The Glass Castle

Rex Walls would ocassionaly go over his daughter's college work. When her dad wanted to see her course schedule, Jeannete expected to drop out of college because of tuition costs. Out of all the parts in this memoir, I was particularly touched by this part because of her father's reaction. He worked out to gather money he had been saving for years on the streets. Jeannette needed one thousand dollars. Rex Walls was able to get that money for her. He was able to provide for his daughter when she needed him. This goes against what I have read about Rex's character throughout the book. Somewhere in the his time in New York, Rex undergoes a change that makes him care for his children more. Because of this, he saves his earnings with his wife, instead of spending it on days at the bar. At the end of the memoir, I feel that Rex Walls became a completely different man than he was at the beginning of the book. He would always tell his children how he would do something amazing for them, like build the Glass Castle, but here, Rex does something Jeannette can appreciate him for.