Glass Castle pgs 164-174
Journal Prompt:
Have you ever gotten in a group fight with another group? If so, was it worth it? If not, what would it take to get into a fight?
Summary
The Walls family had recently moved to Welch, West Virginia. One of the first things that they noticed was all the fighting. Nearly half the people on the streets had a black eye or some sort of injury from combat. Jeannette, Brian, Lori, and Maureen got into more fights than most kids. The other kids would make fun of them for being poor and for living next to a garbage pit. One day Jeannette and Brian were playing on an old tank by the armory when a kid named Ernie and some of his friends came over. They started to tease them and taunt them so Jeannette pushed him back. On Saturday, Ernie and his friends came to their house and started throwing rocks at them. One of them hits Brian in the head. Then Jeannette runs outside and scares them away. They figured he would come back so they built a catapult to throw rocks at them. When they came back, they launched rocks at them and Ernie and his friends ran away. All summer long, dad would disappear for a few days without telling everybody why. One night, he came home with a gash in his arm. He told Jeannette to stitch it up but she couldn’t so he helped her do it. Every once in a while, they would have enough food to go around. When they didn’t, Jeannette and Brian went hunting for food. They often found themselves hungry and rooting through the trash.
Prompt Question and Image: James Mudrick
Summary of Pages: Daniel Bates
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