.
DeleteIf I had the chance to meet Jeannette Walls, I would probably ask her if she was planning on continuing her story in a sequel. The whole part about her success and where everyone in her family ends up is not in great detail and I think it would be very interesting to know more. I'd love to hear about her early life in New York and how she went from living in a small apartment with Lori to becoming a famous author and journalist. While I enjoyed the ending of the book, I just feel like there are still many unanswered questions, like if Maureen ever got better, that I'd like to learn the answer to in another book, which is why I would definitely ask about a sequel.
ReplyDeleteI also found that the part about New York could have been a bit more fleshed out. It would be really nice to have a sequel going into detail about her happy ending.
DeleteIf I had the chance to meet Jeanette Walls, I would first of all ask her what happened to her sister Maureen. At the end of the book it is mentioned that she was coming back, but I am really intrigued to know if she got her life together. Obviously I’d ask Jeannette why she doesn’t resent her parents for extremely difficult life, and how she is able to still love them after all that they have done to her. I am also curious if she ever returned to any of the places that she had lived over the years. Like, if she went to her old house in Phoenix or returned to Welch and little Hobart Street. She is such a strong person and she never lost fate or gave up on her family, I would like to know how she had all of that courage and perseverance especially at the worst of times. Lastly, although Jeannette probably doesn’t know, I am interested in the lives of the secondary characters that she meets in her life like, Billy Deal and Dinitia Hewitt.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it would've been nice to know what happened to Maurine.. if she was really on drugs, or about her life in California.
DeleteIf I had the chance to meet Jeanette Walls, I would ask her how and why she didn't stand up for herself and her siblings when her parents weren't being very supportive or helpful with anything. I would've asked her why and how she didn't let all those bad moments get to her, such as when her father stole the money they saved up for Lori, or when her mom would waste money on useless things instead of actually buying food to feed them, to even save up for a better house, or at least indoor plumbing. I don't think that I would've been able to live her life with so much ease the way she did. Of course she had her moments of disappointment, but nothing more than that. I would ask her how she stayed so stress free and calm. So relaxed when she knew exactly what their struggles were. How she stayed so strong.
ReplyDeleteThat is a very good question to ask and besides my own question I would probably ask yours.
DeleteIf I had the chance to meet Jeannette walls, I would ask her; What was it like having Rex Walls as a father? I want to know this because he is so dysfunctional and I want to know how she felt having to deal with an alcoholic every day. I know that he loved her but I still want to know what her everyday life must of been like having a father like him. I anticipate that it would difficult but not all that bad.
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Thats a really good question to ask
DeleteIf I had the chance to ask Jeannette Walls one question, I would ask her if she had the choice to grow up differently and more normally, would she? Everyone would probably say yes but she said during the interview that it made her stronger. Plus without her messed up childhood, there would be no Glass Castle in the first place. But I would want to ask her this question because I'm curious of what her answer would be.
ReplyDeleteThat's such great question! I agree with Jeanette. Even though her life was hard, it taught her many things and it did make her stronger.
DeleteWhen I read the book the glass castle I find Jeanette's story amazing. How can someone so young be so brave. I love how she never took anything for granted. If one day I met her in person I would ask her "If you could go back in time and change anything, would you? what would you change?". In Jeanette's life, she went through so many different experience, good ones, bad ones and really weird ones. There are many directions her life could have gone. And I want to know if she had the chance to change her mind or do something differently, would she?
ReplyDeleteI agree that Jeanette's story was really amazing and you have some really good questions!
DeleteIf i got the chance to meet Jeanette Walls, One questions I would definitely want to ask her is If she could change only one thing about the way she grew up what would it be. There are many different possible answers to this question. Maybe she would answer that her father would stop drinking or her mother would love her or that she didn't have to live with them at all. I would like to know this answer because I want to know what she found the hardest part about growing up the way she did. Another thing I would want to ask her is if she is thinking about making this into a movie because in my opinion, it would do very well. I think it would be a very good movie and i would definitely go see it!
ReplyDeleteYeah I would definitely go see the movie!!!!! Good questions! I'd want to know that too, I'm sure her life would've been better if her dad had stopped drinking, but maybe she never would've written the glass castle if these tragic things didn't happen to her.
DeleteThe one question I'd ask Jeanette Walls would be: "Did you have some last minute doubts about publishing your novel in worry of hurting your parents feelings or people feeling sorry for you?". I would ask her this question because I know for a fact if I had to write a story about my life, I would be embarrassed for everyone to see my life from my point on view and to know my closest memories and darkest secrets. I love how she went through with the novel and isn't ashamed of her childhood or of her family. I would also ask her if it was difficult leaving Welch or if she ever felt like she was leaving her parents behind. I would ask her this because I often fantasize about living in my own apartment with my own rules, my own income, making my own choices, and I know that when the time comes to move out it will be very difficult for me. I will feel like I am leaving my family behind or doing an injustice because I won't be there to take care of them anymore. I'd want to know if she ever felt the way I imagine myself to feel.
ReplyDeleteThis is so true! However, if I were in her shoes, I would have done the same thing. Even if your family gets mad at first, it wouldn't matter after realizing how much of a hit the book is!
