Just as Jeannette shows us how some of Mom's attitudes could be put to good use if acted on in a mature way, Lori shows how even Mom's artistic career could have gone differently if she had had more realistic attitudes. She still remains close to her mother, in her own way, and she even becomes an artist, just like Mom. That isn't to say that she doesn't entirely run away. With her 20/20 vision, Lori can lead Jeannette to freedom. Gypsies The family’s neighbors in Phoenix, one of whom steals Brian’s pogo stick. Lori is particularly intelligent and loves reading fantasy novels as a form of escape. She's closer to her mother, Rose Mary, as she shares her interests in art. But the school said Lori couldn’t attend without them. She thought glasses only made poor eyesight worse and that Lori needed to strengthen her eyes through use.

Rose Mary wouldn’t hear of getting glasses for Lori. Lori defends Jeanette from Billy by threatening him with a gun. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Summary Analysis Characters (13) Essays (20) Quotes (90) All Books (1) She is the oldest child of the family but isn’t the one who dominates. The other part of The Glass Castle’s real family was Jeannette’s siblings. Unlike Mom, who is happy in her own little world, Lori gets glasses, and those glasses are a little metaphor that clues us in to the fact that Lori has decided to try seeing the world as it really is. A teenager who is neighbors with the Walls family in Battle Mountain, and who has a crush on Jeannette that turns violent. One notable time, Lori flexes some muscle is when she literally hits her grandmother, Erma, after catching the old bat molesting Brian. They each take different roles at different times in their lives. They support each other and motivate each other to escape their crazy family.Īnd it's not like Lori is the brains and Jeannette is the brawn. She's naturally smart, and she develops 'a bit of a sarcastic streak' (3.6.18) as a defense mechanism as she gets older.

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