DeleteIf I had the chance to question the famous Jeanette Walls, I would ask her if her entire story is actually true and if she over exaggerated some of the anecdotes. I've never heard of stories of lives like hers, and it seems almost too out of the ordinary. On the other side, the world is huge and there are millions of families with different stories. It's not possible for each one to be perfect, so it is understandable that she's gone through so much. I would also like to know how it was like to be constantly moving, and living life as an adventure and a challenge. In the interview, at the end, when she was talking about how lucky everyone was. This got me wondering about the poverty around the world and the possibility of more families that lived like Jeanette. I couldn't imagine going through so much at her age. She had probably accomplished more in her life than I had by 5 years old, when I was 10. I'd also like to know if she had the chance to change anything about her childhood, what would it be?
ReplyDeleteIf I were to ever meet Jeannette Walls I would have several questions to ask her. One of the main ones would be; if she could have lived a what we call "regular" childhood, would she have done it? Also what was it like to have Rex Walls as a father? Is she happy that she had a different experience than the average person? To have lived through such events and to be able to tell the story of them now. Is she grateful for the fact that her parents didn't give her much, but that now she is very thankful for everything she has? There are so many more questions that go along with these things that I would like to know if I ever met her! She had such an interesting past that is so different then what I lived that I think it would be a very cool experience to sit down and talk to her.
ReplyDeleteThose are really good questions I would also like to know if she could do it over again.
DeleteIf I had to ask Jeanette Walls a question, I would like to find out what happened to Brian and Maureen. I feel that she doesn't do a good enough job of explaining how Brian became a successful policeman, instead she cuts ahead five years in time and lets us know that he is a successful cop who has a daughter. And also she didn't really let the readers how her little sister Maureen was doing all she says is that she became a drifter. I would also like to know if all her stories were 100% true, I mean some of them seem a little crazy.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I would love to know what happened to her younger siblings!
DeleteIf I could meet Jeanette Walls I would probably be speechless. I mean how do you ask series of questions, to someone who has told her entire life story to the world. If I really had to ask her something I would ask her if there were any anecdotes, that she could just not possibly put in her story. Wether it be too embarrassing or too illegal, or secret, was there anything you HAD to withhold from the world. I think I would also ask her more about her first husband. I think getting married is a big deal, but in the book she hardly says anything about him. The word "comfortable" was used to describe it. I just want to know that, if someone with such a rough past who saw marriage as arguing, abuse, cheating, etc. Did that effect your marriage at all?
ReplyDeleteThat is a really good question, I didn't even think about that.
DeleteIf i met Jeannette Walls, the first question I would probably ask her is if she enjoyed all of her memories. I would want to know if she liked her life where she barely ate food, didn't have a proper home, and kind of had to take care of herself. She has gone through so many things so I think it would be very interesting to hear what she would have to say about that
ReplyDeleteThat's a really good question to ask :)
DeleteAsking a question to someone who basically wrote down their entire life in a book would be very difficult. I really don't know what I would ask her. I guess it would be about Maureen though because I find that the readers know nothing about her. Every once in a while there would be a passage or a paragraph saying she was with the mom and dad, or had just finished high school. Yet we never actually get to read about her as much as Lori and Bryan.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. I wanted to know more about Maureen and what happened to her, especially since she was not doing so well with her life.
DeleteIf I had to ask Jeannette Walls anything, I would ask her about the parts of her life that she did not put in the book. Clearly those are not the only things that happened to her, she even said it. She probably did not put a couple because she was really ashamed of them or something like that. I bet so many crazy things have happened to her. In her book, so many crazy things happened but she skips a lot of moments. There has to be other little stories that are just slightly less good!
ReplyDeleteI would want to know this for pleasure and entertainment but also to put even more perspective on some of the actions that her and her family do in the book. I am sure if I knew more moments on her life, some things would make more sense and be even more funny/bizarre and detailed.
Asking Jeanette Walls any question would be very hard, not only did we just finish reading her book but, we also just finished watching an interview she did. This makes it very hard to ask her a unique question. The question that I would ask her is "When you were younger, and your dad was taking you places in the middle of the night, was there a place you were really hoping to go?"
ReplyDeleteThat's a really good question and I would really like to hear the answer to it!!
DeleteIf I could ask Jeanette Walls one question, I would ask her how she accepted everything that happened in her life and did not get mad at all the bad things that happened. I would want to ask her this because today, kids get mad and throw tantrums over the smallest things like if they did not get the toy they wanted but she was abused and still managed to stay calm and accepted it. If I were to guess what she would answer, I think she would say that that was the only way of living that she knew therefore accepting it was not a big deal. I still find all of the events that happened in her life surprising but I suppose that in a way, it benefited her because it made her into a strong person today.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the pleasure of interviewing jennet walls I would have many questions to ask her! I would love to ask her if she had the choice would she change her childhood. I wonder if she appreciates it because it taught her many things and Made her who she is or if she would rather change her childhood for a much more ordinary one! I had a lot more questions to ask her before I saw the interview because the interviewer answered a lot of my unanswered questions! I loved the book the glass castle and I would be hoboes to meet jennet walls!
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